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sofaing

sofaing is the present participle and gerund of sofa.

Meaning of sofa

Verb

sofa (third-person singular simple present sofas, present participle sofaing, simple past and past participle sofaed)

  1. To furnish with one or more sofas.
    • The appearance of a student's apartment, though by no means splendid, is decidedly comfortable ; it is well cushioned and sofaed, with a proper proportion of arm chairs, and a general air of respectability — much better on the whole than our student's rooms ever are.1852, Charles Astor Bristed, Five years in an English university, page 14
  2. To seat or lay down on a sofa.
    • Cliques of three or more are formed, each member of which goes in search of victims, and the first female found complaining of pain in the lower part of her back, is immediately run down, corralled, cornered, so to speak, and sans ceremonie she is at once tabled, sofaed or beded, or in the absence...1895, Denver Medical Times - Volume 5, page 191

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Questions about sofaing

What is sofaing the present participle and gerund of?
Sofaing is the present participle and gerund of sofa.

Words near sofaing in the dictionary

  1. sofabed
  2. sofabeds
  3. SOFAD
  4. sofaed
  5. sofaful
  6. sofaing
  7. Sofala
  8. sofalcone
  9. sofaless
  10. sofalike
  11. Sofana

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