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sixth-sensing

sixth-sensing is the present participle and gerund of sixth-sense.

Meaning of sixth-sense

Verb

sixth-sense (third-person singular simple present sixth-senses, present participle sixth-sensing, simple past and past participle sixth-sensed)

  1. To perceive or intuit through a sixth sense.
    • Dorothy had sixth-sensed this question before the speaker had finished, and was ready with her reply[.]1891, Mary E. Buell, The Sixth Sense, Or, Electricity: A Story for the Masses, Boston: Colby and Rich, page 189

Questions about sixth-sensing

What is sixth-sensing the present participle and gerund of?
Sixth-sensing is the present participle and gerund of sixth-sense.

Words near sixth-sensing in the dictionary

  1. sixth-rate
  2. sixth-rates
  3. sixth-sense
  4. sixth-sensed
  5. sixth-senses
  6. sixth-sensing
  7. sixthed
  8. sixthhand
  9. sixthing
  10. sixthly
  11. sixths

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