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loudening

loudening is the present participle and gerund of louden.

Meaning of louden

Verb

louden (third-person singular simple present loudens, present participle loudening, simple past and past participle loudened)

  1. To become louder.
    • The shouts of the bookies were now loudening outside in the sunlight, and when I'd slipped on my raincoat we went out to see what we could of the Light Weight Race.1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin, published 2013, page 167

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Questions about loudening

What is loudening the present participle and gerund of?
Loudening is the present participle and gerund of louden.

Words near loudening in the dictionary

  1. Loudcest
  2. loude
  3. louden
  4. loudened
  5. loudener
  6. loudening
  7. loudens
  8. Loudenslager
  9. Loudenslagers
  10. louder
  11. louder for the people at the back

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