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retroflecting

retroflecting is the present participle and gerund of retroflect.

Meaning of retroflect

Verb

retroflect (third-person singular simple present retroflects, present participle retroflecting, simple past and past participle retroflected)

  1. (transitive) To turn or redirect back at itself.

Questions about retroflecting

What is retroflecting the present participle and gerund of?
Retroflecting is the present participle and gerund of retroflect.

Words near retroflecting in the dictionary

  1. retrofitters
  2. retrofitting
  3. retrofittings
  4. retroflect
  5. retroflected
  6. retroflecting
  7. retroflection
  8. retroflections
  9. retroflective
  10. retroflector
  11. retroflectors

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Adapted from Wiktionary: retroflecting (page history and authors); retroflect (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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