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mafting

UK/ˈmaftɪŋ/

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Northern England/ˈmaftɪŋ(ɡ)/

mafting adjective: causing one to feel overcome with heat; oppressively hot; stifling.

Adjective

mafting (not comparable)

  1. (Yorkshire) Causing one to feel overcome with heat; oppressively hot; stifling.
  2. (Yorkshire) Of a person: Oppressed or stifled by the heat.
  3. (Yorkshire, obsolete) Of fog, etc.: drifting.

Origin of mafting

Adjective sense 1 and adjective sense 2 can be compared to mafted (adjective), and adjective sense 3 to maft (verb).

Questions about mafting

What does mafting mean?
Mafting means causing one to feel overcome with heat; oppressively hot; stifling.
What part of speech is mafting?
Mafting is an adjective.
How do you pronounce mafting?
Mafting is pronounced /ˈmaftɪŋ/ (UK).

Words near mafting in the dictionary

  1. MAFP
  2. Mafra
  3. MAFs
  4. maft
  5. mafted
  6. mafting
  7. maftir
  8. maftirim
  9. maftirs
  10. maftivimab
  11. maftool

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