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spurging

spurging is the present participle and gerund of spurge.

Meaning of spurge

Verb

spurge (third-person singular simple present spurges, present participle spurging, simple past and past participle spurged)

  1. (intransitive) To emit foam; to froth; said of the emission of yeast from beer during fermentation.
    • The body's somthing noysome: 'tis a stale one; / Good troth it spurgeth very monstrously.1661, W. Cartwright, Siedge

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Questions about spurging

What is spurging the present participle and gerund of?
Spurging is the present participle and gerund of spurge.

Words near spurging in the dictionary

  1. Spurgeon
  2. spurges
  3. spurgewort
  4. spurgeworts
  5. Spurgin
  6. spurging
  7. Spurgins
  8. spuria
  9. spuriae
  10. spurion
  11. spurionic

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