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flemishing

flemishing is the present participle and gerund of flemish.

Meaning of flemish

Verb

flemish (third-person singular simple present flemishes, present participle flemishing, simple past and past participle flemished)

  1. (transitive) Often followed by down: to arrange (a rope) into a neat, flat spiral coil.
    • In about twenty minutes, after the messenger had been stowed away, the cables coiled in the tiers, and the ropes flemished down on deck, the captain made his appearance, and directed the first-lieutenant to send aft the newly impressed men.1832, [Frederick Marryat], chapter XI, in Newton Forster; or, The Merchant Service. […], volume I, London: James Cochrane and Co., […], →OCLC, page 138

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Questions about flemishing

What is flemishing the present participle and gerund of?
Flemishing is the present participle and gerund of flemish.

Words near flemishing in the dictionary

  1. Flemish horses
  2. Flemish Sign Language
  3. Flemish stitch
  4. flemished
  5. flemishes
  6. flemishing
  7. Flemishization
  8. Flemishize
  9. Flemishized
  10. Flemishizing
  11. Flemishness

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