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beworking

beworking is the present participle and gerund of bework.

Meaning of bework

Verb

bework (third-person singular simple present beworks, present participle beworking, simple past and past participle beworked or (archaic) bewrought)

  1. (transitive) To work around or about; surround.
  2. (transitive) To work, as with thread; embroider.
  3. (transitive) To work over; rework; edit.
    • The author, who knows the answer, beworks his brains to give it in a satisfactory and intelligible form to his audience; [...]1882, John Devenish Hoppus, Riverside papers

Questions about beworking

What is beworking the present participle and gerund of?
Beworking is the present participle and gerund of bework.

Words near beworking in the dictionary

  1. bewondered
  2. bewonderment
  3. beword
  4. bewore
  5. bework
  6. beworking
  7. bewormed
  8. beworried
  9. beworries
  10. beworry
  11. beworrying

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