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cloaming

cloaming is the present participle and gerund of cloam.

Meaning of cloam

Verb

cloam (third-person singular simple present cloams, present participle cloaming, simple past and past participle cloamed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make cloam.
  2. (UK, dialectal, intransitive) To gutter (as a candle).

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Questions about cloaming

What is cloaming the present participle and gerund of?
Cloaming is the present participle and gerund of cloam.

Words near cloaming in the dictionary

  1. cloam ovens
  2. cloamed
  3. cloamen
  4. cloamer
  5. cloamers
  6. cloaming
  7. cloams
  8. cloath
  9. cloathe
  10. cloathed
  11. cloathes

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