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oranging

oranging is the present participle and gerund of orange.

Meaning of orange

Verb

orange (third-person singular simple present oranges, present participle oranging, simple past and past participle oranged)

  1. (transitive) To colour orange.
    • It is this composition which reaches a colourist perfection in Le Bonheur with the complementarity of violet, purple and oranged gold1986, Gilles Deleuze, Cinema: The movement-image, page 118
  2. (intransitive) To become orange.
    • Cranes in the distance against the background of the slowly oranging sky2007, Terézia Mora, Day in day out, page 296

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Questions about oranging

What is oranging the present participle and gerund of?
Oranging is the present participle and gerund of orange.

Words near oranging in the dictionary

  1. orangie
  2. orangier
  3. orangies
  4. orangiest
  5. oranginess
  6. oranging
  7. orangish
  8. orangishness
  9. Orangism
  10. Orangist
  11. Orangists

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