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swarding

swarding is the present participle and gerund of sward.

Meaning of sward

Verb

sward (third-person singular simple present swards, present participle swarding, simple past and past participle swarded)

  1. (transitive) To cover (ground, etc.) with sward.
  2. (intransitive) Of ground, etc.: to be covered with sward; to develop a covering of sward.
    • [Land...] will not sward again […]1644, Gabriel Plattes, in a letter in Hartlib's Legacy (1655), page 236

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Questions about swarding

What is swarding the present participle and gerund of?
Swarding is the present participle and gerund of sward.

Words near swarding in the dictionary

  1. swaras
  2. Swarbrick
  3. Swarby
  4. sward
  5. swarded
  6. swarding
  7. swards
  8. swardspeak
  9. swardy
  10. sware
  11. swaree

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