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underwarming

underwarming is the present participle and gerund of underwarm.

Meaning of underwarm

Verb

underwarm (third-person singular simple present underwarms, present participle underwarming, simple past and past participle underwarmed)

  1. (transitive) To warm insufficiently; To fail to provide with the expected or required amount of heat.
    • Near-synonym: underheat
    Synonyms:
    underheat
    Antonyms:
    overwarm
  2. (transitive) To heat from below.
    • But I have been unable to recommend the appointment of the former on account of the rule introduced by the circular of the 14th of January 1854, —that no pupil-teacher should be allowed in schools where the floors were not either boarded or underwarmed.1856, H.G. Bowyer, “General Report of the Year 1855, by Her Majesty's Inspector of Schools”, in Minutes of the Committee of Council on Education, page 63

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Questions about underwarming

What is underwarming the present participle and gerund of?
Underwarming is the present participle and gerund of underwarm.

Words near underwarming in the dictionary

  1. underwarden
  2. underwardens
  3. underware
  4. underwarm
  5. underwarmed
  6. underwarming
  7. underwarms
  8. underwash
  9. underwashed
  10. underwashes
  11. underwashing

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