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substrating

substrating is the present participle and gerund of substrate.

Meaning of substrate

Verb

substrate (third-person singular simple present substrates, present participle substrating, simple past and past participle substrated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To strew or lay under.
    • The melted glass being supported by the substrated sand.1663, Robert Boyle, “(please specify the page)”, in Some Considerations Touching the Vsefulnesse of Experimental Naturall Philosophy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Hen[ry] Hall printer to the...

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Questions about substrating

What is substrating the present participle and gerund of?
Substrating is the present participle and gerund of substrate.

Words near substrating in the dictionary

  1. substrategy
  2. substrates
  3. substratification
  4. substratifications
  5. substratified
  6. substrating
  7. substratism
  8. substratist
  9. substratists
  10. substratomaniac
  11. substratomaniacs

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