whiskering

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Synonyms: whispering, whickering, whimpering, whisking, chickering, whiskey ring

Antonyms: whispering, whickering, whimpering, whisking, chickering, whiskey ring

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Noun

1. Whiskers generally.
2. {{lb|en|fashion}} The [[fade|fading]] of [[crease]]s in [[blue jeans]], especially around the [[crotch]]; often added artificially in order to simulate a "worn" look.
3. {{lb|en|printing}} A defect of [[gravure]] printing characterized by printed areas possessing hairlike [[tendril]]s of [[ink]] sticking out into non-image areas.
4. {{lb|en|mathematics|category theory}} The act of [[compose|composing]] a [[natural transformation]] and a [[functor]] to produce another natural transformation.

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