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destashing

destashing is the present participle and gerund of destash.

Meaning of destash

Verb

destash (third-person singular simple present destashes, present participle destashing, simple past and past participle destashed)

  1. (informal, transitive) To remove (a yarn, fabric, equipment, etc.) from one's collection.
    • She destashed some needles that I ended up taking off her hands last summer.2004, JJMolvik, “A question about selling”, in rec.crafts.textiles.yarn (Usenet)

Questions about destashing

What is destashing the present participle and gerund of?
Destashing is the present participle and gerund of destash.

Words near destashing in the dictionary

  1. destarching
  2. Destas
  3. destash
  4. destashed
  5. destashes
  6. destashing
  7. destat
  8. destatization
  9. destats
  10. destatted
  11. destatting

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