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blacksmithing

blacksmithing is the present participle and gerund of blacksmith.

Meaning of blacksmith

Verb

blacksmith (third-person singular simple present blacksmiths, present participle blacksmithing, simple past and past participle blacksmithed)

  1. (intransitive) To work as a blacksmith.

See all 5 meanings of blacksmith

Noun

blacksmithing (uncountable)

  1. the business of a blacksmith
    • The pigs had set aside the harness-room as a headquarters for themselves. Here, in the evenings, they studied blacksmithing […]1945, George Orwell, chapter III, in Animal Farm

Questions about blacksmithing

What does blacksmithing mean?
Blacksmithing means the business of a blacksmith.
What is blacksmithing the present participle and gerund of?
Blacksmithing is the present participle and gerund of blacksmith.
What part of speech is blacksmithing?
Blacksmithing is a noun.

Words near blacksmithing in the dictionary

  1. blacksmelts
  2. blacksmith
  3. blacksmithed
  4. blacksmithery
  5. blacksmithies
  6. blacksmithing
  7. blacksmiths
  8. blacksmithy
  9. blacksnake
  10. blacksnaked
  11. blacksnakeroot

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