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lavendering

lavendering is the present participle and gerund of lavender.

Meaning of lavender

Verb

lavender (third-person singular simple present lavenders, present participle lavendering, simple past and past participle lavendered)

  1. (transitive) To decorate or perfume with lavender.
    • Short shafts of dying sunlight mingled with the deepening grey, lavendering the horizon, and all nature seemed to hush as though waiting to welcome the night.1986, Katherine Gibson Fougera, With Custer's Cavalry, page 47

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Questions about lavendering

What is lavendering the present participle and gerund of?
Lavendering is the present participle and gerund of lavender.

Words near lavendering in the dictionary

  1. lavender thrift
  2. lavender water
  3. lavender waters
  4. lavender-collar
  5. lavendered
  6. lavendering
  7. lavenderish
  8. lavenders
  9. lavendery
  10. lavendulan
  11. Lavengro

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