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bookending

bookending is the present participle and gerund of bookend.

Meaning of bookend

Verb

bookend (third-person singular simple present bookends, present participle bookending, simple past and past participle bookended)

  1. (figuratively, often, transitive) To come before and after, or at both sides of.
    • Side one has good songs bookended by better songs.2006, Henry Owings, Patton Oswalt, The Overrated Book, →ISBN, page 105
    Synonyms:
    flank

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Questions about bookending

What is bookending the present participle and gerund of?
Bookending is the present participle and gerund of bookend.

Words near bookending in the dictionary

  1. booked on
  2. booked solid
  3. booked up
  4. bookend
  5. bookended
  6. bookending
  7. bookends
  8. booker
  9. Booker Bay
  10. bookeries
  11. bookers

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