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besnowing

besnowing is the present participle and gerund of besnow.

Meaning of besnow

Verb

besnow (third-person singular simple present besnows, present participle besnowing, simple past and past participle besnowed)

  1. (transitive) To snow on; to cover with snow, or as if with snow.
  2. (transitive) To scatter like snow.
  3. (transitive) To whiten with snow, or as with snow.
    • Virgins of equall birth, [...] / Shall draw thy picture, and record thy life; / One ſhall enſphere thine eyes, another ſhall / Impearl thy teeth[,] a third thy white and ſmall / Hand ſhall beſnow, a fourth incarnadine / Thy roſie cheek, [...]1640 (first publication), Thomas Carew, “Obsequies to the Lady Anne Hay”, in Poems, with a Maske, […], 3rd edition, London: […] H[umphrey] M[oseley] and are to be sold by J[ohn] Martin, […]...

Questions about besnowing

What is besnowing the present participle and gerund of?
Besnowing is the present participle and gerund of besnow.

Words near besnowing in the dictionary

  1. Besnier-Boeck disease
  2. Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann disease
  3. besnoitiosis
  4. besnow
  5. besnowed
  6. besnowing
  7. besnows
  8. besnuff
  9. beso negro
  10. besocked
  11. besognio

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