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intertonguing

intertonguing is the present participle and gerund of intertongue.

Meaning of intertongue

Verb

intertongue (third-person singular simple present intertongues, present participle intertonguing, simple past and past participle intertongued)

  1. To interlock.
    • The gently undulating interstream timbered lands border the shallow valleys and intertongue irregularly with the prairie lands.1916, Lloyd William Stephenson, Geology and ground waters of northeastern Arkansas, page 149

Questions about intertonguing

What is intertonguing the present participle and gerund of?
Intertonguing is the present participle and gerund of intertongue.

Words near intertonguing in the dictionary

  1. intertone
  2. intertones
  3. intertongue
  4. intertongued
  5. intertongues
  6. intertonguing
  7. intertonic
  8. intertonics
  9. intertooth
  10. intertopic
  11. intertown

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