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serenading

serenading is the present participle and gerund of serenade.

Meaning of serenade

Verb

serenade (third-person singular simple present serenades, present participle serenading, simple past and past participle serenaded)

  1. (transitive) To sing or play a serenade for (someone).
    • The Southampton striker, who also struck a post late on, was being serenaded by the Wembley crowd before the end and should probably brace himself for some Lambert-mania over the coming days but, amid the eulogies, it should not overlook the deficiencies that were evident in another stodgy England...2013 August 14, Daniel Taylor, The Guardian
  2. (broadly) To woo someone.

See all 4 meanings of serenade

Noun

serenading (plural serenadings)

  1. The act of one who serenades.
    • the amatory serenadings of the London cats1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Forms of serenading

pluralserenadings

Questions about serenading

What does serenading mean?
Serenading means the act of one who serenades.
What is serenading the present participle and gerund of?
Serenading is the present participle and gerund of serenade.
What part of speech is serenading?
Serenading is a noun.
What is the plural of serenading?
The plural of serenading is serenadings.

Words near serenading in the dictionary

  1. serenade
  2. serenaded
  3. serenader
  4. serenaders
  5. serenades
  6. serenading
  7. serenadings
  8. serenata
  9. serenatas
  10. serenate
  11. serenated

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