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sedimenting

sedimenting is the present participle and gerund of sediment.

Meaning of sediment

Verb

sediment (third-person singular simple present sediments, present participle sedimenting, simple past and past participle sedimented)

  1. (transitive) To deposit material as a sediment.
  2. (intransitive) To be deposited as a sediment.

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Questions about sedimenting

What is sedimenting the present participle and gerund of?
Sedimenting is the present participle and gerund of sediment.

Words near sedimenting in the dictionary

  1. sedimentations
  2. sedimentator
  3. sedimentators
  4. sedimented
  5. sedimenticlastic
  6. sedimenting
  7. sedimentitious
  8. sedimentize
  9. sedimentized
  10. sedimentizes
  11. sedimentizing

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