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slooming

slooming is the present participle and gerund of sloom.

Meaning of sloom

Verb

sloom (third-person singular simple present slooms, present participle slooming, simple past and past participle sloomed)

  1. (Scotland) To sleep lightly, to doze, to nod; to be half-asleep.
    • The squire sloomed and slept in his chair; and finally, after a cup of tea, went to bed.1886, Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr, The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance
  2. To soften or rot with damp. (of plants or soil)
    • He adds, that one hundred bolls, or fifty quarters of wheat may be thrashed in a day of eight hours, unless the grain has been sloomed or mildewed; […]a. 1807, unidentified young farmer, letter to his father, printed in Edinburgh Farmers’ Magazine 1807, reprinted in The Farmer’s Register, Volume 7, Number 9 (1839 September 30), page 540

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Questions about slooming

What is slooming the present participle and gerund of?
Slooming is the present participle and gerund of sloom.

Words near slooming in the dictionary

  1. slood
  2. sloods
  3. sloogie
  4. sloom
  5. sloomed
  6. slooming
  7. slooms
  8. sloomy
  9. sloop
  10. sloop-of-war
  11. slooplike

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