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scrieving

scrieving is the present participle and gerund of scrieve.

Meaning of scrieve

Verb

scrieve (third-person singular simple present scrieves, present participle scrieving, simple past and past participle scrieved)

  1. (Scotland, dated) To glide or move smoothly.
    • Unlike the monotonous tones of London's streets, the sounds changed every few steps, so that the rattle of pollarded oaks could be followed by the trumpeting of bullfrogs and then the sudden sigh of scrieving swifts.1997, Nicholas Crane, Clear Waters Rising : a mountain walk across Europe, London: Penguin Books

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Questions about scrieving

What is scrieving the present participle and gerund of?
Scrieving is the present participle and gerund of scrieve.

Words near scrieving in the dictionary

  1. scrieve board
  2. scrieve boards
  3. scrieve knife
  4. scrieved
  5. scrieves
  6. scrieving
  7. scriggle
  8. scriggled
  9. scriggles
  10. scriggling
  11. scriggly

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