sleighing
sleighing is the present participle and gerund of sleigh.
Meaning of sleigh
Verb
sleigh (third-person singular simple present sleighs, present participle sleighing, simple past and past participle sleighed)
- To ride or drive a sleigh.
- To transport (cargo, freight) via sleigh.
- Electrification helped farmers, but in addition, the farm routine was greatly simplified because milk itself became the desired commodity instead of cream and butter. Milk trucks traveled to neighborhoods like North Pomfret to pick up cans of milk and haul them to the creamery for processing. The...2011, Cameron Clifford, Farms, Flatlanders, and Fords: A Story of People and Place in Rural Vermont 1890-2010
Noun
sleighing (plural sleighings)
- A ride on a sleigh.
- I heard magnificent accounts of the balls, parties, sleighings, and country frolics, which take place […]1852, Sir Edward William Watkin, A Trip to the United States and Canada: In a Series of Letters, page 26
Forms of sleighing
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Questions about sleighing
- What does sleighing mean?
- Sleighing means a ride on a sleigh.
- What is sleighing the present participle and gerund of?
- Sleighing is the present participle and gerund of sleigh.
- What part of speech is sleighing?
- Sleighing is a noun.
- What is the plural of sleighing?
- The plural of sleighing is sleighings.
Words near sleighing in the dictionary
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