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parasoling

parasoling is the present participle and gerund of parasol.

Meaning of parasol

Verb

parasol (third-person singular simple present parasols, present participle (US) parasoling or (UK) parasolling, simple past and past participle (US) parasoled or (UK) parasolled)

  1. (transitive) To protect with, or as if with, a parasol; to shade.
    • Now old ladies, who dare venture a-shopping, go parasolling their withered perfections along, and entertain a decided dread of injuring the immaterial whiteness of their skins, which have ceased to he compared to "lilies" and "snows," and other sonnet-like similes, for more than thirty summers […]1826, The Monthly Magazine, page 161

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Questions about parasoling

What is parasoling the present participle and gerund of?
Parasoling is the present participle and gerund of parasol.

Words near parasoling in the dictionary

  1. parasol tree
  2. parasol trees
  3. parasoled
  4. parasolette
  5. parasolettes
  6. parasoling
  7. parasolled
  8. parasolling
  9. parasols
  10. parasomal
  11. parasome

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