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blonding

blonding is the present participle and gerund of blond.

blonding is the present participle and gerund of blonde.

Meaning of blond

Verb

blond (third-person singular simple present blonds, present participle blonding, simple past and past participle blonded)

  1. (transitive) To color or dye blond.

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Meaning of blonde

Noun

blonde (countable and uncountable, plural blondes)

  1. (countable) (film, television, theater) A kind of 2,000-watt lamp.
    • Most [camera crews] carry two blondes and three redheads or their equivalents. Blondes are 2000 watt lamps traditionally with yellow heads (or shells) used to light fairly large areas — also referred to as 2Ks — and redheads smaller 800 watt lamps traditionally with red shells to light faces.2012, Colin Hart, Television Program Making, page 63

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Questions about blonding

What is blonding the present participle and gerund of?
Blonding is the present participle and gerund of blond.

Words near blonding in the dictionary

  1. blondies
  2. blondin
  3. blondine
  4. blondined
  5. blondines
  6. blonding
  7. blondining
  8. blondins
  9. blondish
  10. blondism
  11. blondly

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