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deworming

deworming is the present participle and gerund of deworm.

Meaning of deworm

Verb

deworm (third-person singular simple present deworms, present participle deworming, simple past and past participle dewormed)

  1. (transitive) To cause (an animal) to excrete any worms in the digestive tract by the administration of drugs.
    • Hey, Ethel, you know it's your turn to deworm the cat?

Noun

deworming (plural dewormings)

  1. The elimination of parasitic worms from an animal.
    • The vet recommended regular dewormings.

Forms of deworming

pluraldewormings

Questions about deworming

What does deworming mean?
Deworming means the elimination of parasitic worms from an animal.
What is deworming the present participle and gerund of?
Deworming is the present participle and gerund of deworm.
What part of speech is deworming?
Deworming is a noun.
What is the plural of deworming?
The plural of deworming is dewormings.

Words near deworming in the dictionary

  1. dewools
  2. deworm
  3. dewormed
  4. dewormer
  5. dewormers
  6. deworming
  7. dewormings
  8. deworms
  9. dewpoint
  10. dewpoints
  11. dewpond

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Adapted from Wiktionary: deworming (page history and authors); deworm (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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