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flouring

flouring is the present participle and gerund of flour.

Meaning of flour

Verb

flour (third-person singular simple present flours, present participle flouring, simple past and past participle floured)

  1. (transitive) To apply flour to something; to cover with flour.
    • Flour the surface before rolling out the dough.
  2. (transitive) To reduce to flour.
  3. (intransitive) To break up into fine globules of mercury in the amalgamation process.

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Questions about flouring

What is flouring the present participle and gerund of?
Flouring is the present participle and gerund of flour.

Words near flouring in the dictionary

  1. flourier
  2. flouriest
  3. flourily
  4. flourine
  5. flouriness
  6. flouring
  7. flourish
  8. flourishable
  9. flourished
  10. flourisher
  11. flourishers

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