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breasting down

breasting down is the present participle and gerund of breast down.

Meaning of breast down

Verb

breast down (third-person singular simple present breasts down, present participle breasting down, simple past and past participle breasted down)

  1. (dated, transitive) To use a process of sequential drilling and blasting in building tunnels for mining, subways, etc.

Questions about breasting down

What is breasting down the present participle and gerund of?
Breasting down is the present participle and gerund of breast down.

Words near breasting down in the dictionary

  1. breastier
  2. breasties
  3. breastiest
  4. breasting
  5. breasting boobily
  6. breasting down
  7. breasting one's cards
  8. breasting the tape
  9. breasting up
  10. breastings
  11. breastknot

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