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mittening

mittening is the present participle and gerund of mitten.

Meaning of mitten

Verb

mitten (third-person singular simple present mittens, present participle mittening, simple past and past participle mittened)

  1. (transitive) To dress in mittens; to put a mitten on.
    • He mittened his hand and beat it violently for a minute before exposing it to the frost to strike a match.1911 August, Jack London, “[Smoke Bellew] Tale Three: The Stampede to Squaw Creek”, in Cosmopolitan, volume LI, number 3, New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, section II, page 361, column 1

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Questions about mittening

What is mittening the present participle and gerund of?
Mittening is the present participle and gerund of mitten.

Words near mittening in the dictionary

  1. mitten
  2. mitten onto
  3. mittened
  4. mittenful
  5. mittenfuls
  6. mittening
  7. mittenless
  8. mittenlike
  9. Mittenpunkt
  10. mittens
  11. mittensful

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