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underbearing

underbearing is the present participle and gerund of underbear.

Meaning of underbear

Verb

underbear (third-person singular simple present underbears, present participle underbearing, simple past underbore or (obsolete) underbare, past participle underborne)

  1. To support, endure.
  2. (transitive) To line, guard or face a material, especially cloth.
    • cloth of gold underborne with blue tinsel1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Noun

underbearing (plural underbearings)

  1. An undersupport.

Forms of underbearing

pluralunderbearings

Questions about underbearing

What does underbearing mean?
Underbearing means an undersupport.
What is underbearing the present participle and gerund of?
Underbearing is the present participle and gerund of underbear.
What part of speech is underbearing?
Underbearing is a noun.
What is the plural of underbearing?
The plural of underbearing is underbearings.

Words near underbearing in the dictionary

  1. underbeadle
  2. underbeadles
  3. underbear
  4. underbearer
  5. underbearers
  6. underbearing
  7. underbearings
  8. underbears
  9. underbeat
  10. underbeaten
  11. underbeating

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