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syphering

syphering is the present participle and gerund of sypher.

Meaning of sypher

Verb

sypher (third-person singular simple present syphers, present participle syphering, simple past and past participle syphered)

  1. To lap the chamfered edges of planks to make a smooth surface, as for a bulkhead.

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Questions about syphering

What is syphering the present participle and gerund of?
Syphering is the present participle and gerund of sypher.

Words near syphering in the dictionary

  1. syph
  2. syphaxin
  3. syphed up
  4. sypher
  5. syphered
  6. syphering
  7. syphers
  8. syphilid
  9. syphilide
  10. syphilides
  11. syphilidologist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: syphering (page history and authors); sypher (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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