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shrowing

shrowing is the present participle and gerund of shrow.

Meaning of shrow

Verb

shrow (third-person singular simple present shrows, present participle shrowing, simple past and past participle shrowed)

  1. (obsolete) To hide or cover; to shroud.
    • Dense fogs followed; and early one morning, the city was shrowed in almost Egyptian darkness.c. 1830, The Parterre; Or, Universal Story-teller

Questions about shrowing

What is shrowing the present participle and gerund of?
Shrowing is the present participle and gerund of shrow.

Words near shrowing in the dictionary

  1. shroving
  2. shrow
  3. shrowd
  4. shrowds
  5. shrowed
  6. shrowing
  7. shrows
  8. Shroyer
  9. Shroyers
  10. shrthnd
  11. shrub

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