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embushing

embushing is the present participle and gerund of embush.

Meaning of embush

Verb

embush (third-person singular simple present embushes, present participle embushing, simple past and past participle embushed)

  1. (obsolete) To place or hide in a thicket; to ambush.
    • […]embushing himselfe presently among the bushes and brambles1612–1620, [Miguel de Cervantes], translated by Thomas Shelton, The History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-errant Don-Quixote of the Mancha. […], London: […] William Stansby, for Ed[ward] Blount...

Questions about embushing

What is embushing the present participle and gerund of?
Embushing is the present participle and gerund of embush.

Words near embushing in the dictionary

  1. Embury
  2. embus
  3. embush
  4. embushed
  5. embushes
  6. embushing
  7. embushment
  8. embushments
  9. embusied
  10. embusies
  11. embusqué

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