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limewashing

limewashing is the present participle and gerund of limewash.

Meaning of limewash

Verb

limewash (third-person singular simple present limewashes, present participle limewashing, simple past and past participle limewashed)

  1. (transitive) To paint with limewash (slaked lime in water).
    • Near-synonym: whitewash (often coinstantial)
    Synonyms:
    whitewash

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Questions about limewashing

What is limewashing the present participle and gerund of?
Limewashing is the present participle and gerund of limewash.

Words near limewashing in the dictionary

  1. limetwigging
  2. limetwigs
  3. limewash
  4. limewashed
  5. limewashes
  6. limewashing
  7. limewater
  8. limewaters
  9. limewood
  10. limewoods
  11. limeworking

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Adapted from Wiktionary: limewashing (page history and authors); limewash (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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