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smalming

smalming is the present participle and gerund of smalm.

Meaning of smalm

Verb

smalm (third-person singular simple present smalms, present participle smalming, simple past and past participle smalmed)

  1. (transitive) To smear or daub.
    • […] turning them into blotchy caricatures, or into lying mummies smalmed over with tawdry pigments, […]1890, Augustus Jessopp, The Trials of a Country Parson, page 160

Questions about smalming

What is smalming the present participle and gerund of?
Smalming is the present participle and gerund of smalm.

Words near smalming in the dictionary

  1. smally
  2. Smallzried
  3. smalm
  4. smalmed
  5. smalmiest
  6. smalming
  7. smalms
  8. smalmy
  9. smalt
  10. smalti
  11. smaltine

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