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slow-marching

slow-marching is the present participle and gerund of slow-march.

Meaning of slow-march

Verb

slow-march (third-person singular simple present slow-marches, present participle slow-marching, simple past and past participle slow-marched)

  1. (intransitive) To perform a slow march.
    • Half-an-hour later the whistle blew to summon the passengers back to the train, and they then moved on to Tetbury, where a procession was formed and slow-marched into the centre of the town, led by two top-hatted "mourners".1960 June, M.G.D. Farr, “Railbus services in the Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 366

Questions about slow-marching

What is slow-marching the present participle and gerund of?
Slow-marching is the present participle and gerund of slow-march.

Words near slow-marching in the dictionary

  1. slow-growing
  2. slow-like
  3. slow-march
  4. slow-marched
  5. slow-marches
  6. slow-marching
  7. slow-mo
  8. slow-moed
  9. slow-moing
  10. slow-mos
  11. slow-motion

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