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terebrating

terebrating is the present participle and gerund of terebrate.

Meaning of terebrate

Verb

terebrate (third-person singular simple present terebrates, present participle terebrating, simple past and past participle terebrated)

  1. To bore or perforate.
    • the threefold effect of Jupiter's trisulk , to burn , discuss , and terebrate1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

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Questions about terebrating

What is terebrating the present participle and gerund of?
Terebrating is the present participle and gerund of terebrate.

Words near terebrating in the dictionary

  1. terebratellide
  2. terebratellides
  3. terebratellidine
  4. terebratellidines
  5. terebrates
  6. terebrating
  7. terebration
  8. terebrations
  9. terebratula
  10. terebratular
  11. terebratulas

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