exploring

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Noun

exploring (plural explorings)

1. The action of the verb explore.

Verb

exploring

1. present participle and gerund of explore
   • 1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico: The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 25:

     While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.