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abusing meaning

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  • VerbBFabuseSGabusesPT, PPabusedSUF-ing
    1. present participle of abuse.
    2. More Examples
      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • She was all right. The abuse she was suffering wouldn't hurt her. The bright sun would forget all about it. The smoggy sky would turn brown studies to gold. (What crap.)
        • take a walk ‎; take action/steps/measures to fight drug abuse ‎; take a trip ‎; take aim ‎; take the tempo slowly ‎
        • ...and as he himself confesseth, when he was beginning to misknow God, and to abuse the great benefit of his delivery,...
      2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
        • He unconsciously suppressed his memories of abuse.

    Meaning of abusing for the defined word.

    Grammatically, this word "abusing" is a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Verbs
        • Verb forms
          • Participles
            • Present participles
      Difficultness: Level 4
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      Definiteness: Level 1
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      Definite    ➨     Versatile

      Other Vocabulary

      Look-Alike Words
      1. en abasing
      2. en busing
      3. en amusing
      4. en buying
      5. en arising