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dretching

dretching is the present participle and gerund of dretch.

Meaning of dretch

Verb (1)

dretch (third-person singular simple present dretches, present participle dretching, simple past and past participle dretched)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To vex; grill; trouble; oppress.

Verb (2)

dretch (third-person singular simple present dretches, present participle dretching, simple past and past participle dretched)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To delay; linger; tarry.
  2. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive) To move slowly and heavily; dawdle; loiter.

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Questions about dretching

What is dretching the present participle and gerund of?
Dretching is the present participle and gerund of dretch.

Words near dretching in the dictionary

  1. drest
  2. dret
  3. dretch
  4. dretched
  5. dretches
  6. dretching
  7. dretful
  8. Dretskean
  9. Dretskian
  10. dreul
  11. dreuled

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