subduing

subduing is the present participle and gerund of subdue.

Meaning of subdue

subdue (third-person singular simple present subdues, present participle subduing, simple past and past participle subdued)

(transitive) To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.
- And when their ſcattered armie is ſubdu’d:
  And you march on their ſlaughtered carkaſſes,
  Share equally the gold that bought their liues,
  And liue like Gentlmen in Perſea, […]c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
Synonyms:

restrain, stifle, underbring, behedge, guard, govern, smother, bind, chasten, choke back
(transitive) To bring (a country) under control by force.
- In the run-up to his return to the White House next Monday, Mr. Trump has rattled the world, and America’s neighborhood in particular, with a list of objectives – buying Greenland, seizing the Panama Canal, making Canada the 51st state – that treat friendly nations as weak interlocutors and...2025 January 14, Howard LaFranchi, “In Biden-Trump handoff, a foreign policy shift for a changed world?”, in The Christian Science Monitor
Synonyms:

conquer, underbring

subduing (countable and uncountable, plural subduings)

plural	subduings

What does subduing mean?: Subduing means the act of something being subdued.
What is subduing the present participle and gerund of?: Subduing is the present participle and gerund of subdue.
What part of speech is subduing?: Subduing is a noun.
What is the plural of subduing?: The plural of subduing is subduings.

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