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chequering

chequering is the present participle and gerund of chequer.

Meaning of chequer

Noun

chequer (plural chequers)

  1. The edible fruit of the wild service tree, Sorbus torminalis.

See all 2 meanings of chequer

Adjective

chequering (comparative more chequering, superlative most chequering)

  1. That chequers something in pattern.
    • […] Above, the azure sky was glowing,
      Beneath, the flood, like silver flowing,
      Around in chequering light and shade,
      Her hues delighted Spring display'd; […]1827, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, On the Loss of the Steamboat Ætna, page 97

Noun

chequering (plural chequerings)

  1. A chequered pattern.
    • What awful perspective! while from our sight / With gradual stealth the lateral windows hide / Their Portraitures, their stone-work glimmers, dyed / In the soft chequerings of a sleepy light.1821, William Wordsworth, Inside of King's College Chapel, Cambridge (The Same)

Forms of chequering

Adjective
comparativemore chequering
superlativemost chequering
Noun
pluralchequerings

Questions about chequering

What does chequering mean?
Chequering means that chequers something in pattern.
What is chequering the present participle and gerund of?
Chequering is the present participle and gerund of chequer.
What part of speech is chequering?
Chequering can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near chequering in the dictionary

  1. chequered flag
  2. chequered flags
  3. chequered skipper
  4. chequered skippers
  5. chequeredness
  6. chequering
  7. chequerings
  8. chequers
  9. Chequers agreement
  10. Chequers plan
  11. chequerwise

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chequering (page history and authors); chequer (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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