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shadening

shadening is the present participle and gerund of shaden.

Meaning of shaden

Verb

shaden (third-person singular simple present shadens, present participle shadening, simple past and past participle shadened)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make or become shaded or shady.
    • But I'd obviously put the plant in the wrong place. It shadened and dampened some delicate things in the scree; of total losses, it accounted for a just-established plant of the large-flowered Dianthus alpinus and one Erinus.1958, Robert Gathorne-Hardy, The Tranquil Gardener, page 116

Questions about shadening

What is shadening the present participle and gerund of?
Shadening is the present participle and gerund of shaden.

Words near shadening in the dictionary

  1. shadelessly
  2. shadelessness
  3. shadelike
  4. shaden
  5. shadened
  6. shadening
  7. shadens
  8. shader
  9. shaderless
  10. shaders
  11. shades

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