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holstering

holstering is the present participle and gerund of holster.

Meaning of holster

Verb

holster (third-person singular simple present holsters, present participle holstering, simple past and past participle holstered)

  1. To put something in a holster.
    • Then she sorted herself out, making sure her pickaxe and shovel were properly holstered to her.2025, Angel Luis Colón, Minecraft: House of Horrors, page 68

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Questions about holstering

What is holstering the present participle and gerund of?
Holstering is the present participle and gerund of holster.

Words near holstering in the dictionary

  1. Holsten
  2. Holstens
  3. holster
  4. holsterable
  5. holstered
  6. holstering
  7. holsters
  8. Holstes
  9. Holstine
  10. Holstines
  11. Holston

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Adapted from Wiktionary: holstering (page history and authors); holster (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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