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ginning

ginning is the present participle and gerund of gin.

Meaning of gin

Verb (1)

gin (third-person singular simple present gins, present participle ginning, simple past and past participle ginned)

  1. (transitive) To remove the seeds from cotton with a cotton gin.
  2. (transitive) To trap something in a gin.

Verb (2)

gin (third-person singular simple present gins, present participle ginning, simple past gan, past participle gun)

  1. (Early, Modern, archaic) To begin.
    • Gon. All three of them are deſperate : their great guilt / (Like poyſon giuen to worke a great time after) / Now gins to bite the ſpirits :[…]1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...

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Noun

ginning (countable and uncountable, plural ginnings)

  1. The act of removing seeds from cotton with a cotton gin.

Forms of ginning

pluralginnings

Phrases with ginning

Questions about ginning

What does ginning mean?
Ginning means the act of removing seeds from cotton with a cotton gin.
What is ginning the present participle and gerund of?
Ginning is the present participle and gerund of gin.
What part of speech is ginning?
Ginning is a noun.
What is the plural of ginning?
The plural of ginning is ginnings.

Words near ginning in the dictionary

  1. ginneys
  2. Ginni
  3. Ginnie
  4. Ginnie Mae
  5. ginnies
  6. ginning
  7. ginning up
  8. ginnings
  9. ginnip
  10. ginnips
  11. ginns

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