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greenhousing

greenhousing is the present participle and gerund of greenhouse.

Meaning of greenhouse

Verb

greenhouse (third-person singular simple present greenhouses, present participle greenhousing, simple past and past participle greenhoused)

  1. (transitive) To place (plants) in a greenhouse.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To nurture in order to promote growth.
    • It's almost impossible to make judgements when you're being playful – as by definition it's spontaneous activity – so your baby ideas get nurtured and greenhoused better.2008, Chris Barez-Brown, How to Have Kick-Ass Ideas

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Questions about greenhousing

What is greenhousing the present participle and gerund of?
Greenhousing is the present participle and gerund of greenhouse.

Words near greenhousing in the dictionary

  1. greenhouse warming
  2. greenhouse-friendly
  3. greenhoused
  4. greenhouselike
  5. greenhouses
  6. greenhousing
  7. Greenhow
  8. greenhushing
  9. greeniac
  10. greeniacs
  11. Greenidge

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Adapted from Wiktionary: greenhousing (page history and authors); greenhouse (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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