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sheafing

sheafing is the present participle and gerund of sheaf.

Meaning of sheaf

Verb

sheaf (third-person singular simple present sheafs, present participle sheafing, simple past and past participle sheafed)

  1. (transitive) To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves
    • to sheaf wheat
  2. (intransitive) To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.
    • They that reap must sheaf and bind; Then to cart with Rosalind.c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

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Questions about sheafing

What is sheafing the present participle and gerund of?
Sheafing is the present participle and gerund of sheaf.

Words near sheafing in the dictionary

  1. sheafed
  2. Sheaffer
  3. Sheaffers
  4. sheafification
  5. sheafifications
  6. sheafing
  7. sheafless
  8. sheaflike
  9. sheafs
  10. sheafwise
  11. sheafy

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