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plushing

plushing is the present participle and gerund of plush.

Meaning of plush

Verb

plush (third-person singular simple present plushes, present participle plushing, simple past and past participle plushed)

  1. (transitive) To give a soft, fluffy surface to.
    • Green moss plushed the boulders that were stewn ^([sic]) about, reaching up to splash the cliffs with a velvet mantle.1946, Yosemite Nature Notes, page 52

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Noun

plushing (usually uncountable, plural plushings)

  1. (usually) The process of shopping for or buying plushies.

Forms of plushing

pluralplushings

Questions about plushing

What does plushing mean?
Plushing means the process of shopping for or buying plushies.
What is plushing the present participle and gerund of?
Plushing is the present participle and gerund of plush.
What part of speech is plushing?
Plushing is a noun.
What is the plural of plushing?
The plural of plushing is plushings.

Words near plushing in the dictionary

  1. plushies
  2. plushiest
  3. plushification
  4. plushily
  5. plushiness
  6. plushing
  7. plushlike
  8. plushly
  9. plushness
  10. plushophile
  11. plushophiles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: plushing (page history and authors); plush (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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