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turnipping

turnipping is the present participle and gerund of turnip.

Meaning of turnip

Verb

turnip (third-person singular simple present turnips, present participle turniping or turnipping, simple past and past participle turniped or turnipped)

  1. (transitive) To plant with turnips.
    • This identical field has been turniped before, and to good account, in a favourable winter.1803, Agricultural Magazine, volume 9, page 32
  2. (transitive) To feed or graze (livestock) on turnips.
    • The Leicesters and half-breds are purchased by farmers who keep no breeding stock: they are well turniped during the winter, and clipped and fattened in the following season.1869, Sheep: Their Breeds, Management, and Diseases, page 328

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Questions about turnipping

What is turnipping the present participle and gerund of?
Turnipping is the present participle and gerund of turnip.

Words near turnipping in the dictionary

  1. turniped
  2. turniping
  3. turnipless
  4. turniplike
  5. turnipped
  6. turnipping
  7. turnippy
  8. turnips
  9. Turnipseed
  10. Turnipseeds
  11. turnipweed

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