"maying" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmeɪ.ɪŋ/ [General-American, UK] Forms: mayings [plural]
Etymology: From May + -ing, or may (“celebrate May Day festivities”) + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|May|ing}} May + -ing, {{suffix|en|may|ing|t1=celebrate May Day festivities}} may (“celebrate May Day festivities”) + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} maying (countable and uncountable, plural mayings)
  1. (chiefly historical) The celebrations traditionally held to celebrate May Day. Tags: countable, historical, uncountable
    Sense id: en-maying-en-noun-4mOF2LYj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8

Verb

IPA: /ˈmeɪ.ɪŋ/ [General-American, UK]
Etymology: From May + -ing, or may (“celebrate May Day festivities”) + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|May|ing}} May + -ing, {{suffix|en|may|ing|t1=celebrate May Day festivities}} may (“celebrate May Day festivities”) + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} maying
  1. present participle and gerund of may Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: may
    Sense id: en-maying-en-verb-XFqV5-Pg

Inflected forms

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