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delimbing

delimbing is the present participle and gerund of delimb.

Meaning of delimb

Verb

delimb (third-person singular simple present delimbs, present participle delimbing, simple past and past participle delimbed)

  1. (transitive) To cut the limbs from.
    • Statues are decapitated and delimbed, hacksawed into pieces that can be carried off and sold for their weight, not their grace.2008 June 18, Jim Dwyer, “Bronze Eagles Owe Survival to Drug Dealer”, in New York Times

Questions about delimbing

What is delimbing the present participle and gerund of?
Delimbing is the present participle and gerund of delimb.

Words near delimbing in the dictionary

  1. Delilahs
  2. DeLillo
  3. DeLillos
  4. delimb
  5. delimbed
  6. delimbing
  7. delimbs
  8. delime
  9. delimed
  10. delimer
  11. delimers

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