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sulfating

sulfating is the present participle and gerund of sulfate.

Meaning of sulfate

Verb

sulfate (third-person singular simple present sulfates, present participle sulfating, simple past and past participle sulfated)

  1. (US, transitive) To treat something with sulfuric acid, a sulfate, or with sulfur dioxide.
  2. To accumulate a deposit of lead sulfate.

See all 3 meanings of sulfate

Forms of sulfating

alternative formsulphating

Questions about sulfating

What is sulfating the present participle and gerund of?
Sulfating is the present participle and gerund of sulfate.

Words near sulfating in the dictionary

  1. sulfatian
  2. sulfatic
  3. sulfatide
  4. sulfatides
  5. sulfatidosis
  6. sulfating
  7. sulfation
  8. sulfations
  9. sulfatolamide
  10. sulfatrozole
  11. sulfazalazine

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