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malleating

malleating is the present participle and gerund of malleate.

Meaning of malleate

Verb

malleate (third-person singular simple present malleates, present participle malleating, simple past and past participle malleated)

  1. (rare) To beat into shape with a hammer.
    • Man is a mechanic, and works beautiful forms out of natural organisms. He cuts, bores, malleates, melts, casts in matrices, and spins, various articles.1878, James Milleson, The Embryonic System of Nature, page 12

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Questions about malleating

What is malleating the present participle and gerund of?
Malleating is the present participle and gerund of malleate.

Words near malleating in the dictionary

  1. malleal
  2. mallear
  3. malleate
  4. malleated
  5. malleates
  6. malleating
  7. malleation
  8. malleations
  9. Malleco
  10. malled
  11. mallee

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