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tinding

tinding is the present participle and gerund of tind.

Meaning of tind

Verb

tind (third-person singular simple present tinds, present participle tinding, simple past and past participle tinded or tind)

  1. (obsolete) To ignite, kindle.
    • Her harty wondes so deepe into the mynd / Of the yong Damzell sunke, that great desire / Of warlike armes in her forthwith they tynd [...].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

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What is tinding the present participle and gerund of?
Tinding is the present participle and gerund of tind.

Words near tinding in the dictionary

  1. tinders
  2. tindersome
  3. tindery
  4. Tindi
  5. Tindiga
  6. tinding
  7. Tindis
  8. Tindivanam
  9. Tindle
  10. tindora
  11. tindoras

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