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line feeding

line feeding is the present participle and gerund of line feed.

Meaning of line feed

Verb

line feed (third-person singular simple present line feeds, present participle line feeding, simple past and past participle line fed)

  1. To advance the page one line at a time, particularly in rapid succession.

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Questions about line feeding

What is line feeding the present participle and gerund of?
Line feeding is the present participle and gerund of line feed.

Words near line feeding in the dictionary

  1. line elements
  2. line engraving
  3. line engravings
  4. line fed
  5. line feed
  6. line feeding
  7. line feeds
  8. line fish
  9. line fisher
  10. line fishers
  11. line fishes

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