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scoving

scoving is the present participle and gerund of scove.

Meaning of scove

Verb

scove (third-person singular simple present scoves, present participle scoving, simple past and past participle scoved)

  1. (transitive) To cover with clay so as to prevent the escape of heat in burning.

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Questions about scoving

What is scoving the present participle and gerund of?
Scoving is the present participle and gerund of scove.

Words near scoving in the dictionary

  1. Scoville unit
  2. Scoville units
  3. Scovilles
  4. Scovills
  5. Scovils
  6. scoving
  7. scow
  8. Scowcroft
  9. Scowcrofts
  10. scowdering
  11. scowed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scoving (page history and authors); scove (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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