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dereddening

dereddening is the present participle and gerund of deredden.

Meaning of deredden

Verb

deredden (third-person singular simple present dereddens, present participle dereddening, simple past and past participle dereddened)

  1. (transitive) To correct for redshift.
    Synonyms:
    unredden
  2. (transitive) To make less red; to remove the red from.
    • Cold made noses of Sylvia Sidney, Fred MacMurray, and others of the Walter Wanger cast red. Hence, Makeup Man Kaufman had problem of dereddening noses.1935 December 29, “Inside Studio Stuff”, in The New York Times, volume LXXXV, number 28,463, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, section 9, page 4, column 2
    Synonyms:
    unredden

Questions about dereddening

What is dereddening the present participle and gerund of?
Dereddening is the present participle and gerund of deredden.

Words near dereddening in the dictionary

  1. derecruitment
  2. derecruits
  3. dered
  4. deredden
  5. dereddened
  6. dereddening
  7. dereddens
  8. deredere
  9. derederes
  10. Dereemer
  11. dereferencable

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