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impastoing

impastoing is the present participle and gerund of impasto.

Meaning of impasto

Verb

impasto (third-person singular simple present impastoes, present participle impastoing, simple past and past participle impastoed)

  1. (painting) To paint in thick-bodied paint; to paint in impasto style.
    • "She looked tall to me, and slim, with delicate Semitic features, and a full mouth that she impastoed with red lipstick to play against her […]"1991, Joyce Nakamura, Contemporary Authors Autobiographical Series, Volume 14

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Questions about impastoing

What is impastoing the present participle and gerund of?
Impastoing is the present participle and gerund of impasto.

Words near impastoing in the dictionary

  1. impastes
  2. impasting
  3. impasto
  4. impastoed
  5. impastoes
  6. impastoing
  7. impastor
  8. impastors
  9. impastos
  10. impasture
  11. impastured

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