"blunting" meaning in English

See blunting in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈblʌntɪŋ/ Forms: bluntings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} blunting (plural bluntings)
  1. The process by which something is made blunt.
    Sense id: en-blunting-en-noun-Ce3O6ztP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18

Verb

IPA: /ˈblʌntɪŋ/
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} blunting
  1. present participle and gerund of blunt Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: blunt
    Sense id: en-blunting-en-verb-JvLy3Vwo

Inflected forms

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          "blunt#English"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblʌntɪŋ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blunting"
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "56 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2015, Michael Goldman, Shakespeare and the Energies of Drama, page 95:",
          "text": "Even those productions that mean to “bring Lear home” to the audience seem always to involve fresh bluntings and blurrings of the full effect.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The process by which something is made blunt."
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    "Pages with entries"
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  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblʌntɪŋ/"
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    "English nouns",
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    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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          "ref": "2015, Michael Goldman, Shakespeare and the Energies of Drama, page 95:",
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      ],
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        "The process by which something is made blunt."
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblʌntɪŋ/"
    }
  ],
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