zephyring
zephyring is the present participle and gerund of zephyr.
Meaning of zephyr
Verb
zephyr (third-person singular simple present zephyrs, present participle zephyring, simple past and past participle zephyred)
- To blow or move like a zephyr, or light breeze.
- There was a time
When the soft zephyring spring came joyfully,
Like a young bride, with bloom upon her cheek—1879, Robert Stephen Hawker, “An Inscription for an Aged Oak”, in The Poetical Works, London: The Bodley Head, page 171
- There was a time
- To blow or blow on gently like a zephyr; to cool or refresh with a gentle breeze.
- He was a fragrant poison, a zephyred pestilence spread through all the city.1849, letter from Leonidas Lent Hamline dated 15 December, 1849, in Walter Clark Palmer, Life and Letters of Leonidas L. Hamline, D.D., New York: Carlton & Porter, 1866, Chapter 15, p. 361
Questions about zephyring
- What is zephyring the present participle and gerund of?
- Zephyring is the present participle and gerund of zephyr.
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