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farrowing

farrowing is the present participle and gerund of farrow.

Meaning of farrow

Verb

farrow (third-person singular simple present farrows, present participle farrowing, simple past and past participle farrowed)

  1. To give birth to (a litter of piglets).
    • The members of a particular family refuse to eat pig, because they owe their existence to a sow, which farrowed babies and little pigs at the same birth.1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page 36

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Adjective

farrowing (not comparable)

  1. Producing a litter of piglets.

Noun

farrowing (plural farrowings)

  1. The act of producing a litter of pigs.

Forms of farrowing

pluralfarrowings

Questions about farrowing

What does farrowing mean?
Farrowing means producing a litter of piglets.
What is farrowing the present participle and gerund of?
Farrowing is the present participle and gerund of farrow.
What part of speech is farrowing?
Farrowing can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near farrowing in the dictionary

  1. farrow
  2. farrowed
  3. farrower
  4. farrowers
  5. farroweth
  6. farrowing
  7. farrowings
  8. farrows
  9. farruca
  10. farrucas
  11. Farruggia

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