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hard-boiling

hard-boiling is the present participle and gerund of hard-boil.

Meaning of hard-boil

Verb

hard-boil (third-person singular simple present hard-boils, present participle hard-boiling, simple past and past participle hard-boiled)

  1. (transitive) To cook (an egg) to a solid consistency: to cause to be hard-boiled.

Questions about hard-boiling

What is hard-boiling the present participle and gerund of?
Hard-boiling is the present participle and gerund of hard-boil.

Words near hard-boiling in the dictionary

  1. hard-blocking
  2. hard-blocks
  3. hard-boil
  4. hard-boiled
  5. hard-boiledness
  6. hard-boiling
  7. hard-boils
  8. hard-brick
  9. hard-charging
  10. hard-code
  11. hard-coded

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