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valleying

valleying is the present participle and gerund of valley.

Meaning of valley

Verb

valley (third-person singular simple present valleys, present participle valleying, simple past and past participle valleyed)

  1. (intransitive, poetic, rare) To form the shape of a valley.
    • These hues of red rose and green and pale green, ruffled and pouted in the billowy white of the dress ballooning and valleying softly, like a yacht before the sail bends low; […]1879, George Meredith, chapter XVIII, in The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative. […], volume I, London: C[harles] Kegan Paul & Co., […], →OCLC, page 323

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Questions about valleying

What is valleying the present participle and gerund of?
Valleying is the present participle and gerund of valley.

Words near valleying in the dictionary

  1. valley-lands
  2. valleyed
  3. Valleyfield
  4. valleyful
  5. valleyfuls
  6. valleying
  7. valleyite
  8. valleyites
  9. valleyland
  10. valleylands
  11. valleyless

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