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biodegrading

biodegrading is the present participle and gerund of biodegrade.

Meaning of biodegrade

Verb

biodegrade (third-person singular simple present biodegrades, present participle biodegrading, simple past and past participle biodegraded)

  1. To decompose as a result of biological action, especially by microorganisms.
    • PLA decomposes slowly, but plants can help the material biodegrade five to seven times faster in the soil, Kato says.2026 February 17, Simmone Shah, “Biodegradable Beads Are Helping Mardi Gras Go Green”, in TIME, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2026

Questions about biodegrading

What is biodegrading the present participle and gerund of?
Biodegrading is the present participle and gerund of biodegrade.

Words near biodegrading in the dictionary

  1. biodegrade
  2. biodegraded
  3. biodegrader
  4. biodegraders
  5. biodegrades
  6. biodegrading
  7. biodeme
  8. biodemes
  9. biodemographer
  10. biodemographers
  11. biodemographic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: biodegrading (page history and authors); biodegrade (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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