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tindering

tindering is the present participle and gerund of tinder.

Meaning of tinder

Verb

tinder (third-person singular simple present tinders, present participle tindering, simple past and past participle tindered)

  1. (transitive) To set fire to; torch.
    • Is heaven a murderer when its lightning strikes a would-be murderer in his bed, tindering sheets and skin together?1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

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Verb capitalized: Tindering

Tindering

  1. (gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of Tinder

Questions about tindering

What is tindering the present participle and gerund of?
Tindering is the present participle and gerund of tinder.
What part of speech is tindering?
Tindering is a verb.

Words near tindering in the dictionary

  1. Tinderella
  2. Tinderellas
  3. Tinderer
  4. Tinderers
  5. Tinderesque
  6. tindering
  7. tinderish
  8. Tinderite
  9. Tinderites
  10. tinderlike
  11. tinderous

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