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gheraoing

gheraoing is the present participle and gerund of gherao.

Meaning of gherao

Verb

gherao (third-person singular simple present gheraos, present participle gheraoing, simple past and past participle gheraoed)

  1. (India, transitive) To surround for this purpose.
    • One day the city magistrate asked the army for help to curb a protest march by women Congress workers who had threatened to gherao the officials in the divisional office.1996, Kavery Nambisan, The Scent of Pepper, Penguin, published 2010, →ISBN, page 215

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Questions about gheraoing

What is gheraoing the present participle and gerund of?
Gheraoing is the present participle and gerund of gherao.

Words near gheraoing in the dictionary

  1. Ghera
  2. Gherang
  3. gherao
  4. gheraoed
  5. gheraoes
  6. gheraoing
  7. gheraos
  8. Ghercești
  9. Ghere
  10. Gherghești
  11. Gherghița

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