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embowling

embowling is the present participle and gerund of embowl.

Meaning of embowl

Verb

embowl (third-person singular simple present embowls, present participle embowling, simple past and past participle embowled)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To form like a bowl
  2. (obsolete, transitive) to give a globular shape to.
    • 16th century,Philip Sidney, Sidney Psalms
      the Earth, embowl'd by thee

Questions about embowling

What is embowling the present participle and gerund of?
Embowling is the present participle and gerund of embowl.

Words near embowling in the dictionary

  1. embowerments
  2. embowers
  3. embowing
  4. embowl
  5. embowled
  6. embowling
  7. embowls
  8. embowment
  9. embowments
  10. embows
  11. embox

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