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fire-fanging

fire-fanging is the present participle and gerund of fire-fang.

Meaning of fire-fang

Verb

fire-fang (third-person singular simple present fire-fangs, present participle fire-fanging, simple past and past participle fire-fanged)

  1. (transitive) To cause (manure) to lose its goodness and acquire an ashy hue because of the heat generated by decomposition.

Questions about fire-fanging

What is fire-fanging the present participle and gerund of?
Fire-fanging is the present participle and gerund of fire-fang.

Words near fire-fanging in the dictionary

  1. fire-eyed diucon
  2. fire-eyed diucons
  3. fire-eyes
  4. fire-fang
  5. fire-fanged
  6. fire-fanging
  7. fire-fangs
  8. fire-fight
  9. fire-fights
  10. fire-flies
  11. fire-fly

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