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making one's bed

making one's bed is the present participle and gerund of make one's bed.

Meaning of make one's bed

Verb

make one's bed (third-person singular simple present makes one's bed, present participle making one's bed, simple past and past participle made one's bed)

  1. (literally) To make the bed in which one has slept.

Questions about making one's bed

What is making one's bed the present participle and gerund of?
Making one's bed is the present participle and gerund of make one's bed.

Words near making one's bed in the dictionary

  1. making off
  2. making off with
  3. making off without payment
  4. making ofs
  5. making one
  6. making one's bed
  7. making one's bed and lying in it
  8. making one's bones
  9. making one's bow
  10. making one's entrance
  11. making one's exit

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