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discoloring

discoloring is the present participle and gerund of discolor.

Meaning of discolor

Verb

discolor (third-person singular simple present discolors, present participle discoloring, simple past and past participle discolored)

  1. (US, transitive) To change or lose color.
    • Washing light laundry with dark may cause your clothes to discolor.

Noun

discoloring (plural discolorings)

  1. discoloration

Forms of discoloring

pluraldiscolorings

Questions about discoloring

What does discoloring mean?
Discoloring means discoloration.
What is discoloring the present participle and gerund of?
Discoloring is the present participle and gerund of discolor.
What part of speech is discoloring?
Discoloring is a noun.
What is the plural of discoloring?
The plural of discoloring is discolorings.

Words near discoloring in the dictionary

  1. discolorations
  2. discolored
  3. discoloredness
  4. discolorer
  5. discolorers
  6. discoloring
  7. discolorings
  8. discolorisation
  9. discolorisations
  10. discolorization
  11. discolorizations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: discoloring (page history and authors); discolor (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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