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chainsawing

chainsawing is the present participle and gerund of chainsaw.

Meaning of chainsaw

Verb

chainsaw (third-person singular simple present chainsaws, present participle chainsawing, simple past chainsawed, past participle chainsawed or chainsawn)

  1. (transitive) To cut with a chainsaw.
    • She and Barber once stopped a developer from chainsawing mature trees on Mississauga Rd. by standing in front of them.2009 September 9, Mike Funston, “Mississauga pulls green thorn from its paw”, in Toronto Star
  2. (figuratively) To make quick and substantial spending cuts.

See all 3 meanings of chainsaw

Questions about chainsawing

What is chainsawing the present participle and gerund of?
Chainsawing is the present participle and gerund of chainsaw.

Words near chainsawing in the dictionary

  1. chains up
  2. chainsaw
  3. chainsaw consultant
  4. chainsaw consultants
  5. chainsawed
  6. chainsawing
  7. chainsawn
  8. chainsaws
  9. chainset
  10. chainsets
  11. chainshot

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chainsawing (page history and authors); chainsaw (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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