spicing
SaySPYS-ing/ˈspaɪsɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of spice.
He was spicing the broth with cumin and chili before serving it.
Spicing the marinade carefully gives the meat real depth of flavor.
Note
The -ing form does both of the verb's jobs: the cook's literal seasoning and the figurative spicing up of a talk or a plot. Either way it needs an object, because you are always spicing something. The figurative use usually comes with up. After a form of be it makes the progressive (was spicing the broth), and on its own it can head a noun phrase (spicing the marinade), while spiced covers the past.
spicing is a form of spice
spice, verb: To add one or more spices to food; to season. Full entry
- Spelling
- spice → spicing: drop the e, add -ing
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