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roosing

roosing is the present participle and gerund of roose.

Meaning of roose

Verb

roose (third-person singular simple present rooses, present participle roosing, simple past and past participle roosed)

  1. (Scotland, dialectal) To flatter or praise.
    • Ha'e na ye roosed my cheeks like the morning? Ha'e na ye roosed my cherry-red mou?1809, Hector MacNeill, Oh, Tell Me How For to Woo.
  2. (Scotland, dialectal) To be proud.
    • I'll cock my nose aboon them a' — I'm roosed by Craigengillan !1865, The British Poets - Volume 2, page 43

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Questions about roosing

What is roosing the present participle and gerund of?
Roosing is the present participle and gerund of roose.

Words near roosing in the dictionary

  1. rooseveltite
  2. Rooshian
  3. Rooshians
  4. Roosian
  5. Roosians
  6. roosing
  7. Rooskey
  8. Roosky
  9. Roosmalens' dwarf marmoset
  10. Roosmalens' dwarf marmosets
  11. roost

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