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blackberrying

blackberrying noun: the gathering of blackberries. Also the present participle and gerund of blackberry.

blackberrying: the gathering of blackberries
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Noun

blackberrying (uncountable)

  1. The gathering of blackberries.
    • And the thought of that old time came upon me like a flood — the winter games at the Cedars — the blackberrying and bilberrying upon the sunshiny summer moors […]1859, Dinah Craik, A Life for a Life, Hurst and Blackett, published 1859, page 212
    • When the harvest was over, the nutting and the blackberrying began; […]1884, Hesba Stretton, Carola, The Religious Tract Society, page 104

Verb capitalized: BlackBerrying

BlackBerrying

  1. (gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of BlackBerry

Also used as

blackberrying is also the present participle and gerund of blackberry.

Origin of blackberrying

From blackberry + -ing.

Questions about blackberrying

What does blackberrying mean?
Blackberrying means the gathering of blackberries.
What part of speech is blackberrying?
Blackberrying can be a noun or a verb.

Words near blackberrying in the dictionary

  1. blackberry lilies
  2. blackberry lily
  3. blackberry winter
  4. blackberry winters
  5. blackberryade
  6. blackberrying
  7. blackberrylike
  8. BlackBerrys
  9. blackberrytini
  10. blackberrytinis
  11. blackbine

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