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feeing

feeing is the present participle and gerund of fee.

Meaning of fee

Verb

fee (third-person singular simple present fees, present participle feeing, simple past and past participle feed)

  1. To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe.
    • In vain for Hellebore the patient cries / And fees the doctor; but too late is wise1693, John Dryden, “The Third Satire of Aulus Persius Flaccus”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis

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Noun

feeing (uncountable)

  1. (Scotland) The hiring of servants for a fee

Words formed from feeing

Phrases with feeing

Questions about feeing

What does feeing mean?
Feeing means the hiring of servants for a fee.
What is feeing the present participle and gerund of?
Feeing is the present participle and gerund of fee.
What part of speech is feeing?
Feeing is a noun.

Words near feeing in the dictionary

  1. feedzones
  2. feefees
  3. Feegee
  4. Feehan
  5. Feehans
  6. feeing
  7. feeing market
  8. feeing markets
  9. Feejee
  10. Feejeean
  11. Feejeeans

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