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cleaming

cleaming is the present participle of cleam.

Meaning of cleam

Verb

cleam (third-person singular simple present cleams, present participle cleaming, simple past and past participle cleamed)

  1. (dialectal, transitive) To smear, rub on, or anoint; to bedaub with an oily or sticky substance.
  2. (dialectal, transitive) To cause to stick; to glue on.
  3. (dialectal, intransitive) To stick, cling to, or adhere.

Questions about cleaming

What is cleaming the present participle of?
Cleaming is the present participle of cleam.

Words near cleaming in the dictionary

  1. clead
  2. cleading
  3. cleadings
  4. cleam
  5. cleamed
  6. cleaming
  7. cleams
  8. clean
  9. clean and jerk
  10. clean and jerked
  11. clean and jerking

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