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smallening

smallening is the present participle and gerund of smallen.

Meaning of smallen

Verb

smallen (third-person singular simple present smallens, present participle smallening, simple past and past participle smallened)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make or become small; diminish
    • And Ywain looked down in his wheeling, and there was the city of Dœdala very far beneath him, and it smallened and darkened continually, so that save for the moonlight upon the towers he had soon seen it no more.1914, Blackwood's Magazine, volume 196, page 193

Questions about smallening

What is smallening the present participle and gerund of?
Smallening is the present participle and gerund of smallen.

Words near smallening in the dictionary

  1. Smalldons
  2. smalle
  3. smalled
  4. smallen
  5. smallened
  6. smallening
  7. smallens
  8. smaller
  9. smaller European elm bark beetle
  10. smaller European elm bark beetles
  11. smaller-grained

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