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stretchering

stretchering is the present participle and gerund of stretcher.

Meaning of stretcher

Verb

stretcher (third-person singular simple present stretchers, present participle stretchering, simple past and past participle stretchered)

  1. (transitive) To carry (an injured person) on a stretcher.
    • Claire Elise Tisdall, a volunteer nurse working in London, watched as a soldier was strechered past her one night.2022, Lindsey Fitzharris, The Facemaker, page 37

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Questions about stretchering

What is stretchering the present participle and gerund of?
Stretchering is the present participle and gerund of stretcher.

Words near stretchering in the dictionary

  1. stretcher match
  2. stretcher matches
  3. stretcher-bearer
  4. stretcher-bearers
  5. stretchered
  6. stretchering
  7. stretcherless
  8. stretcherman
  9. stretchermen
  10. stretchers
  11. stretches

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stretchering (page history and authors); stretcher (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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