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hoaring

hoaring is the present participle and gerund of hoar.

Meaning of hoar

Verb

hoar (third-person singular simple present hoars, present participle hoaring, simple past and past participle hoared)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To become mouldy or musty.
    • But a hare that is hoar / Is too much for a score / When it hoars ere it be spent.c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

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Questions about hoaring

What is hoaring the present participle and gerund of?
Hoaring is the present participle and gerund of hoar.

Words near hoaring in the dictionary

  1. hoarier
  2. hoariest
  3. hoarily
  4. hoariness
  5. hoarinesses
  6. hoaring
  7. hoarish
  8. hoark
  9. hoarness
  10. hoars
  11. hoarse

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