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drawboring

drawboring is the present participle and gerund of drawbore.

Meaning of drawbore

Verb

drawbore (third-person singular simple present drawbores, present participle drawboring, simple past and past participle drawbored)

  1. (transitive) To make a drawbore in.
    • to drawbore a tenon
  2. (transitive) To enlarge the bore of a gun barrel by drawing, instead of thrusting, a revolving tool through it.

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Questions about drawboring

What is drawboring the present participle and gerund of?
Drawboring is the present participle and gerund of drawbore.

Words near drawboring in the dictionary

  1. drawbolt
  2. drawbolts
  3. drawbore
  4. drawbored
  5. drawbores
  6. drawboring
  7. drawboy
  8. drawboys
  9. drawbridge
  10. drawbridge mentality
  11. drawbridged

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Adapted from Wiktionary: drawboring (page history and authors); drawbore (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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