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besoming

besoming is the present participle and gerund of besom.

Meaning of besom

Verb

besom (third-person singular simple present besoms, present participle besoming, simple past and past participle besomed)

  1. (archaic, poetic) To sweep.
    • Now, in her iceberg-white, holily laundered crinoline nightgown, under virtuous polar sheets, in her spruced and scoured dust-defying bedroom in trig and trim Bay View, a house for paying guests at the top of the town, Mrs Ogmore-Prichard widow, twice, of Mr Ogmore, linolium, retired, and Mr...1954, Dylan Thomas, Under Milk Wood […] , New York: New Directions, page 13

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Questions about besoming

What is besoming the present participle and gerund of?
Besoming is the present participle and gerund of besom.

Words near besoming in the dictionary

  1. besom-head
  2. besom-heads
  3. besomed
  4. besomer
  5. besomers
  6. besoming
  7. besomlike
  8. besoms
  9. besonged
  10. besonian
  11. besonians

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