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fluoridating

fluoridating is the present participle and gerund of fluoridate.

Meaning of fluoridate

Verb

fluoridate (third-person singular simple present fluoridates, present participle fluoridating, simple past and past participle fluoridated)

  1. (transitive) To add fluoride to something, especially to drinking water in order to reduce tooth decay.
    • Out of the 484 Utah water systems that reported data in 2024, only 66 fluoridated their water, an Associated Press analysis showed. The largest was the state’s biggest city, Salt Lake City.2025 March 28, “Utah becomes the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water”, in CNN, sourced from Associated Press
    Synonyms:
    fluoridize

Questions about fluoridating

What is fluoridating the present participle and gerund of?
Fluoridating is the present participle and gerund of fluoridate.

Words near fluoridating in the dictionary

  1. fluoric acid
  2. fluorid
  3. fluoridate
  4. fluoridated
  5. fluoridates
  6. fluoridating
  7. fluoridation
  8. fluoridationist
  9. fluoridationists
  10. fluoridations
  11. fluoridator

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