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dead-ending

dead-ending is the present participle and gerund of dead-end.

Meaning of dead-end

Verb

dead-end (third-person singular simple present dead-ends, present participle dead-ending, simple past and past participle dead-ended)

  1. (US) To come to a dead-end.
    • Watch out! The road dead-ends in 200 yards and there's nowhere to turn around!
  2. (broadly) To come to nothing; to reach a hopeless situation.
    • Dumas' tangle of unrequited, misplaced and dead-ended love1986 February 1, Michael Bronski, “Mock Homage to Fassbinder's Life & Films”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 28, page 6

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Questions about dead-ending

What is dead-ending the present participle and gerund of?
Dead-ending is the present participle and gerund of dead-end.

Words near dead-ending in the dictionary

  1. dead-end
  2. dead-end street
  3. dead-ended
  4. dead-ender
  5. dead-enders
  6. dead-ending
  7. dead-ends
  8. dead-eye
  9. dead-eye Dick
  10. dead-eye Dicks
  11. dead-eyed

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