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silking

silking is the present participle and gerund of silk.

Meaning of silk

Verb

silk (third-person singular simple present silks, present participle silking, simple past and past participle silked)

  1. (intransitive) To develop silk.
  2. (transitive) To remove the silk from (corn).
    • While we shucked and silked the corn, we talked, sang old nursery rhymes […]2013, Lynetra T. Griffin, From Whence We Came, page 17

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Questions about silking

What is silking the present participle and gerund of?
Silking is the present participle and gerund of silk.

Words near silking in the dictionary

  1. silkiest
  2. silkily
  3. Silkin
  4. silkiness
  5. silkinesses
  6. silking
  7. silkless
  8. silklessness
  9. silklike
  10. silklined
  11. silkman

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