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serpentining

serpentining is the gerund of serpentine.

serpentining is the present participle and gerund of serpentine.

Meaning of serpentine

Noun

serpentine (plural serpentines)

  1. Any of several plants believed to cure snakebites.
  2. (historical) An early form of cannon, used in the 16th century.
  3. A kind of firework.
  4. A coiled distillation tube.
  5. Any of several related cubic curves; anguinea
  6. In dressage, a winding walk across on the arena.

See all 20 meanings of serpentine

Forms of serpentining

pluralserpentinings

Origin of serpentining

From serpentine + -ing.

Questions about serpentining

What is serpentining the gerund of?
Serpentining is the gerund of serpentine.

Words near serpentining in the dictionary

  1. Serpentinians
  2. serpentinic
  3. serpentinicolous
  4. serpentiniferous
  5. serpentinine
  6. serpentining
  7. serpentiningly
  8. serpentinings
  9. serpentinisation
  10. serpentinise
  11. serpentinised

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