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penciling

penciling is the present participle and gerund of pencil.

penciling is the alternative spelling of pencilling.

Meaning of pencil

Verb

pencil (third-person singular simple present pencils, present participle (US) penciling or (UK) pencilling, simple past and past participle (US) penciled or (UK) pencilled)

  1. (transitive) To write (something) using a pencil.
    • I penciled (BrE: pencilled) a brief reminder in my notebook.
  2. (transitive) To mark with, or as if with, a pencil.
    • It pencilled each flower with rich and variegated hues, and threw over its exuberant foliage a vesture of emerald green.1852, The Ark, and Odd Fellows' Western Magazine

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Meaning of pencilling

Noun

pencilling (plural pencillings)

  1. A sketch or mark made in pencil.

Forms of penciling

pluralpencilings

Phrases with penciling

Questions about penciling

What is penciling the present participle and gerund of?
Penciling is the present participle and gerund of pencil.

Words near penciling in the dictionary

  1. penciler
  2. pencilers
  3. pencilfish
  4. pencilfishes
  5. pencilful
  6. penciling
  7. penciling in
  8. penciling out
  9. pencilings
  10. pencill
  11. pencillate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: penciling (page history and authors); pencil (page history and authors); pencilling (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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