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yeaning

yeaning is the present participle and gerund of yean.

Meaning of yean

Verb

yean (third-person singular simple present yeans, present participle yeaning, simple past and past participle yeaned)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To give birth to.
    • Weak as the lamb the hour that it is yeaned;1800 William Wordsworth, Hart-Leap Well, line 39

Questions about yeaning

What is yeaning the present participle and gerund of?
Yeaning is the present participle and gerund of yean.

Words near yeaning in the dictionary

  1. yealms
  2. Yeaman
  3. Yeamans
  4. yean
  5. yeaned
  6. yeaning
  7. yeanling
  8. yeanlings
  9. yeans
  10. Yeany
  11. yeap

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