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bladdering

bladdering is the present participle and gerund of bladder.

Meaning of bladder

Verb

bladder (third-person singular simple present bladders, present participle bladdering, simple past and past participle bladdered)

  1. To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate.
    • bladder'd up with pride of his own merit1610, Giles Fletcher, Christ's Victorie and Triumph, in Heaven, in Earth, over and after Death
  2. (transitive) To store or put up in bladders.
    • bladdered lard

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Questions about bladdering

What is bladdering the present participle and gerund of?
Bladdering is the present participle and gerund of bladder.

Words near bladdering in the dictionary

  1. bladderets
  2. bladderfern
  3. bladderferns
  4. bladderful
  5. bladderfuls
  6. bladdering
  7. bladderless
  8. bladderlike
  9. bladdernose
  10. bladdernoses
  11. bladdernut

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