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unclouding

unclouding is the present participle and gerund of uncloud.

Meaning of uncloud

Verb

uncloud (third-person singular simple present unclouds, present participle unclouding, simple past and past participle unclouded)

  1. (transitive) To free from clouds or obscurity.
    • whose breath can still the winds, Uncloud the sun, charm down the swelling sea, / And stop the floods of Heavenc. 1608–1610, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “Philaster: Or, Love Lies a Bleeding”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679...
  2. To enlighten

Questions about unclouding

What is unclouding the present participle and gerund of?
Unclouding is the present participle and gerund of uncloud.

Words near unclouding in the dictionary

  1. unclotted
  2. uncloud
  3. unclouded
  4. uncloudedly
  5. uncloudedness
  6. unclouding
  7. unclouds
  8. uncloudy
  9. unclouted
  10. uncloven
  11. unclownish

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