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pencilling

pencilling is the present participle and gerund of pencil.

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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Noun

pencilling (plural pencillings)

  1. A sketch or mark made in pencil.

Forms of pencilling

pluralpencillings

Phrases with pencilling

Questions about pencilling

What does pencilling mean?
Pencilling means a sketch or mark made in pencil.
What is pencilling the present participle and gerund of?
Pencilling is the present participle and gerund of pencil.
What part of speech is pencilling?
Pencilling is a noun.
What is the plural of pencilling?
The plural of pencilling is pencillings.

Words near pencilling in the dictionary

  1. penciller
  2. pencillers
  3. pencilless
  4. pencilliform
  5. pencillike
  6. pencilling
  7. pencilling in
  8. pencilling out
  9. pencillings
  10. pencills
  11. pencilly

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