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drownding

drownding is the present participle and gerund of drownd.

Meaning of drownd

Verb

drownd (third-person singular simple present drownds, present participle drownding, simple past and past participle drownded)

  1. (dialectal, nonstandard) To drown.
    • By which the little brookes forsooke their boundes,
      And water all the passages so drownds […]1831, John Nichols, Accounts of Sixty Royal Processions and Entertainments in the City of London

Questions about drownding

What is drownding the present participle and gerund of?
Drownding is the present participle and gerund of drownd.

Words near drownding in the dictionary

  1. drownages
  2. drownd
  3. drownded
  4. drownder
  5. drownders
  6. drownding
  7. drownds
  8. Drowne
  9. drowned
  10. drowned one's sorrows
  11. drowned out

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