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tartening

tartening is the present participle and gerund of tarten.

Meaning of tarten

Verb

tarten (third-person singular simple present tartens, present participle tartening, simple past and past participle tartened)

  1. (transitive) To make tart or bitter
    • These faults in a scholar tend to tarten the writing, to enliven the reader.1956, Library Journal, volume 81, page 2257
  2. (intransitive) To become tart or bitter
    • […] her sweetness tartened as one side of her clutched loyalty, the other love.1928, The Second American Caravan: A Yearbook of American Literature

Questions about tartening

What is tartening the present participle and gerund of?
Tartening is the present participle and gerund of tarten.

Words near tartening in the dictionary

  1. tartelette
  2. tartelettes
  3. tartemorion
  4. tarten
  5. tartened
  6. tartening
  7. tartens
  8. tarter
  9. Tarters
  10. tartes tatin
  11. Tartessian

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