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disfurnishing

disfurnishing is the present participle and gerund of disfurnish.

Meaning of disfurnish

Verb

disfurnish (third-person singular simple present disfurnishes, present participle disfurnishing, simple past and past participle disfurnished)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To strip of furniture, equipment, etc.
    • I am a thing obscure, disfurnish'd of
      All merit, that can raise me higher.1629, Philip Massinger, Nathan Field, The Picture

Noun

disfurnishing (plural disfurnishings)

  1. (archaic) The act of removing furnishings or furniture

Forms of disfurnishing

pluraldisfurnishings

Questions about disfurnishing

What does disfurnishing mean?
Disfurnishing means the act of removing furnishings or furniture.
What is disfurnishing the present participle and gerund of?
Disfurnishing is the present participle and gerund of disfurnish.
What part of speech is disfurnishing?
Disfurnishing is a noun.
What is the plural of disfurnishing?
The plural of disfurnishing is disfurnishings.

Words near disfurnishing in the dictionary

  1. disfunctional
  2. disfunctions
  3. disfurnish
  4. disfurnished
  5. disfurnishes
  6. disfurnishing
  7. disfurnishment
  8. disfurniture
  9. disfurnitured
  10. disfurnitures
  11. disfurnituring

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