charcoaling
SayCHAR-kohl-ingUS/ˈt͡ʃɑɹ.koʊl.ɪŋ/UK/ˈtʃɑː.kəʊl.ɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of charcoal.
The artist spent the morning charcoaling rough studies of the harbor.
Charcoaling their faces, the soldiers waited for nightfall.
Note
The -ing form of a verb that takes its meanings from two of the noun's: charcoal the drawing stick and charcoal the fuel. With a stick in hand it means drawing (she was charcoaling a portrait). Over a grill it means cooking (charcoaling the steaks). As a participle it follows be in progressive tenses. As a gerund it names the activity itself and can serve as subject or object, often keeping a direct object of its own.
charcoaling is a form of charcoal
charcoal, verb: To cook food over burning charcoal. Full entry
- Forms
- charcoalcharcoals he/she/itcharcoaling -ing formcharcoaled past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- charcoal → charcoaling: add -ing
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