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grimming

grimming is the present participle and gerund of grim.

Meaning of grim

Verb

grim (third-person singular simple present grims, present participle grimming, simple past and past participle grimmed)

  1. (rare, transitive) To make grim; to give a stern or forbidding aspect to.

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Questions about grimming

What is grimming the present participle and gerund of?
Grimming is the present participle and gerund of grim.

Words near grimming in the dictionary

  1. Grimmett
  2. Grimmetts
  3. grimmiaceous
  4. Grimmian
  5. Grimmie
  6. grimming
  7. grimmish
  8. Grimmond
  9. Grimmy
  10. grimness
  11. grimnesses

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