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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)

  1. (intransitive, poetic) 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
  2. (poetic, transitive) 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

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Questions about zephyring

What is zephyring the present participle and gerund of?
Zephyring is the present participle and gerund of zephyr.

Words near zephyring in the dictionary

  1. zephyrets
  2. zephyrette
  3. zephyrettes
  4. Zephyrhills
  5. zephyrian
  6. zephyring
  7. zephyrless
  8. zephyrlike
  9. zephyrous
  10. zephyrs
  11. Zephyrus

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