# singeing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈsɪnd͡ʒɪŋ/

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of singe

## Etymology
From Middle English *sengynge, sengeand, from Old English *senġende, *senċġende, *sænċġende, from Proto-West Germanic *sangijandī, present participle of *sangijan (“to singe”), equivalent to singe + -ing.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/singeing