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neatening

neatening is the present participle and gerund of neaten.

Meaning of neaten

Verb

neaten (third-person singular simple present neatens, present participle neatening, simple past and past participle neatened)

  1. (transitive) To make (someone or something) neat; to arrange (people or things) in an orderly, tidy way; to tidy.
    • She made a frantic attempt to neaten her hair.
  2. (intransitive) To engage in activity that arranges someone or something in an orderly, tidy way.
    • Don't mind me if I neaten while you talk.

Questions about neatening

What is neatening the present participle and gerund of?
Neatening is the present participle and gerund of neaten.

Words near neatening in the dictionary

  1. neatballs
  2. neatbeast
  3. neatbeasts
  4. neaten
  5. neatened
  6. neatening
  7. neatens
  8. neater
  9. neatest
  10. neatfoot
  11. neath

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Adapted from Wiktionary: neatening (page history and authors); neaten (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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