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maining

maining is the present participle and gerund of main.

Meaning of main

Verb

main (third-person singular simple present mains, present participle maining, simple past and past participle mained)

  1. (transitive) To mainly play a specific character or side, or with specific equipment, during a game.
    • He mains the same character as me in that game.
  2. (obsolete) To convert (a road) into a main or primary road.
    • When a rural district council considers that a highway in its district ought to become a main road by reason of its being a medium of communication between great towns, or a thoroughfare to a railway station, or otherwise, it may apply to the county council for an order "maining" the road under s....1904, Arthur Underhill, Charles Otto Blagden, et al., editors, An Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents Other than Court Forms, volume 6, London: Butterworth, →OCLC

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Questions about maining

What is maining the present participle and gerund of?
Maining is the present participle and gerund of main.

Words near maining in the dictionary

  1. maingains
  2. maingate
  3. maingates
  4. Mainiac
  5. Mainiacs
  6. maining
  7. Mainit
  8. Mainite
  9. Mainites
  10. mainland
  11. mainland China

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