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pretreating

pretreating is the present participle and gerund of pretreat.

Meaning of pretreat

Verb

pretreat (third-person singular simple present pretreats, present participle pretreating, simple past and past participle pretreated)

  1. (transitive) To give something a treatment prior to another operation.

Questions about pretreating

What is pretreating the present participle and gerund of?
Pretreating is the present participle and gerund of pretreat.

Words near pretreating in the dictionary

  1. pretraumatic
  2. pretravel
  3. pretreat
  4. pretreatable
  5. pretreated
  6. pretreating
  7. pretreatment
  8. pretreatments
  9. pretreats
  10. pretreaty
  11. pretriage

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