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    Definition of resembling in English Dictionary

  • NounBFresemblePREré-SUF-ling
    1. The action of the verb to resemble.
    2. VerbBFresembleSGresemblesPT, PPresembled
      1. present participle of resemble.
      2. More Examples
        1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
          • The mallet is made of a hard heavy wood resembling ebony, is about twelve inches in length, and perhaps two in breadth, with a rounded handle at one end  [ …] .
          • She points to a shooting board propped against the studio wall. It resembles a game of 52 card pickup which has been picked up in turn from the floor and pinned en masse to the board.
          • Save for a rusty, seatless swing set, the Brinket-Hibbard Playlot resembles many vacant lots pockmarking Detroit's hardscrabble east side.
      • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
        1. Nouns
          • Singularia tantum
            • Uncountable nouns
          • Verbs
            • Verb forms
              • Participles
                • Present participles
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          Meaning of resembling for the defined word.

          Grammatically, this word "resembling" is a noun, more specifically, a singularia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
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