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dunging

dunging is the present participle and gerund of dung.

Meaning of dung

Verb (1)

dung (third-person singular simple present dungs, present participle dunging, simple past and past participle dunged)

  1. (transitive) To fertilize with dung.
    • a cart he found, That carry'd compost forth to dung the ground1700, [John] Dryden, “The Cock and the Fox: Or, The Tale of the Nun’s Priest, from Chaucer”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
  2. (transitive, calico printing) To immerse or steep, as calico, in a bath of hot water containing cow dung, done to remove the superfluous mordant.
  3. (intransitive) To release dung: to defecate.
    • […] for hungry birds have devoured ſeeds, and having moiſtened and warmed them in their bellies, a little after have dunged in the forky twiſtes of Trees, and together with their dung excluded the ſeed whole which erſt they had ſwallowed: and ſometimes it brings forth there where they dung it, […]1669, John Baptiſta Porta, chapter V, in Natural Magick, The Third Book Of Natural Magick: […] , page 68
    Synonyms:
    defecate

Verb (2)

dung (third-person singular simple present dungs, present participle dunging, simple past and past participle dunged)

  1. (colloquial) To discard (especially rubbish); to chuck out.

See all 9 meanings of dung

Noun

dunging (plural dungings)

  1. An application of manure, to fertilize land.
    • This was done by a great Farmer, that lived about two Miles distant from me, who, by good Plowings and Dungings, in the Year 1739, had got his gravelly and chalky loamy Land in very fine Order, for sowing it with Wheat […]1744, William Ellis, (Please provide the book title or journal name)

Forms of dunging

pluraldungings

Questions about dunging

What does dunging mean?
Dunging means an application of manure, to fertilize land.
What is dunging the present participle and gerund of?
Dunging is the present participle and gerund of dung.
What part of speech is dunging?
Dunging is a noun.
What is the plural of dunging?
The plural of dunging is dungings.

Words near dunging in the dictionary

  1. dungholes
  2. dunghouse
  3. dunghouses
  4. dungier
  5. dungiest
  6. dunging
  7. dungings
  8. dungish
  9. Dungiven
  10. dungkhag
  11. dungkhags

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