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girlifying

girlifying is the present participle and gerund of girlify.

Meaning of girlify

Verb

girlify (third-person singular simple present girlifies, present participle girlifying, simple past and past participle girlified)

  1. (transitive) To make girly.
    • She made George set in the playhouse with her, and he would do it, no matter how much Pa teased him and called him girlified and threatened to make him wear dresses.1968, Mildred Haun, The Hawk's Done Gone: And Other Stories, page 223
    Synonyms:
    feminize, feminise

Questions about girlifying

What is girlifying the present participle and gerund of?
Girlifying is the present participle and gerund of girlify.

Words near girlifying in the dictionary

  1. girliest
  2. girlification
  3. girlified
  4. girlifies
  5. girlify
  6. girlifying
  7. girlily
  8. girlina
  9. girliness
  10. girling
  11. girlish

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