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obscuring

Sayuhb-SKYOOR-ingUS/əbˈskjʊɹɪŋ/UK/əbˈskjʊəɹɪŋ/

Noun pluralobscurings

2 meanings of obscuring

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle and gerund of obscure. Use it after is, was or are, or as a noun for the act.

    Clouds were obscuring the moon for most of the night.

    A tall hedge is obscuring the view from our kitchen window.

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  2. 2
    nouncountable or uncountable
    The act of hiding something or making it dark or hard to understand.

    The obscuring of the moon by clouds made the night very dark.

    The new building led to an obscuring of our view of the hills.

    Similarconcealment, masking, dimming

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obscuring is a form of obscure

obscure, verb: To hide something, or to make it harder to see or understand. Full entry

Forms
obscureobscures he/she/itobscuring -ing formobscured past tense, past participle
Spelling
obscure → obscuring: drop the e, add -ing

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