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foaling

foaling is the present participle and gerund of foal.

Meaning of foal

Verb

foal (third-person singular simple present foals, present participle foaling, simple past and past participle foaled)

  1. (ambitransitive) To give birth to (a foal); to bear offspring.
    • All the time, our overfraught hearts are beating at a rate that would far outstrip the fastest gallop of the fastest horses ever foaled.1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC

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Noun

foaling (plural foalings)

  1. act of giving birth to a foal

Forms of foaling

pluralfoalings

Questions about foaling

What does foaling mean?
Foaling means act of giving birth to a foal.
What is foaling the present participle and gerund of?
Foaling is the present participle and gerund of foal.
What part of speech is foaling?
Foaling is a noun.
What is the plural of foaling?
The plural of foaling is foalings.

Words near foaling in the dictionary

  1. foaled
  2. foales
  3. foalfoot
  4. foalfoots
  5. foalhood
  6. foaling
  7. foalings
  8. foalish
  9. foals
  10. foam
  11. foam at the mouth

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