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encooping

encooping is the present participle and gerund of encoop.

Meaning of encoop

Verb

encoop (third-person singular simple present encoops, present participle encooping, simple past and past participle encooped)

  1. (transitive) To confine in a coop.
    • While Mr. Wallace assisted the mother of the lay-reader, Ambrosio, to encoop a brood of chickens, […]1925, A. S. C. Forbes, California Missions and Landmarks: El Camino Real, page 132

Questions about encooping

What is encooping the present participle and gerund of?
Encooping is the present participle and gerund of encoop.

Words near encooping in the dictionary

  1. encompassingly
  2. encompassment
  3. encompassments
  4. encoop
  5. encooped
  6. encooping
  7. encoops
  8. encopreses
  9. encopresis
  10. encopretic
  11. encorafenib

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