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luing

luing is the present participle and gerund of lu.

luing is the present participle and gerund of lue.

Meaning of lu

Noun

lu (usually uncountable, plural lus)

  1. (historical, usually) Synonym of route or circuit, an administrative division of imperial China.
    Synonyms:
    route or circuit

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Meaning of lue

Verb

lue (third-person singular simple present lues, present participle luing, simple past and past participle lued)

  1. (dialectal, transitive) To sift using a sieve, particularly in mining tin or silver.
    • Cardiganshire... That which is thus Buddled they lue with a thick hair sieve close wrought in a tub of water.1674, John Ray, A Collection of English Words, Not Generally Used, page 116

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Questions about luing

What is luing the present participle and gerund of?
Luing is the present participle and gerund of lu.

Words near luing in the dictionary

  1. Luigis
  2. luijaurite
  3. Luikart
  4. Luikarts
  5. Luina
  6. luing
  7. Luis
  8. Luiseño
  9. Luiseños
  10. Luisi
  11. Luisian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: luing (page history and authors); lu (page history and authors); lue (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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