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peaching

peaching is the present participle and gerund of peach.

Meaning of peach

Verb

peach (third-person singular simple present peaches, present participle peaching, simple past and past participle peached)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To inform on someone; turn informer.
    • If I be ta'en, I'll peach for this.1623, Shakespeare, Henry IV
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To inform against.
    • Complaining of the conduct of Sir Ralph Robinson, parson of Brede, in Sussex, who took from him a psalter book in English, printed cum privilegio regali, and peached him of heresy, whereupon he was put in the stocks by the King's constable for two days.1535, Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic of the Reign of Henry VIII, volume 9, published 1886, page 387

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Questions about peaching

What is peaching the present participle and gerund of?
Peaching is the present participle and gerund of peach.

Words near peaching in the dictionary

  1. peachicks
  2. peachier
  3. peachiest
  4. peachily
  5. peachiness
  6. peaching
  7. peachish
  8. peachleaf
  9. peachleaf bellflower
  10. peachleaf bellflowers
  11. peachleaf willow

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