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fireforming

fireforming is the present participle and gerund of fireform.

Meaning of fireform

Verb

fireform (third-person singular simple present fireforms, present participle fireforming, simple past and past participle fireformed)

  1. To lengthen or widen the body of a cartridge case by firing it in a gun that has the same calibre but a larger chamber.

Questions about fireforming

What is fireforming the present participle and gerund of?
Fireforming is the present participle and gerund of fireform.

Words near fireforming in the dictionary

  1. fireflower
  2. firefly
  3. firefly squid
  4. fireform
  5. fireformed
  6. fireforming
  7. fireforms
  8. firefought
  9. firefountain
  10. firefountains
  11. firefox

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fireforming (page history and authors); fireform (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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