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floodproofing

floodproofing is the present participle and gerund of floodproof.

Meaning of floodproof

Verb

floodproof (third-person singular simple present floodproofs, present participle floodproofing, simple past and past participle floodproofed)

  1. (transitive) To make resistant to flooding.
    • The minor league ballpark has been floodproofed.2008 June 25, “As the Levees Fail, Time for Tough Questions”, in New York Times

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Questions about floodproofing

What is floodproofing the present participle and gerund of?
Floodproofing is the present participle and gerund of floodproof.

Words near floodproofing in the dictionary

  1. floodpool
  2. floodpools
  3. floodprone
  4. floodproof
  5. floodproofed
  6. floodproofing
  7. floodproofs
  8. floods
  9. floods out
  10. floods the zone
  11. floodshed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: floodproofing (page history and authors); floodproof (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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