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savoring

savoring is the present participle and gerund of savor.

Noun

savoring (plural savorings)

  1. The act by which something is savored.
    • Mightn't one even begin to understand the manifold woes, predicaments, and estrangements of man—and the delights and savorings and homecomings—as nothing more nor less than the variables of the Delta phenomenon […]1975, Walker Percy, The Message in the Bottle […]

Forms of savoring

pluralsavorings

Questions about savoring

What does savoring mean?
Savoring means the act by which something is savored.
What is savoring the present participle and gerund of?
Savoring is the present participle and gerund of savor.
What part of speech is savoring?
Savoring is a noun.
What is the plural of savoring?
The plural of savoring is savorings.

Words near savoring in the dictionary

  1. savorier
  2. savories
  3. savoriest
  4. savorily
  5. savoriness
  6. savoring
  7. savoringly
  8. savorings
  9. savorless
  10. savorlessness
  11. savorly

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