Word: perishing
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: per
i
shing
Definition: The act of something that perishes; decay or destruction.
Morphemes:
Affix: perish
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: per
Language: la
Decoded: per
Meaning: through
Affix: eō
Language: la
Decoded: eo
Meaning: to go
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.