"embellishing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: embellishings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} embellishing (plural embellishings)
  1. An embellishment.
    Sense id: en-embellishing-en-noun-zS7o1B3t

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} embellishing
  1. present participle and gerund of embellish Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: embellish
    Sense id: en-embellishing-en-verb-L-a-rJEX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96

Inflected forms

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