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rudding

rudding is the present participle and gerund of rud.

Meaning of rud

Verb

rud (third-person singular simple present ruds, present participle rudding, simple past and past participle rudded)

  1. (intransitive) To become red; redden.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To make red.
    • Her cheekes lyke apples which the sun hath rudded1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Epithalamion”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC

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Questions about rudding

What is rudding the present participle and gerund of?
Rudding is the present participle and gerund of rud.

Words near rudding in the dictionary

  1. ruddies
  2. ruddiest
  3. ruddily
  4. ruddiness
  5. ruddinesses
  6. rudding
  7. Ruddington
  8. ruddle
  9. ruddled
  10. ruddleman
  11. ruddlemen

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