purpling
SayPUR-plingUS/ˈpɝ.pl.ɪŋ/UK/ˈpɜː.pl.ɪŋ/
- 1Present participle of purple.
Storm clouds were purpling above the harbor before the rain came.
Frost was purpling the edges of the cabbage leaves overnight.
Note
The -ing form drops the final e of purple, as verbs ending in silent e usually do. It works on both sides of the verb: intransitive when something turns purple on its own (a bruise purpling), transitive when it dyes or clothes something in purple. As a gerund it names the change itself, as in the purpling of the evening sky. In US slang it can also mean pursuing the opposite sex, usually among adolescents.
purpling is a form of purple
purple, verb: To become purple, or to make something purple by dyeing or covering it in purple. Full entry
- Spelling
- purple → purpling: drop the e, add -ing
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