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hoarsening

hoarsening is the present participle and gerund of hoarsen.

Meaning of hoarsen

Verb

hoarsen (third-person singular simple present hoarsens, present participle hoarsening, simple past and past participle hoarsened)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To make or become hoarse.
    • A canny business strategist who tends to express himself tersely — even more so now that his voice has been hoarsened by several strokes — he has rarely consented to interviews.2009 March 19, Carol Kino, “A Trustee Who Defined an Era of Corporate Giving”, in New York Times

Questions about hoarsening

What is hoarsening the present participle and gerund of?
Hoarsening is the present participle and gerund of hoarsen.

Words near hoarsening in the dictionary

  1. hoarsely
  2. hoarsen
  3. hoarsened
  4. hoarseness
  5. hoarsenesses
  6. hoarsening
  7. hoarsens
  8. hoarser
  9. hoarses
  10. hoarsest
  11. hoarsing

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