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lawning

lawning is the present participle and gerund of lawn.

Meaning of lawn

Verb

lawn (third-person singular simple present lawns, present participle lawning, simple past and past participle lawned)

  1. (transitive) To furnish with a lawn.
    • By opening all the arches of the several apartments […], by lawning the area within, and by a judicious use of ivy where any blank spaces require to be broken, or any deformities concealed, this might be made a beautiful and singular scene; […]1827, An Historical, Antiquarian, and Picturesque Account of Kirkstall Abbey, page 170

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Questions about lawning

What is lawning the present participle and gerund of?
Lawning is the present participle and gerund of lawn.

Words near lawning in the dictionary

  1. lawnful
  2. lawnfuls
  3. lawngrass
  4. lawngrasses
  5. Lawngtlai
  6. lawning
  7. lawnleaf
  8. lawnless
  9. lawnlessness
  10. lawnlet
  11. lawnlets

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