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Verb form

sneezing

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Sneeze \Sneeze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sneezed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sneezing.] [OE. snesen; of uncertain origin; cf. D. snuse
to sniff, E. neese, and AS. fne['o]san.]
To emit air, chiefly through the nose, audibly and violently,
by a kind of involuntary convulsive force, occasioned by
irritation of the inner membrane of the nose.
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Not to be sneezed at, not to be despised or contemned; not
to be treated lightly. [Colloq.] "He had to do with old
women who were not to be sneezed at." --Prof. Wilson.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Sneezing \Sneez"ing\, n. (Physiol.)
The act of violently forcing air out through the nasal
passages while the cavity of the mouth is shut off from the
pharynx by the approximation of the soft palate and the base
of the tongue.
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WordNet sneezing
n : a symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air
from the nose [syn: sneeze, sternutation]