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trowing

trowing is the present participle and gerund of trow.

Meaning of trow

Verb

trow (third-person singular simple present trows, present participle trowing, simple past and past participle trowed)

  1. (archaic, dialectal) To trust or believe.
    • ...Sure (he said) my wife shall never know
      Of this escape, and if she do, I know the worst I trow
      She can but chide, shall feare of chiding make me to forslow?1567, Arthur Golding: Ovid's Metamorphoses; Bk. 2 lines 527-9
  2. (archaic, dialectal) To have confidence in, or to give credence to.

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Questions about trowing

What is trowing the present participle and gerund of?
Trowing is the present participle and gerund of trow.

Words near trowing in the dictionary

  1. trowels
  2. trowelsful
  3. Trower
  4. Trowers
  5. trowest
  6. trowing
  7. trowl
  8. trowle
  9. trowled
  10. trowlesworthite
  11. trowling

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