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thewing

thewing is the present participle and gerund of thew.

Meaning of thew

Verb

thew (third-person singular simple present thews, present participle thewing, simple past and past participle thewed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To instruct (someone) in morals or values; also (more generally) to chastise or discipline (someone); to teach or train (someone).

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Questions about thewing

What is thewing the present participle and gerund of?
Thewing is the present participle and gerund of thew.

Words near thewing in the dictionary

  1. thevetins
  2. thevetioside
  3. thevofoline
  4. thew
  5. thewed
  6. thewing
  7. thewless
  8. thewlessness
  9. Thewlis
  10. Thewlises
  11. thewness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thewing (page history and authors); thew (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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