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ochring

ochring is the present participle and gerund of ochre.

Meaning of ochre

Verb

ochre (third-person singular simple present ochres, present participle ochring or ochreing, simple past and past participle ochred)

  1. To cover or tint with ochre.
    • […] his eye was caught by the sight of one child in a group of smaller children playing in the shallows some little distance down—a white child, so white by contrast with the others that at first he thought it must be ochred, which it could not be while playing in the water.1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter 14, in Capricornia, New York: Appleton, published 1943, page 229

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Questions about ochring

What is ochring the present participle and gerund of?
Ochring is the present participle and gerund of ochre.

Words near ochring in the dictionary

  1. ochrept
  2. ochrepts
  3. ochres
  4. ochrey
  5. ochric
  6. ochring
  7. ochrish
  8. ochro
  9. ochrobactin
  10. ochrobactins
  11. ochroe

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