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lyring

lyring is the present participle and gerund of lyre.

Meaning of lyre

Verb

lyre (third-person singular simple present lyres, present participle lyring, simple past and past participle lyred)

  1. (rare) to play the lyre
    • Alas, far times ago / A woman lyred here / In the evenfall; one who fain did so / From year to year; / And, in loneliness bending wistfully, / Would wake each note / In sick sad rote, / None to listen or see!1922, Thomas Hardy, “Penance”, in Late Lyrics and Earlier with Many Other Verses, London: Macmillan and Co., […], →OCLC, page 143

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Questions about lyring

What is lyring the present participle and gerund of?
Lyring is the present participle and gerund of lyre.

Words near lyring in the dictionary

  1. lyries
  2. lyriferous
  3. lyrifissure
  4. lyrifissures
  5. lyriform
  6. lyring
  7. lyrism
  8. lyrisms
  9. lyrist
  10. lyrists
  11. lys

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