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handmaking

handmaking is the present participle and gerund of handmake.

Meaning of handmake

Verb

handmake (third-person singular simple present handmakes, present participle handmaking, simple past and past participle handmade)

  1. (transitive) To make by hand; to manufacture manually.
    • The two are handmaking mirrors, sculptures and furnishings from salvaged materials (or “plundered trash,” as Mr. Welsh calls it), driftwood and Mr. Salaiz’s ceramics pieces.2009 June 11, Penelope Green, “Save That Driftwood for Them”, in New York Times

Questions about handmaking

What is handmaking the present participle and gerund of?
Handmaking is the present participle and gerund of handmake.

Words near handmaking in the dictionary

  1. handmaidenly
  2. handmaidens
  3. handmaids
  4. handmake
  5. handmakes
  6. handmaking
  7. handman
  8. handmark
  9. handmarked
  10. handmarks
  11. handmayd

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