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uncongealing

uncongealing is the present participle and gerund of uncongeal.

Meaning of uncongeal

Verb

uncongeal (third-person singular simple present uncongeals, present participle uncongealing, simple past and past participle uncongealed)

  1. (intransitive) To become liquid again; to thaw.
    • Like soften'd airs that blowing steal, / When meres begin to uncongeal, / The sweet church bells began to peal.1833–1834 (date written), Alfred Tennyson, “The Two Voices”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 143
  2. (transitive) To make less rigid
  3. (transitive) To become less rigid

Questions about uncongealing

What is uncongealing the present participle and gerund of?
Uncongealing is the present participle and gerund of uncongeal.

Words near uncongealing in the dictionary

  1. unconfutable
  2. unconfuted
  3. uncongeal
  4. uncongealable
  5. uncongealed
  6. uncongealing
  7. uncongeals
  8. uncongenial
  9. uncongenialities
  10. uncongeniality
  11. uncongenially

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