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hothousing

hothousing is the present participle and gerund of hothouse.

Meaning of hothouse

Verb

hothouse (third-person singular simple present hothouses, present participle hothousing, simple past and past participle hothoused)

  1. (transitive) To provide (a child) with an enriched environment with the aim of stimulating academic development.
    • she had such an exceptional grasp of maths in her first two years at the school theyʼd been hothousing her to sit her GCSE Maths two years early2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 245

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Questions about hothousing

What is hothousing the present participle and gerund of?
Hothousing is the present participle and gerund of hothouse.

Words near hothousing in the dictionary

  1. hothouse flowers
  2. hothoused
  3. hothouser
  4. hothousers
  5. hothouses
  6. hothousing
  7. Hoths
  8. hothusband
  9. hothusbanded
  10. hothusbanding
  11. hothusbands

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