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mealing

mealing is the present participle and gerund of meal.

Meaning of meal

Verb (1)

meal (third-person singular simple present meals, present participle mealing, simple past and past participle mealed)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To yield or be plentiful in meal.
    • Of course the yield of grain was small, but much greater than could have been expected; and, the ears being well filled, it mealed well. The pastures were burnt up, so that there was nothing left for the cattle to eat.1876, Notes and Queries, page 73

Verb (2)

meal (third-person singular simple present meals, present participle mealing, simple past and past participle mealed)

  1. (transitive) To defile or taint.
    • Were he meal'd with that / Which he corrects, than were he tyrannous.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

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Proper noun capitalized: Mealing

Mealing (plural Mealings)

  1. A surname.

Forms of mealing

pluralMealings

Origin of mealing

Unexplained English surname.

Questions about mealing

What does mealing mean?
Mealing means a surname.
What is mealing the present participle and gerund of?
Mealing is the present participle and gerund of meal.
What part of speech is mealing?
Mealing is a proper noun.

Words near mealing in the dictionary

  1. mealies
  2. mealiest
  3. mealily
  4. mealiness
  5. mealinesses
  6. mealing
  7. Mealings
  8. Meall
  9. mealless
  10. Mealls
  11. mealman

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