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microwaving

microwaving is the present participle and gerund of microwave.

Meaning of microwave

Verb

microwave (third-person singular simple present microwaves, present participle microwaving, simple past and past participle microwaved)

  1. (transitive) To cook (something) in a microwave oven.
    • A vengeful mother-of-three has been jailed for 168 days after being convicted of killing a neighbour's kitten by microwaving the 10-week-old pet.2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in Guardian
    Synonyms:
    nuke, microcook, zap
  2. (slang, transitive) To provide minimal preparation for implementation, deeming full or extensive preparation as unnecessary.

See all 3 meanings of microwave

Phrases with microwaving

Questions about microwaving

What is microwaving the present participle and gerund of?
Microwaving is the present participle and gerund of microwave.

Words near microwaving in the dictionary

  1. microwaveless
  2. microwavelike
  3. microwavery
  4. microwaves
  5. microwaves up
  6. microwaving
  7. microwaving up
  8. microweapon
  9. microweapons
  10. microwear
  11. microweb

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Adapted from Wiktionary: microwaving (page history and authors); microwave (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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