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photosynthesizing

photosynthesizing is the present participle and gerund of photosynthesize.

Meaning of photosynthesize

Verb

photosynthesize (third-person singular simple present photosynthesizes, present participle photosynthesizing, simple past and past participle photosynthesized)

  1. To synthesize carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water using the energy of light by photosynthesis

Adjective

photosynthesizing (not comparable)

  1. That performs photosynthesis.
    • A thick blanket of dust that was thrown up darkened the globe, affecting plants and other photosynthesising life.2014 July 28, Ian Sample, The Guardian

Forms of photosynthesizing

alternative formphotosynthesising

Questions about photosynthesizing

What does photosynthesizing mean?
Photosynthesizing means that performs photosynthesis.
What is photosynthesizing the present participle and gerund of?
Photosynthesizing is the present participle and gerund of photosynthesize.
What part of speech is photosynthesizing?
Photosynthesizing is an adjective.

Words near photosynthesizing in the dictionary

  1. photosynthesize
  2. photosynthesized
  3. photosynthesizer
  4. photosynthesizers
  5. photosynthesizes
  6. photosynthesizing
  7. photosynthetic
  8. photosynthetical
  9. photosynthetically
  10. photosynthetron
  11. photosynthetrons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: photosynthesizing (page history and authors); photosynthesize (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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