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yeasting

yeasting is the present participle and gerund of yeast.

Meaning of yeast

Verb

yeast (third-person singular simple present yeasts, present participle yeasting, simple past and past participle yeasted)

  1. To ferment.
  2. To rise.
  3. (slang, African-American Vernacular) To exaggerate.

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Questions about yeasting

What is yeasting the present participle and gerund of?
Yeasting is the present participle and gerund of yeast.

Words near yeasting in the dictionary

  1. yeastie beasties
  2. yeastier
  3. yeastiest
  4. yeastily
  5. yeastiness
  6. yeasting
  7. yeastless
  8. yeastlike
  9. yeastolate
  10. yeastolates
  11. yeasts

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