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rubying

rubying is the present participle and gerund of ruby.

Meaning of ruby

Verb

ruby (third-person singular simple present rubies, present participle rubying, simple past and past participle rubied)

  1. (poetic, transitive) To make red; to redden.
    • With sanguine drops the walls are rubied1725–1726, Homer, “Book 20”, in [William Broome, Elijah Fenton, Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC

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Questions about rubying

What is rubying the present participle and gerund of?
Rubying is the present participle and gerund of ruby.

Words near rubying in the dictionary

  1. ruby-crowned kinglets
  2. ruby-red
  3. ruby-throated hummingbird
  4. ruby-throated hummingbirds
  5. Rubygate
  6. rubying
  7. Rubyist
  8. Rubyists
  9. rubylate
  10. rubylated
  11. rubylation

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