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gatching

gatching is the present participle and gerund of gatch.

Meaning of gatch

Verb

gatch (third-person singular simple present gatches, present participle gatching, simple past and past participle gatched)

  1. (transitive) To arrange (a patient's bed) so that its sections bend at the joints, to assist blood flow etc.
    • If the bed is to be gatched, the board must be hinged, or two or more boards must be used with breaks correctly placed.1961, Kathleen Newton Shafer, Medical-surgical Nursing, page 783

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Questions about gatching

What is gatching the present participle and gerund of?
Gatching is the present participle and gerund of gatch.

Words near gatching in the dictionary

  1. Gatchalians
  2. gatched
  3. Gatchell
  4. Gatchells
  5. gatches
  6. gatching
  7. gatchwork
  8. Gatcombe
  9. gate
  10. gate array
  11. gate arrays

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