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crudding

crudding is the present participle and gerund of crud.

Meaning of crud

Verb

crud (third-person singular simple present cruds, present participle crudding, simple past and past participle crudded)

  1. (transitive) To clog with dirt or debris.
    • The covered cardboard boxes held and the packings in the crates suffered no further crudding.2011, Henry Z. Kister, Distillation Troubleshooting, page 203

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Questions about crudding

What is crudding the present participle and gerund of?
Crudding is the present participle and gerund of crud.

Words near crudding in the dictionary

  1. crudded
  2. cruddier
  3. cruddiest
  4. cruddily
  5. cruddiness
  6. crudding
  7. cruddle
  8. cruddled
  9. cruddles
  10. cruddling
  11. cruddy

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