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taughtening

taughtening is the present participle and gerund of taughten.

Meaning of taughten

Verb

taughten (third-person singular simple present taughtens, present participle taughtening, simple past and past participle taughtened)

  1. To tighten; increase in intensity; to become taught.
    • […] then, waiting for low tide, we could taughten the chains again, and repeat the process till we got her ashore.1876, R.M. Ballantyne, Under the Waves; or, Diving in Deep Waters, Reprint edition, Gutenberg Project, published 2007

Questions about taughtening

What is taughtening the present participle and gerund of?
Taughtening is the present participle and gerund of taughten.

Words near taughtening in the dictionary

  1. taught someone who was the boss
  2. taught the controversy
  3. taughte
  4. taughten
  5. taughtened
  6. taughtening
  7. taughtens
  8. taughtest
  9. tauhid
  10. tauhou
  11. tauhous

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