"wooing" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: wooings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wooing (plural wooings)
  1. A courting; the process by which somebody is wooed.
    Sense id: en-wooing-en-noun-vSojnoWO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} wooing
  1. present participle and gerund of woo Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: woo
    Sense id: en-wooing-en-verb-tKxTeEAe

Inflected forms

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