# berrying

Pronunciation: say "BER-ee-ing" /ˈbɛɹ.i.ɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of berry. — present participle and gerund of berry
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of berry. Use this form for picking berries, or for a plant growing berries.
   - _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._

## Noun

2. An outing or trip taken for the purpose of picking berries.
   - Simple: A trip that people take to go and pick 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._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/berrying (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).