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oblonging

oblonging is the present participle and gerund of oblong.

Meaning of oblong

Verb

oblong (third-person singular simple present oblongs, present participle oblonging, simple past and past participle oblonged)

  1. (transitive) To extend so as to form an oblong shape.
    • […]; by John Denmans hom lot on the north sid the front by a salt crek the reare to the comon which hom lot with all the upland oblonging to it conteining to about fourtie acers more or lese with about one acer & half of salt medo liing before the said house[…]1670, John Bull, signed sealed and delivered in the psents of Antony Waters [/] Rachell (X) Waters; republished as “Town Minutes”, in Town Minutes of Newtown: 1656-1688 (Transcriptions of Early Town...
  2. (transitive) To give an oblong shape to.
    • A. Why, by dropping them off of cars or dropping them off of trucks or some way it would oblong them .1928, New York Supreme Court, page 2149

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Questions about oblonging

What is oblonging the present participle and gerund of?
Oblonging is the present participle and gerund of oblong.

Words near oblonging in the dictionary

  1. oblongates
  2. oblongating
  3. oblonged
  4. oblongichytrid
  5. oblongichytrids
  6. oblonging
  7. oblongish
  8. oblongitude
  9. oblongitudinal
  10. oblongly
  11. oblongness

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