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deterging

deterging is the present participle and gerund of deterge.

Meaning of deterge

Verb

deterge (third-person singular simple present deterges, present participle deterging, simple past and past participle deterged)

  1. (transitive) To clean (especially a wound) of undesirable material.
    • Nature to attenuate, open, deterge, and dissolve; and Milk and Water, and Seeds, to cool, nourish, and balmify1742, George Cheyne, The Natural Method Of Cureing the Diseases of the Body

Questions about deterging

What is deterging the present participle and gerund of?
Deterging is the present participle and gerund of deterge.

Words near deterging in the dictionary

  1. detergentless
  2. detergents
  3. deterger
  4. detergers
  5. deterges
  6. deterging
  7. deteriate
  8. deteriation
  9. deteriorable
  10. deteriorate
  11. deteriorated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: deterging (page history and authors); deterge (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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