frenching
frenching is the present participle and gerund of french.
Meaning of french
Verb
french (third-person singular simple present frenches, present participle frenching, simple past and past participle frenched)
- To prepare food by cutting it into strips.
- To kiss (another person) while inserting one’s tongue into the other person's mouth.
- Tom frenched her full in the mouth.1988, Wanda Coleman, A War of Eyes and other stories, page 151
- Synonyms:
- French kiss
- To kiss in this manner.
- We frenched by the wall.2003, Susan Steinberg, The End of Free Love, page 81
- To French trim; to stylishly expose bone by removing the fat and meat covering it (as done to a rack of lamb or bone-in rib-eye steak).
Noun (1)
frenching (uncountable)
Verb capitalized: Frenching
Frenching
- present participle and gerund of French
Noun (2) capitalized: Frenching
Frenching (uncountable)
- Alternative form of frenching (“disease of cotton”).
Questions about frenching
- What does frenching mean?
- Frenching means a disease in the leaf of the cotton plant, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. vasinfectum.
- What is frenching the present participle and gerund of?
- Frenching is the present participle and gerund of french.
- What part of speech is frenching?
- Frenching can be a noun or a verb.
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