pleasuring
pleasuring is the present participle and gerund of pleasure.
Meaning of pleasure
Verb
pleasure (third-person singular simple present pleasures, present participle pleasuring, simple past and past participle pleasured)
- To give or afford pleasure to.
- [H]e / [...] / Had tost his ball and flown his kite, and roll'd / His hoop to pleasure Edith, [...]1864, Alfred Tennyson, “Aylmer’s Field”, in Enoch Arden, &c., London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 55
- To give sexual pleasure to.
- Johnny pleasured Jackie with his mouth last night.
- To take pleasure; to seek or pursue pleasure.
- to go pleasuring
Noun
pleasuring (plural pleasurings)
- An act of giving (sometimes sexual) pleasure.
- He is the declared enemy of all living by reflex action, of all that is done betwixt sleep and waking, of all the pleasureless pleasurings and imaginary duties in which we coin away our hearts and fritter invaluable years.1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Familiar Studies of Men and Books
Forms of pleasuring
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Phrases with pleasuring
Questions about pleasuring
- What does pleasuring mean?
- Pleasuring means an act of giving (sometimes sexual) pleasure.
- What is pleasuring the present participle and gerund of?
- Pleasuring is the present participle and gerund of pleasure.
- What part of speech is pleasuring?
- Pleasuring is a noun.
- What is the plural of pleasuring?
- The plural of pleasuring is pleasurings.
Words near pleasuring in the dictionary
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