"blackberrying" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From blackberry + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|blackberry|ing}} blackberry + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} blackberrying (uncountable)
  1. The act of gathering blackberries. Tags: uncountable Related terms: bilberrying, blueberrying, raspberrying Translations (act of picking blackberries): karhunvatukanpoiminta (Finnish), mwyara [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-blackberrying-en-noun-rdPL4CCD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 64 36 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 78 22

Verb

Etymology: From blackberry + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|blackberry|ing}} blackberry + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} blackberrying
  1. present participle and gerund of blackberry Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: blackberry
    Sense id: en-blackberrying-en-verb-hWDiLPa4
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