Word: pursings
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pur
sings
Definition: Plural of pursing; gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker
Morphemes:
Affix: purse
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles; to pucker; to knit.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: βύρσα
Language: grc
Decoded: bursa
Meaning: hide, wine-skin
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.