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replenishing

replenishing is the present participle and gerund of replenish.

Meaning of replenish

Verb

replenish (third-person singular simple present replenishes, present participle replenishing, simple past and past participle replenished)

  1. (transitive) To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity to.
    • It's a popular product, and they have to replenish their stock of it frequently.
    Synonyms:
    refresh
  2. (archaic, transitive) To fill up; to complete; to supply fully.
    • […] and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth […]1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 1:28
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To finish; to complete; to perfect.
    • We smothered the most replenished sweet work of nature.c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Noun

replenishing (plural replenishings)

  1. replenishment
    • Or viewed another way, one pair in health (the French wife, the German husband), attacking the fish with gusto, talking all the time, gesturing enthusiastically with a knife in the air and ordering frequent replenishings of the wine; […]1986, Constance Pierce, When Things Get Back to Normal and Other Stories, page 212

Forms of replenishing

pluralreplenishings

Questions about replenishing

What does replenishing mean?
Replenishing means replenishment.
What is replenishing the present participle and gerund of?
Replenishing is the present participle and gerund of replenish.
What part of speech is replenishing?
Replenishing is a noun.
What is the plural of replenishing?
The plural of replenishing is replenishings.

Words near replenishing in the dictionary

  1. replenisher
  2. replenishers
  3. replenishes
  4. replenishest
  5. replenisheth
  6. replenishing
  7. replenishingly
  8. replenishings
  9. replenishment
  10. replenishments
  11. replenisht

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