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spicing

spicing is the present participle and gerund of spice.

Meaning of spice

Verb

spice (third-person singular simple present spices, present participle spicing, simple past and past participle spiced)

  1. (transitive) To add spice or spices to; season.
    • Madame de Pompadour was fond of chocolates spiced with vanilla and amber.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 242
  2. (transitive) To spice up.
    • City Men is pretty much the same kind of sentimental comedy spiced with wisecracks as The Women, a disappointingly familiar genre.1985 February 2, Nicholas Deutsch, “City Men (review)”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 28, page 19

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Phrases with spicing

Words that rhyme with spicing

Questions about spicing

What is spicing the present participle and gerund of?
Spicing is the present participle and gerund of spice.

Words near spicing in the dictionary

  1. spiciform
  2. spicigerous
  3. spicily
  4. spiciness
  5. spicinesses
  6. spicing
  7. spicing up
  8. spicish
  9. spick
  10. spick and span
  11. spick and spandy

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