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placarding

placarding is the present participle and gerund of placard.

Meaning of placard

Verb

placard (third-person singular simple present placards, present participle placarding, simple past and past participle placarded)

  1. To affix a placard to, or mark with a placard nearby.
    • The inner walls of the church were placarded with large mural tablets of copper, bearing engraved inscriptions celebrating the merits of old Heilbronn worthies of two or three centuries ago, […]1880, Mark Twain [pseudonym] (Samuel L[anghorne] Clemens), chapter XII, in A Tramp Abroad; […], Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company; London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 108
  2. To announce with placards.
    • to placard a sale

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Questions about placarding

What is placarding the present participle and gerund of?
Placarding is the present participle and gerund of placard.

Words near placarding in the dictionary

  1. placarded
  2. placardeer
  3. placardeers
  4. placarder
  5. placarders
  6. placarding
  7. placards
  8. placatable
  9. placate
  10. placated
  11. placater

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