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berrying

SayBER-ee-ing/ˈbɛɹ.i.ɪŋ/

Noun pluralberryings

2 meanings of berrying

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  1. 1
    picking fruitverb
    Present participle and gerund of berry.

    Half the town was out berrying along the river road by mid-July.

    The young hedge along the barn is berrying for the first time this summer.

    Note

    Two verbs share this form, and the subject tells them apart. With people it means picking, and it patterns like fishing: out berrying, go berrying. With a plant it means bearing fruit (the hedge is berrying). The y stays before -ing, though it becomes ie in berries; only the noun for a picking trip takes the plural berryings.

  2. 2
    picking fruitnouncountable
    An outing or trip taken for the purpose of picking berries.

    The church's annual berrying drew families from three towns to the hillside pastures.

    Several long berryings that July left the cellar shelves lined with jam.

berrying is a form of berry

berry, verb: To pick berries, gathering them from the plants on which they grow. Full entry

Forms
berryberries he/she/itberrying -ing formberried past tense, past participle
Spelling
berry → berrying: add -ing

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