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cosing

cosing is the present participle and gerund of cose.

Meaning of cose

Verb

cose (third-person singular simple present coses, present participle cosing, simple past and past participle cosed)

  1. (intransitive) To make oneself cosy; to be snug.
    • Told her of the bad cooking here; that I could get nothing to eat here or, sometimes, even at Shibden. We agreed we would have things nice sometime, our tastes suit & we are very thoroughly happy together. We cosed very comfortably.a 1821, Anne Lister, quoted in 1992, Helena Whitbread, I Know My Own Heart: The Diaries of Anne Lister, 1791-1840 (page 171)

Questions about cosing

What is cosing the present participle and gerund of?
Cosing is the present participle and gerund of cose.

Words near cosing in the dictionary

  1. cosine law
  2. cosine rule
  3. cosines
  4. cosiness
  5. cosinesses
  6. cosing
  7. cosingular
  8. cosinor
  9. cosinors
  10. Cosins
  11. cosinus

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