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limbing

limbing is the present participle and gerund of limb.

Meaning of limb

Verb

limb (third-person singular simple present limbs, present participle limbing, simple past and past participle limbed)

  1. (transitive) To remove the limbs from (an animal or tree).
    • They limbed the felled trees before cutting them into logs.
  2. (transitive) To supply with limbs.
    • Innumerous living creatures , perfect forms ,
      Limb'd and full grown: out of the ground uprose1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker...
  3. (transitive) To thoroughly defeat an opponent in fisticuffs
    • Brian limbed Roger over at the Beahive last night.

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Questions about limbing

What is limbing the present participle and gerund of?
Limbing is the present participle and gerund of limb.

Words near limbing in the dictionary

  1. limbie
  2. limbier
  3. limbies
  4. limbiest
  5. limbiness
  6. limbing
  7. limbless
  8. limblessly
  9. limblessness
  10. limbline
  11. limblines

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