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trodding

trodding is the present participle and gerund of trod.

Meaning of trod

Verb

trod (third-person singular simple present trods, present participle trodding, simple past and past participle trodded)

  1. To walk heavily or laboriously; plod; tread
    • Sir ; to me the noble lord seems to trod close in the foot-steps of his fellow-labourers in the ministerial vineyard, and u crow over us with the same reason1813, The Parliamentary history of England from the earliest period to the year 1803

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Questions about trodding

What is trodding the present participle and gerund of?
Trodding is the present participle and gerund of trod.

Words near trodding in the dictionary

  1. trodden the boards
  2. trodden the stage
  3. trodden upon
  4. trodden water
  5. troddest
  6. trodding
  7. trode
  8. trods
  9. Troed-y-rhiw
  10. Troedyrhiw
  11. troegerite

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