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coronaing

coronaing is the present participle and gerund of corona.

Meaning of corona

Verb

corona (third-person singular simple present coronas, present participle coronaing, simple past and past participle coronaed)

  1. (rare, transitive) To surround with a luminous or crownlike ring like the solar corona.
    • The belly dancer shimmied on to the tiny floor, all flashing eyes, black hair coronaed with winking brilliants, undulating bare flesh with tasselled breasts and a turquoise G-string and an imitation ruby in her navel: she was barefooted, wearing a massive glittering anklet which made her look very...1977, Richard Beilby, Gunner: A Novel of the Retreat from Crete, London: Angus and Robertson, →ISBN, page 285

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Questions about coronaing

What is coronaing the present participle and gerund of?
Coronaing is the present participle and gerund of corona.

Words near coronaing in the dictionary

  1. coronagraphs
  2. coronagraphy
  3. coronahoax
  4. coronaholic
  5. coronaholics
  6. coronaing
  7. coronal
  8. coronal hole
  9. coronal holes
  10. coronal mass ejection
  11. coronal mass ejections

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