Usually means: Verb forms ending in -ing.
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  1. present participles: Merriam-Webster
  2. present participles: Collins English Dictionary
  3. present participles: Vocabulary.com
  4. present participles: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. present participles: Wiktionary
  6. present participles: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See present_participle as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (present participle)

noun:  (grammar) A nonfinite verb form that indicates an ongoing action or state and which can function as an adjective.
▸ Also see present_participle

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