diapering
diapering is the present participle and gerund of diaper.
Noun
diapering (plural diaperings)
- The act of clothing somebody in a diaper.
- Then the therapist remembered that throughout the early critical period of the treatment, she had observed many diaperings of Billy, but at no time had Kathie shown revulsion toward the baby's feces or cleaning the anal region.2012, Paola Mariotti, The Maternal Lineage, page 379
- A regular pattern of the same shape, evenly spaced.
- The space between each two spokes is filled in with very elaborate diaperings, in which red and blue alternately prevail[…]1861, John Winter Jones, Observations on the origin of the division of man's life into stages
Meaning of diaper
Verb
diaper (third-person singular simple present diapers, present participle diapering, simple past and past participle diapered)
- To put diapers on someone.
- Diapering a baby is something you have to learn fast.
- To draw geometrical or floral patterns, as upon cloth.
- If you diaper upon folds, let your work be broken.1622, Henry Peacham (Jr.), The Compleat Gentleman
Forms of diapering
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Questions about diapering
- What does diapering mean?
- Diapering means the act of clothing somebody in a diaper.
- What is diapering the present participle and gerund of?
- Diapering is the present participle and gerund of diaper.
- What part of speech is diapering?
- Diapering is a noun.
- What is the plural of diapering?
- The plural of diapering is diaperings.
Words near diapering in the dictionary
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