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chlorinating

chlorinating is the present participle and gerund of chlorinate.

Meaning of chlorinate

Verb

chlorinate (third-person singular simple present chlorinates, present participle chlorinating, simple past and past participle chlorinated)

  1. (transitive) To add chlorine to (something, especially water, to purify it; or an auriferous substance, to extract gold from it).

Questions about chlorinating

What is chlorinating the present participle and gerund of?
Chlorinating is the present participle and gerund of chlorinate.

Words near chlorinating in the dictionary

  1. chlorinases
  2. chlorinate
  3. chlorinated
  4. chlorinated lime
  5. chlorinates
  6. chlorinating
  7. chlorination
  8. chlorinations
  9. chlorinator
  10. chlorinators
  11. Chlorinda

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