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postholing

postholing is the present participle and gerund of posthole.

Meaning of posthole

Verb

posthole (third-person singular simple present postholes, present participle postholing, simple past and past participle postholed)

  1. To sink one's legs deep into snow while walking.
    • There, Kate dismounted, postholed through the snow to the door of the Park Service's headquarters, marched down the hall to Dan O'Brian's office, walked in without knocking, sat down without invitation, and said, "Now then. Would you mind repeating to me exactly what you told Ethan Int-Hout this...2002, Dana Stabenow, A Fine and Bitter Snow, →ISBN, page 1

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Questions about postholing

What is postholing the present participle and gerund of?
Postholing is the present participle and gerund of posthole.

Words near postholing in the dictionary

  1. postholders
  2. posthole
  3. postholed
  4. postholes
  5. postholiday
  6. postholing
  7. postholocaust
  8. posthoplastic
  9. posthoplastician
  10. posthoplasticians
  11. posthoplastics

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