nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: depositing Part of Speech: noun 1. A deposition. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And by the same token it was plain that there had also been a hundred and seventy-five floodings of the earth and depositings of limestone strata!
Word: depositing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of deposit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: banding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English band Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English banding From band + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbændɪŋ/ 1. A pattern of band-like markings. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: You can recognize this species of bird by the banding on the wing. 2. A technique used in the study of wild birds, by attaching a small, individually numbered, metal or plastic tag to their legs or wings. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A division into bands or brackets. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: property tax banding Example: The bees’ cubital index, a method for differentiating breeds of honeybees, also confirmed they are “more of an indigenous bee” than anything else, he said, but their adaptations have made them unique and peculiar, and they have very little banding. “Supposedly, wild tree-nesting honeybees which can sustain themselves do not exist, so nobody knows what type of wild, self-sustaining honeybee is actually left in the UK.” 4. The formation of a band or brigade. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Was he aiding the man-redeeming movements of the day, the beautiful associations, the useful bandings together for human improvement, love and truth? No.
Word: banding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English band Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English banding From band + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbændɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of band Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: banding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English band Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English banding From band + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbændɪŋ/ 1. Obsolete form of bandying. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: upcoiling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of upcoil Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: upcurling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of upcurl Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: suiting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of suit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: suiting Part of Speech: noun 1. fabric for making suits Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In addition to men's suitings and ladies' costumings the firm also produces man-made fabrics for filtration and protective clothing.
Word: burdening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of burden Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: breakfasting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of breakfast Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: breakfasting Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of eating breakfast. Example: At home there were other studies and much reading; many tea drinkings on the lawn, and even breakfastings, which she thought pleasanter still.
Word: tufting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tuft Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tufting Part of Speech: noun 1. A tuft. Example: We checked out a large selection of Native handicrafts, including mukluks made of seal or reindeer skin and lined with fur, medicine spirit stones, and moose hair tuftings. 2. A type of stitching passing through a quilt or mattress to hold the filling in place. See tuft for images.
Word: quieting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of quiet Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: quieting Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of making something quiet.
Word: upending Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of upend Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: upending Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of overthrowing or turning over.
Word: handseling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of handsel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: breasting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of breast Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: breasting Part of Speech: noun 1. The curved channel in which a breastwheel turns.
Word: queering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of queer Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: queering Part of Speech: noun 1. The process by which something is queered. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: damping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of damp Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: damping Part of Speech: noun 1. A dampening; a making wet. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The reduction in the magnitude of oscillations by the dissipation of energy. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The stabilization of a physical system by reducing oscillation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dampening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dampen Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dampening Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of making or becoming damp. Example: After several dampenings and even though it was only on my face for an hour, I was surprised at how heavy the mud pack had become.
Word: flocking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of flock Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: flocking Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of adding small particles to a surface for the sake of texture. 2. A material textured in this way, such as the artificial snow of a Christmas tree.
Word: hyperlinking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hyperlink Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: vivisecting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of vivisect Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reining Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪnɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of rein Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: nulling Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈnʌlɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of null Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: nulling Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈnʌlɪŋ/ 1. nulled work Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The legs are of the heavy bulbous type common at this time, turned in the cup and cover form, and carved with nullings and acanthus leafwork.
Word: voiding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of void Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: voiding Part of Speech: noun 1. An act by which something is voided, such as urination. Example: the annulling or voiding of marriages, made unlawfully 2. That which is voided; that which is ejected or evacuated; a remnant; a fragment. Example: Oh! bestow Some poor Remain, the voiding of thy Table, A Morsel to support my famish'd soul
Word: tanking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tank Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tanking Part of Speech: noun 1. A session of being immersed in a tank. Example: The patient was treated with methylprednisolone, cyclophosphamide, and azathioprine, as well as burn center protocol care with daily tankings. 2. An act of a deliberate loss in a game or match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.
Word: mothing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of moth Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: betaing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of beta Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: graphing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of graph Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rooking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rook Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rooking Part of Speech: noun 1. An act or instance of cheating or swindling. Example: Wide-eyed, staring up into the darkness, he pondered the problem of giving Babe a well-deserved rooking.
Word: disemploying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of disemploy Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: milking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mylkand, from Old English meolcġende, present participle of Old English meolcian, milcian (“to milk”), equivalent to milk + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪlkɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of milk Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: milking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English milkinge, mylkynge, equivalent to milk + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪlkɪŋ/ 1. The act by which any animal is milked. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We try to finish milking early in the morning so we can turn the cows out to pasture during the day. Example: The snake milker massages the glands to extract the full measure of venom during each milking. 2. Male masturbation (or fellatio) that leads to the release of semen, especially when performed on a milking table. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable
Word: gifting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪftɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of gift Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gifting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪftɪŋ/ 1. The act or occasion of giving or exchanging gifts. Example: there is also the exchange of pork a day or two following the marriage ceremony itself; this initiates the long lasting series of yangi toko giftings between the new affinal groups . Example: Here too, as across the Pacific in the sagali giftings that were integral to grieving the dead of the Trobriand Islands, the more valuable gifts (given by brothers) are supported by public payments to the guests in the form of items of lesser value (produced by sisters). 2. A divine gift. Example: We all bear His image and likeness, walk in the fullness of His love, and have been given a portion of His power – in the form of divine enablings, and supernatural giftings. Example: We asked pastors how much they agree or disagree with the statement, "As a pastor, I feel I have a good sense of the giftings of our congregation."
Word: imprinting Part of Speech: noun 1. Any kind of phase-sensitive learning (learning occurring at a particular age or a particular life stage) that is rapid and apparently independent of the consequences of behavior. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: imprinting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of imprint Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: screwing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of screw Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: screwing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something is screwed (in various senses). Example: I fear there is too much reason to acknowledge the truth of his remarks regarding the original formation of railways, but are the screwings out of the poor pittance received by some of the 20,000 at present employed to keep them in operation, to be the means of compensating the proprietors for the folly and extravagance then displayed? Example: But this was a sadly lingering process, since there must be as many screwings and unscrewings as there are copies to be printed. 2. An act of sexual intercourse. Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: screwing Part of Speech: adj 1. Exacting; extortionate; close. Labels: archaic
Word: erroring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of error Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: baching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bach Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tooling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tool Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tooling Part of Speech: noun 1. Work or ornamentation done with a tool. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The provision of tools for an industrial process or for software development. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: billing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbɪlɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of bill Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: billing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɪlɪŋ/ 1. Amounts billed. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Accounts receivable. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The tracking of bills and amounts owed; the department within an institution or business that deals with the tracking of bills and amounts owed. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The act or situation of including someone or something among those that make up a complete list. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Actors that may have higher status in the industry won't always get top billing: if they only played a bitpart then it would go to the person whose character was the main focus of the movie. Example: When Corbyn finally gave a speech – in a stunning piece of billing that could only happen at Glastonbury, he appeared between hip-hop duo Run the Jewels and Southampton’s foremost R&B loverman Craig David – the crowd brought the entire area around the Pyramid stage to a standstill
Word: championing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of champion Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: championing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who champions something; fervent support. Example: Do the championings of a right that is so to speak separated from truth-values on occasions falling within the process of formal enactment have truth-values beforehand?
Word: forking Part of Speech: adj 1. forked, crooked or winding
Word: forking Part of Speech: adv 1. euphemistic fucking (intensifier) Labels: not-comparable
Word: forking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fork Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: forking Part of Speech: noun 1. division into forks Example: the forkings of a road, or of a deer's antlers
Word: koshering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of kosher Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: regreting Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic form of regretting. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: creeding Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɹiːdɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of creed Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: snowballing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act or practice of making and throwing snowballs. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A situation which rapidly gets out of control. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Word: snowballing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of snowball Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: "Operating the WCML at this intensity makes it challenging to maintain acceptable performance levels, resulting in a frustratingly unreliable service for passengers. Minor disruption can escalate into significant delays because a train running only a few minutes late can miss its slot across a junction, resulting in a snowballing effect across the network."
Word: fractioning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fraction Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fractioning Part of Speech: noun 1. A division or breaking into fractions. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: harping Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhɑɹpɪŋ/, /ˈhɑːpɪŋ/ 1. singular of harpings Labels: form-of, singular
Word: harping Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhɑɹpɪŋ/, /ˈhɑːpɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of harp Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: centering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of center Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: centering Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of formwork which serves as a temporary structure during the construction of arches and bridges. Labels: countable 2. The process of moving something to a centre, normally before some other process. Labels: uncountable
Word: nailing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of nail Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: nailing Part of Speech: noun 1. A mechanical fastening by means of nails. 2. An act of sexual intercourse, especially a hard one Labels: slang Example: I haven't had a guy in months, I really need a good nailing.
Word: vectoring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of vector Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: railroading Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of railroad Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: railroading Part of Speech: noun 1. The operation of a railroad. Labels: US, uncountable, usually Example: The recommendations of the Air Brake Association and the rules of the other railroads cited in this report differ in some respects, but the underlying intent of all is the common desire to prevent the most feared event in railroading - the irrevocable loss of control of trains descending mountain grades. Example: The terminology used in model railroading is one of the toughest things for beginners, but don't try to memorize everything all at once. You may not know the difference between a PS-1 and a GP7 today, but with time you'll be talking like an old hand. 2. The class of people, equipment, terminology, and lore pertaining to railroads. Labels: US, uncountable, usually 3. A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration. Labels: figuratively, uncountable, usually Example: Some at City Hall are perturbed that delivering the superhighway and other cycling schemes is becoming a “railroading” exercise.
Word: importing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of import Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: shanghaiing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of shanghai Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: shanghaiing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who shanghais; a press-ganging or abduction.
Word: toilet papering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of toilet paper Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: limbing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of limb Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fathoming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fathom Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fathoming Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of fathoming, or the act of fathoming. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: banjaxing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of banjax Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: occulting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of occult Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: wheeling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of wheel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: wheeling Part of Speech: noun 1. The motion of something that wheels. Example: the wheelings of birds in the sky Example: Still talking—more to herself than to the children—she swam into a majestical dance of the stateliest balancings, the haughtiest wheelings and turnings aside, the most dignified sinkings, the gravest risings, all joined together by the elaboratest interlacing steps and circles. 2. The act of moving or conveying on wheels.
Word: spooling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of spool Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: spooling Part of Speech: noun 1. The operation of placing something in temporary storage, i.e. a spool. Example: Hence, if a query is parallelized correctly it can benefit also from parallel I/O facilities and from the increased database cache that can reduce disk spoolings.
Word: bracketing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bracket Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bracketing Part of Speech: noun 1. A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively. 2. The act of enclosing (text, etc.) in brackets. 3. A technique used to display the internal structure of a string of elements, in a similar manner to that used in mathematics and symbolic logic.
Word: visioning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of vision Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: visioning Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something is envisioned. Example: […] a blurred portrait of the Ettarre he loved, that ageless lovable and loving woman of whom all poets had been granted fitful broken glimpses — dimly prefiguring her advent into his life too, with pallid and feeble visionings.
Word: retailing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːteɪliŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of retail Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: retailing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːteɪliŋ/ 1. The business of selling directly to the consumer; retail. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It is not without interest to observe in those remote times, and under a social system so widely different from the modern, the same small causes that ruffle and interrupt the "course of love," which operate so commonly at this day; -- the same inventive jealousy, the same cunning slander, the same crafty and fabricated retailings of petty gossip, which so often now suffice to break the ties of the truest love, and counteract the tenor of circumstances most apparently propitious. Example: Where abundance is a point, rather than fine fruit for retailings, as in some districts in the South, seedling peaches are preferred to the grafted kinds.
Word: guesting Part of Speech: noun 1. An appearance as a guest on a TV show
Word: guesting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of guest Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: canting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cant + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of cant Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: canting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cant + -ing. 1. That cants or preaches in a false manner. Example: "You damned, canting, hypocritical box-of-tricks. I'll be even with you yet." The heavy door slammed behind him.
Word: canting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Javanese ꦕꦤ꧀ꦛꦶꦁ (canthing). 1. Alternative form of tjanting. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: yawing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of yaw Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: jawing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of jaw Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: jawing Part of Speech: noun 1. Worthless talk; blather. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Stop your jawing! 2. A scolding. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There were jawings, bickerings, heart-burnings.
Word: pawing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of paw Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pawing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who paws. Example: Firelight could be seen reflected on the ceiling of the drawing-room. Inside the deep stone porch, the heavy door was scarred by the pawings of many generations of dogs.
Word: shrimping Part of Speech: noun 1. The practice or business of fishing for shrimp. Labels: uncountable 2. The sexual practice of toe-sucking. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: shrimping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of shrimp Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pooing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of poo Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: congealing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of congeal Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gasting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of gast Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: leafing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈliːfɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of leaf Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: leafing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈliːfɪŋ/ 1. The act of one who leafs through something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Each of them branded on his memory thanks to mindless leafings through the greasy hotel guidebook. 2. Synonym of vernation (“the appearance of new leaves on plants”). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: skunking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of skunk Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: flouring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of flour Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: lusting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of lust Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: lusting Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who lusts. Example: These depraved lustings after flesh, grease, narcotics, etc., are a disgrace to human nature; you ought to be ashamed of them, and eradicate and destroy them as soon as possible.
Word: vetoing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of veto Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outsmarting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outsmart Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outsmarting Part of Speech: noun 1. An instance of somebody being outsmarted. Example: If I am five years old I perceive Bugs as a funny bunny with a unique voice and I appreciate his slapstick pie-in-the-face humor, especially his manipulations and outsmartings of Elmer Fudd, his arch nemesis.
Word: bulking Part of Speech: noun 1. The development of bulk; solidification. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Filamentous bacteria may cause the bulking of activated sludge. 2. A period of intentional weight gain. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bulking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bulk Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: deserting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of desert Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: drafting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of draft Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: drafting Part of Speech: noun 1. The act or process of producing a technical drawing, or draft. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A profession, usually related to making technical drawings for architecture, engineering, or manufacturing. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The practice among ground vehicle drivers or cyclists of following in a close line to reduce wind resistance. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A method of preparing fibers for weaving. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The act or process of drawing water out of a source. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: crimping Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪmpɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of crimp Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: crimping Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪmpɪŋ/ 1. The act by which something is crimped.
Word: threading Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈθɹɛdɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of thread Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: threading Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈθɹɛdɪŋ/ 1. The act or process by which something is threaded (in various senses). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The majority, 96.2 percent, of the e-mails had only up to four threadings. Example: Delighted with the results and eager to try my hand at creating my own Corris-effect drafts, I studied the threading and eventually recognized the pattern. The effect results from three parallel threadings where each end is followed by others of two different colors on the third and sixth shafts above the original […] 2. An ancient Eastern method for removing hair by means of a thread, which is rolled over the hair in order to pluck it out at the follicle level; especially used in the context of eyebrows. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A screw thread. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: worming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of worm Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: worming Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which an animal is wormed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] you will need to spend a lot more time training and socializing your Beagle, and must endure the sometimes difficult stages of teething, chewing, adolescent exuberance, and frequent veterinarian visits for vaccinations and wormings. 2. The tendency of certain yarn or thread to bunch up after being woven. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I think the smaller hook gave better results, with the larger leading to the unappetizing "worming" of chenille. Example: The other thing you can do is stick with yarns that don't have a reputation for worming.
Word: seeding Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsiːdɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of seed Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: seeding Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsiːdɪŋ/ 1. The arrangement of positions in a tournament. Example: Everybody likes to second‐guess computers, including who seed the pros. Nothing could have better exposed the vulnerability of the computer seeding than the spectacle of clay‐court experts looking like weekend hackers on grass.
Word: vacationing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of vacation Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: vacationing Part of Speech: noun 1. The taking of a vacation or holiday.
Word: carting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Old Norse kartrbor. Proto-Germanic *kradô Proto-West Germanic *krat Old English crætder. Middle English cart English cart English -ing English carting From cart + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of cart Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: carting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old Norse kartrbor. Proto-Germanic *kradô Proto-West Germanic *krat Old English crætder. Middle English cart English cart English -ing English carting From cart + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːtɪŋ/ 1. The transport of goods by cart. Example: Near-synonym: wagonage 2. The transport of someone in a cart through the streets as part of a public punishment or humiliation. Example: When Rowland Hill, Lord Mayor in 1550, instigated the carting of notable citizens for unchastity, several of them ‘told him that it was not right to be so severe […]’.
Word: crediting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɛdɪtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of credit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: crediting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɛdɪtɪŋ/ 1. The act of making a credit in accounting.
Word: sprouting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sprout Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sprouting Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something sprouts. Example: The historical record before the war and after shows a tendency toward independent political action in the recurrent sproutings of numerous Labor Reform and Workingmen's parties[…] Example: What is unbearable, in fact, is the feeling, 13 years after 9/11, that America has been chasing its tail; that, in some whack-a-mole horror show, the quashing of a jihadi enclave here only spurs the sprouting of another there; that the ideology of Al Qaeda is still reverberating through a blocked Arab world whose Sunni-Shia balance (insofar as that went) was upended by the American invasion of Iraq.
Word: replevining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of replevin Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mooring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of moor Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mooring Part of Speech: noun 1. A place to moor a vessel. Example: Then did the comet break loose from his moorings and the eclipse roamed about the sky, and down on the earth did Death’s three children—Famine, Pestilence, and Drought—come out to feed. Example: On the Lincolnshire side of the Humber, the Pier Station at New Holland was put out of action when the ferry boat plying to and from Hull broke loose from its moorings. 2. The act of securing a vessel with a cable or anchor etc. 3. Something to which one adheres, or the means that helps one to maintain a stable position and keep one's identity - moral, intellectual, political, etc. Labels: figuratively Example: 1890, John George Nicolay and John Hay, Abraham Lincoln: A History The party of pro-slavery reaction was for the moment in the ascendant; and as by an irresistible impulse, the Supreme Court of the United States was swept from its hitherto impartial judicial moorings into the dangerous seas of polities. Example: 1898, Coates, Florence Earle, song: "Friendship from its Moorings Strays" Friendship from its moorings strays, Love binds fast together; Friendship is for balmy days, Love for stormy weather.
Word: maneuvering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of maneuver Labels: US, form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: maneuvering Part of Speech: noun 1. An act in which something or someone maneuvers Labels: US, gerund Example: As a retired Unesco official with much experience in conserving monuments, Mr. Mutal, 73, has been caught up in the bureaucratic maneuverings to save it. Example: With his legal maneuverings, Trump is showing that he also understands the implications of this election — one that could give him substantial powers as president to defray or dismiss many of the legal threats that he’s facing and to behave in office without future accountability.
Word: peppering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pepper Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: peppering Part of Speech: noun 1. A light sprinkling or spray, as with black pepper specks, bullets, or questions. Labels: figuratively, literally Example: Besides, the advantage sought is but a cowardly advantage; for when all is said, the pepperings from the small shot of female eloquence are great only to little men.
Word: grunting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English gruntynge (“grunting”); equivalent to grunt + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹʌntɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of grunt Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: grunting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gruntynge (“grunting”); equivalent to grunt + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹʌntɪŋ/ 1. A sound of grunts. Example: the gruntings of contented pigs
Word: grunting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English gruntynge (“grunting”); equivalent to grunt + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹʌntɪŋ/ 1. Producing grunts. Labels: not-comparable Example: Tired with the heat and my walk, I threw myself down on the grass in the shadow of the house, where I lay half-asleep enjoying a quiet rest, when I was startled by an unpleasant clamour, the jarring voice of a woman, who was trying by alternately scolding and using pet names to pacify a litter of grunting pigs on the farm.
Word: registering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of register Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: allaying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of allay Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: allaying Part of Speech: noun 1. An allayment. Example: These high and gusty relishes of life, sure, Have no allayings of mortality in them.
Word: dialing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dial Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dialing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which a number is dialed. Example: Even with that many votes, a few thousand errant dialings could affect the results. 2. The art of constructing dials. Labels: archaic 3. The science of measuring time by use of a dial. 4. A method of surveying, especially in mines, in which the bearings of the courses, or the angles which they make with each other, are determined by means of the circumferentor; the use of a miner's dial.
Word: gluttoning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of glutton Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bothering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bother Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bothering Part of Speech: adj 1. That bothers; annoying, irritating. Example: ‘I never told you, I had a bothering experience with him. Nothing came of it fortunately.’
Word: bothering Part of Speech: noun 1. The action of troubling or disturbing someone
Word: buffeting Part of Speech: noun 1. A blow or motion that buffets. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Though still early in the afternoon, the ceaseless buffetings of a most tempestuous wind made us feel weary […] Example: He suspected it was mainly for this that he married her, to be his shield against the world’s buffetings. 2. random, irregular motion of the plane or of one of its parts caused by turbulences in the airflow Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: buffeting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of buffet Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dunging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dung Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dunging Part of Speech: noun 1. An application of manure, to fertilize land. Example: This was done by a great Farmer, that lived about two Miles distant from me, who, by good Plowings and Dungings, in the Year 1739, had got his gravelly and chalky loamy Land in very fine Order, for sowing it with Wheat […]
Word: inheriting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of inherit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: angering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of anger Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: junking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of junk Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: anteing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ante Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: impressing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of impress Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sneering Part of Speech: adj 1. Contemptful, mocking. Example: He made a sneering comment about their closeness.
Word: sneering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sneer Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sneering Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who sneers.
Word: nerfing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of nerf Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: captaining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of captain Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: appending Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of append Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: appending Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something is appended.
Word: photoing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of photo Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: oathing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of oath Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: wanking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of wank Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sleeting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sleet Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tiering Part of Speech: noun Labels: no-gloss
Word: tiering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tier Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: orbing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of orb Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: defecting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of defect Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: spooning Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The sense denoting nestled repose is by metaphor with the way that spoons stack together compactly. 1. present participle and gerund of spoon Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: spooning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The sense denoting nestled repose is by metaphor with the way that spoons stack together compactly. 1. The action of the verb to spoon Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Frederick alternated between sips of coffee and spoonings of raspberries. 2. The action of the verb to spoon Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tilling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tillynge, tiliyng, tilyenge, tylynge, from Old English tiliende, tilġende, equivalent to till + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of till Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tilling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tyllynge, tiling, tilinge, telynge, from Old English tilung, teolung, equivalent to till + -ing. 1. The act of one who tills. Example: The farmer's field requires regular tillings.
Word: fingerprinting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fingerprint Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fingerprinting Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of recording an individual's fingerprints. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A test made to establish and confirm the properties of a material or components. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: warding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ward Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: warding Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who wards. Example: The study of defense mechanisms will remain incomplete so long as they are regarded chiefly as wardings off, renunciations and negative assertions.
Word: squicking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of squick Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: terming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of term Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: umlauting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of umlaut Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: medaling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of medal Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: padlocking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of padlock Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: filtering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of filter Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: filtering Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of passing something through a filter. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Something that passes through a filter. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the filterings from the subsoils Example: Waking up in Langogne in a dim dawn, I felt in a strange sort of way more at home than I'd been for a long time in my own sadly altered version of home, even a year on from her death – especially in the first filterings of daylight […]
Word: quicksilvering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of quicksilver Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: quicksilvering Part of Speech: noun 1. An amalgam of mercury and tin formerly applied to the backs of mirrors. Labels: uncountable
Word: damning Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English dampnynge; equivalent to damn + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈdæmɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of damn Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: damning Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English dampnynge; equivalent to damn + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈdæmɪŋ/ 1. Condemning. Example: damning evidence was clear for all to see Example: In terms of infrastructure, Frank says there has been better news in recent years, following a highly damning report prepared for the Friends of the Far North Line campaign group by consultant Tony Glazebrook [...].
Word: damning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dampnynge; equivalent to damn + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈdæmɪŋ/ 1. A condemnation. Example: This elicited damnings from pulpit and press, and insured a healthy run. 2. An act of swearing with the word "damn". Example: No man is believed a jot the more for all the asseverations, damnings, and swearings he makes.
Word: sainting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of saint Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: soldiering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of soldier Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: soldiering Part of Speech: noun 1. The work of a soldier; military action. Example: Thus the two comrades came back from their soldierings to their humble homes, from which Lincoln was soon to start on the way marked out for him by Providence, with strides which no comrade, with whatever goodwill, might hope to follow. Example: All modern armies rely on veritable fleets of drones for routine soldiering (static garrisons, patrols, etc.).
Word: dissenting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dissent Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dissenting Part of Speech: adj 1. Showing a strongly different opinion, belief, or viewpoint.
Word: repenting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of repent Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: repenting Part of Speech: noun 1. repentance Example: He reveals to the soul that conviction of sin, deep repentings, a sense of our utter helplessness, are not grounds of acceptance with Christ, but simply a consciousness of our spiritual wretchedness[…]
Word: charting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of chart Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: charting Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something is charted. Example: What the dentist sees is paramount here, and ideally what the dentist sees is not a body-orifice but precise structures, through mirrors and X-rays and probings and chartings. Example: The research agenda followed in this edition takes up a range of problems that include authentic texts of his works, historical accounts defining his period, facts about his life, chartings of his artistic and psychological development, […]
Word: dismounting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dismount Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dismounting Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who dismounts. Example: The stage we had now commenced was eighteen miles in length; but the frequent mountings and dismountings, to climb or to descend the rocky sides of the mountains, made it appear much longer.
Word: embarking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of embark Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: embarking Part of Speech: noun 1. An embarkation.
Word: franking Part of Speech: noun 1. A device or marking such as postage stamp, printed or stamped impressions, codings, labels, manuscript writings, or any other authorized form of markings affixed or applied to mails to qualify them to be postally serviced. Labels: countable 2. A corporate tax system in which some or all of the tax paid by a company may be attributed, or imputed, to the shareholders by way of a tax credit to reduce the income tax payable on a distribution. Labels: Australia, uncountable
Word: franking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of frank Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: motioning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of motion Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: motioning Part of Speech: noun 1. movement Example: F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned By gesture she was pretending and by words and by the scarcely perceptible motionings of her eyelids […]
Word: mooting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English motinge, moting, from Old English mōtung, equivalent to moot + -ing. 1. The activity of taking part in a moot court. Example: In this he had been guided, not by the mootings of lawyers, not by the reveries of pamphlets, not by the conversation of coffee-houses, but by the opinions of minds that were fitter to direct than to co-operate with such minds as his.
Word: mooting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From moot + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of moot Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: positioning Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pəˈzɪʃənɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of position Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: positioning Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pəˈzɪʃənɪŋ/ 1. The act of positioning; placement. Example: As well as demonstrating operating facilities, full-size car body models are used for experimenting with new types of interior finish, systems of lighting, positioning of route diagrams and advertisements, and the best form of windscreens at doorways, and the height and location of handgrips and handrails. Example: If you are following a book like Starting Electronics, however, a breadboard is even more useful. […] Differences lie between breadboards in the spacings and the positionings of the holes, and the number of holes in each group.