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mildewing

mildewing is the present participle and gerund of mildew.

Meaning of mildew

Verb

mildew (third-person singular simple present mildews, present participle mildewing, simple past and past participle mildewed)

  1. (transitive) To taint with mildew.
    • Hee giues the Web and the Pin, ſquints the eye, and makes the Hare‐lippe; Mildewes the white Wheate, and hurts the poore Creature of earth.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  2. (intransitive) To become tainted with mildew.
    • His bald purplish head now looked for all the world like a mildewed skull.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Spouter-Inn”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 24

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Questions about mildewing

What is mildewing the present participle and gerund of?
Mildewing is the present participle and gerund of mildew.

Words near mildewing in the dictionary

  1. mildewer
  2. mildewers
  3. mildewicide
  4. mildewicides
  5. mildewiness
  6. mildewing
  7. mildewish
  8. mildewproof
  9. mildewproofed
  10. mildewproofing
  11. mildewproofs

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