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birching

birching noun: a beating with a birch. Also the present participle and gerund of birch.

Noun

birching (plural birchings)

  1. A beating with a birch.

Also used as

birching is also the present participle and gerund of birch.

Forms of birching

pluralbirchings

Questions about birching

What does birching mean?
Birching means a beating with a birch.
What part of speech is birching?
Birching is a noun.
What is the plural of birching?
The plural of birching is birchings.

Words near birching in the dictionary

  1. birchers
  2. birches
  3. Birchfield
  4. Birchfields
  5. Birchgrove
  6. birching
  7. birchings
  8. Birchington
  9. Birchington-on-Sea
  10. Birchip
  11. Birchip West

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