infilling
infilling is the present participle and gerund of infill.
Meaning of infill
Verb
infill (third-person singular simple present infills, present participle infilling, simple past and past participle infilled)
- To fill in a space, hole or gap.
- Here the original drawing is shown in grey and the infilled tracing in black. The lettering can be further refined and, unlike ink-based artwork, can be rekerned without being redrawn.2011, Andrew Haslam, Lettering: A Reference Manual of Techniques
- To rededicate land in an urban environment to new construction.
Noun
infilling (plural infillings)
- infilled material
- In central Shandong, Qizian Hill Cave (Yiyuan county) in the Tumen karst area yields fauna in infillings at several localities, and in the Xiaya Cave group, situated some 5-15 m above the valley floor, human remains are also known.1994, F. Clark Howell, “A Chronostratigraphic and Taxonomic Framework of the Origins of Modern Humans”, in Matthew H. Nitecki, Doris V. Nitecki, editors, Origins of Anatomically Modern Humans, Plenum...
Forms of infilling
| plural | infillings |
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Origin of infilling
From infill + -ing.
From infill + -ing and/or in- + filling.
Questions about infilling
- What does infilling mean?
- Infilling means infilled material.
- What is infilling the present participle and gerund of?
- Infilling is the present participle and gerund of infill.
- What part of speech is infilling?
- Infilling is a noun.
- What is the plural of infilling?
- The plural of infilling is infillings.
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