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brooching

brooching is the present participle and gerund of brooch.

Meaning of brooch

Verb

brooch (third-person singular simple present brooches, present participle brooching, simple past and past participle brooched)

  1. (transitive) To adorn as with a brooch.
    • Not the imperious show / Of the full-fortuned Caesar ever shall / Be brooch'd with me.c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, act 4, scene 15, lines 23–25

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Questions about brooching

What is brooching the present participle and gerund of?
Brooching is the present participle and gerund of brooch.

Words near brooching in the dictionary

  1. bronzy
  2. broo
  3. brooch
  4. brooched
  5. brooches
  6. brooching
  7. broochlike
  8. brood
  9. brood above
  10. brood cell
  11. brood cells

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