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serrying

serrying is the present participle and gerund of serry.

Meaning of serry

Verb

serry (third-person singular simple present serries, present participle serrying, simple past and past participle serried)

  1. (dated, literary, poetic) To crowd, press together, or close (rank)
    • High shoulders, low shoulders, broad shoulders, narrow ones,
      Round, square, and angular, serry and shove1904, William Ernest Henley, “Clinical”, in Poems

Questions about serrying

What is serrying the present participle and gerund of?
Serrying is the present participle and gerund of serry.

Words near serrying in the dictionary

  1. serrulated
  2. serrulately
  3. serrulation
  4. serrulations
  5. serry
  6. serrying
  7. sers
  8. SERT
  9. sertaconazole
  10. sertanejo
  11. sertanejos

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