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volplaning

volplaning is the present participle and gerund of volplane.

Meaning of volplane

Verb

volplane (third-person singular simple present volplanes, present participle volplaning, simple past and past participle volplaned)

  1. To perform a volplane.
    • […] when well over the bosche lines & he volplaned home, just skimmed over our & the Bosche trenches, they all fired at him like sin, of course, and landed about 1000 yards back on a hill.1916, Wilfred Percy ("Billie") Nevill, letter, in 1991, Ruth Elwin Harris (editor), Billie: The Nevill Letters, 1914-1916, Julia Macrae, page 143
  2. To glide.

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Questions about volplaning

What is volplaning the present participle and gerund of?
Volplaning is the present participle and gerund of volplane.

Words near volplaning in the dictionary

  1. Volpinos
  2. Volpis
  3. volplane
  4. volplaned
  5. volplanes
  6. volplaning
  7. Volpone
  8. Volpones
  9. vols
  10. vols-au-vent
  11. vols.

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