disgorging
disgorging is the present participle and gerund of disgorge.
Meaning of disgorge
Verb
disgorge (third-person singular simple present disgorges, present participle disgorging, simple past and past participle disgorged)
- To vomit or spew, to discharge.
- This mountain when it rageth […] casteth forth huge stones, disgorgeth brimstone.1598-1600, Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voiages, Traffiques and Discoueries of the English Nation
- To surrender (stolen goods or money, for example) unwillingly.
- To remove traces of yeast from sparkling wine by the méthode champenoise.
Noun
disgorging (plural disgorgings)
- The act of something being disgorged.
- Noisome disgorgings of surfeits and drunkennesses.1651 (indicated as 1652), Joseph Hall, “The Invisible World Discovered to Spiritual Eyes, and Reduced to Useful Meditation. […]”, in Josiah Pratt, editor, The Works of the Right Reverend Father in...
- Two and often three disgorgings and recorkings are needed before it is safe to send out for sale.1869, William Joseph Flagg, Three Seasons in European Vineyards, page 108
Forms of disgorging
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Questions about disgorging
- What does disgorging mean?
- Disgorging means the act of something being disgorged.
- What is disgorging the present participle and gerund of?
- Disgorging is the present participle and gerund of disgorge.
- What part of speech is disgorging?
- Disgorging is a noun.
- What is the plural of disgorging?
- The plural of disgorging is disgorgings.
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