nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: overmuch Part of Speech: det Etymology: From Middle English overmuche, overmuchel, from Old English ofermiċel, ofermyċel (“overmuch, excessive”), equivalent to over- + much. Compare overmany and overmore. Doublet of overmickle. Cognate with Scots over-mekill (“overmuch, excessive”), Old Norse ofrmikill (“overmuch, excessive”), Icelandic ofmikill (“overmuch, excessive”). 1. Very much; too much; overly much. Labels: UK Example: So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow. Example: If we met with accidents, such as losing canoes and men in the rapids, or losing men in encounters with Indians, or if we encountered overmuch fever and dysentery, the loads would lighten themselves.
Word: overmuch Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English overmuche, overmuchel, from Old English ofermiċel, ofermyċel (“overmuch, excessive”), equivalent to over- + much. Compare overmany and overmore. Doublet of overmickle. Cognate with Scots over-mekill (“overmuch, excessive”), Old Norse ofrmikill (“overmuch, excessive”), Icelandic ofmikill (“overmuch, excessive”). 1. Excessive. Labels: not-comparable Example: […]it is good to be applyed to womens breaſts, that grow ſore by the aboundance of milke comming into them: as alſo to repreſſe the overmuch bleeding of the hemorrhoids, to coole the Inflammations of the parts thereabouts, and to give eaſe of paines:[…]. Example: Our Palates like the Seaſoning and Cookery they are ſet to, and an over much Uſe of Salt, beſides that it occaſions thirſt, and over-much Drinking, has other ill Effects upon the Body.
Word: overmuch Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English overmuche, overmuchel, equivalent to over- + much. 1. Too much; overly much Labels: UK, not-comparable Example: Some readers do not care overmuch for poetry. Example: O, he hath kept an evil diet long, / And overmuch consumed his royal person:
Word: overmuch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English overmuche, overmuchel, from the adjective. 1. An excessive amount; too much. Labels: uncountable Example: They had felled too freely here; the sawmills had taken over-much, leaving next to no young wood. Example: If citizens hear overmuch of the bliss of others, it galls the secrecy of their hearts.
Word: landform Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From land + form. Pronunciation: /ˈlænd.fɔːm/, /ˈlænd.fɔɹm/ 1. Any geological feature, such as a mountain or valley.
Word: spotted eagle ray Part of Speech: noun 1. A large ray, Aetobatus narinari, that inhabits benthic waters of the Atlantic and Pacific.
Word: firelighter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Germanic *fōr Proto-West Germanic *fuir Old English fȳr Middle English fyr English fire English lighter English firelighter From fire + lighter. 1. A small block of a flammable substance, typically a combination of sawdust and wax, used to light fires.
Word: making love Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of make love Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Two, however, of the passengers in the vessel were very agreeably employed—they were making love. By-the-by, what an ugly phrase "making love" is—as if love were a dress or a pudding.
Word: restful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English restful, restfulle, equivalent to rest + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛs(t)fʊl/, /ˈɹɛs(t)f(ə)l/ 1. peaceful; having a peaceful aspect Example: After a hard day, Sue found the beauty of the park especially restful. Example: 'And are you trembling still, dear? Then let me take your hand; And I will lead you outward To a sweet and restful land. 2. restorative; aiding rest Example: A restful night's sleep mended his spirits. 3. Alternative form of RESTful. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fire extinguisher Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪəɹ ɪkˌstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ.ə(ɹ)/ 1. A device that can be used to put out a fire. Usually a portable cylinder filled with carbon dioxide, dry powder or water, in the latter two cases with some means of pressurising the cylinder to expel the contents. Example: Two fire extinguishers are fitted in the kitchen and one above a corner cupboard in the vestibule. Example: Have a good-sized pitcher of water nearby, and bring the fire extinguisher in from the kitchen, just in case.
Word: dog biscuit Part of Speech: noun 1. A hard biscuit-based snack for dogs. 2. A hard, dry biscuit issued as part of food rations in the field. Labels: colloquial
Word: dry powder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The financial sense comes by metaphor from the sense of gunpowder kept dry to allow rapid loading of a firearm, as in the expression keep one's powder dry. 1. A powder found in a fire extinguisher that is expelled to smother the fire (in contrast with liquid types of extinguisher). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A powder found in an inhaler that delivers a bronchodilator for antiasthmatic or antiemphysemic purposes (indications). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Cash (or cash-like securities) kept in reserve in case of need. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Private equity firms were sitting on more than $1 trillion in dry powder at the end of 2011. 4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dry, powder; especially, gunpowder kept dry to keep it from spoiling before use. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pressurising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pressurise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dog biscuits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dog biscuit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pressurise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pressure + -ise. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of pressurize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: up the walls Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Very busy, swamped. Labels: Ireland, UK, idiomatic, usually Example: We were up the walls last week and I got ten hours overtime. Example: We didn't go to the restaurant as it was up the walls.
Word: Yank tank Part of Speech: noun 1. A large American car. Labels: Australia, slang 2. A pre-1960 American car in Cuba, imported before the US embargo. Labels: US, slang
Word: Mellissa Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, a nonstandard spelling variant of Melissa.
Word: Reid Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ɹiːd/ 1. A surname. Labels: countable Example: The digital ads open over a shot of Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer, the third-ranking Democrat in the Senate, while a narrator declares: “For years, it paralyzed Washington: Partisan political dysfunction.” 2. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A male given name transferred from the surname. Labels: countable 8. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: folk hero Part of Speech: noun 1. A real or mythical person who is widely revered by ordinary people, for championing their interests, values, or aspirations. Example: That hallowed American folk hero, the lean cowboy with six-gun at hip, swinging smoothly into the saddle—somehow he never had to go to school to learn that stuff. Example: Deuladeu Martins is a woman folk-hero dating from the 12th century; she is thought of as a hugely tall and strong woman whose actions were so feared by invaders that, because of her, the country of Portugal itself came into being.
Word: adhibit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin adhibitus (“extended, held out”, past participle of adhibeō), from ad + habeō (“have”). Pronunciation: /ədˈhɪbɪt/ 1. To allow in; to admit. 2. To apply or administer (something, such as a remedy). 3. To affix. 4. To append. Labels: Scotland
Word: adhibition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin adhibitiō, perfect passive participle of Latin adhibeō. Pronunciation: /ˌædhɪˈbɪʃən/ 1. The act of adhibiting. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cosmodrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cosmo- + -drome, modelled after aerodrome. 1. A site for launching spacecraft, usually in reference to such Soviet or Russian built sites as the Baikonur, Kazakhstan and Plesetsk, Russia cosmodromes.
Word: blacksmiths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blacksmith Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Wikipediaing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of Wikipedia Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: calendaring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of calendar Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: calendaring Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of a computerized calendar to schedule events or appointments. Labels: uncountable Example: […] the standard email and calendaring functions of Outlook […]
Word: absisting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of absist Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: quartering Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, quarter + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of quarter Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: quartering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, quarter + -ing. 1. A division into four parts. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Similitude applies to proportional changes, such as doublings, halvings, or quarterings; it does not apply to additive changes. 2. The act of providing housing for military personnel, especially when imposed upon the home of a private citizen. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The method of capital punishment where a criminal is cut into four pieces. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A series of quarters, or small upright posts. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The practice of docking 15 minutes' pay from a worker who arrived late (even by less than 15 minutes). Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 8. Searching for prey by traversing a space. From hunting for game, where dogs will run parallel to the wind in search of a scent, thereby 'quartering' the field. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A point on an arch calculated by measuring one quarter of the height along a line from the peak to the outer edge on the ground. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The arch failed first at the crown, then at the quarterings, and finally at the springings.
Word: quartering Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, quarter + -ing. 1. Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; said of waves or any moving object. Labels: not-comparable Example: Wave direction and frequency (period) are two factors that influence the effect of waves on a moored ship. Whether the ship responds by surging, swaying or yawing will depend on whether the waves are striking the moored vessel head-on, beam-on or quartering, the frequency of the waves and the manner in which the tanker is moored. 2. Coming from aft and to one side; having both a crosswind and tailwind component. Labels: broadly, not-comparable 3. At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other. Labels: not-comparable
Word: decrypting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of decrypt Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: seconding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of second Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: seconding Part of Speech: noun 1. The agreement of a second person to an initial proposal or motion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The nominations and the secondings of candidates for the 1973 election of the various officers and directors of The American Philatelic Society were concluded May 31, 1973, and the final listing appears below. 2. Temporary transfer from normal duty to another assignment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Having successfully completed their two secondings, the students were qualified to take out a case on their own.
Word: clocking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of clock Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: clocking Part of Speech: noun 1. A time measurement made according to a clock. Example: At all of the major “breakup” yards where the railroads unloaded and loaded freight — waterfront railyards, pier stations, and inland freight depots — teams conducted clockings, recording all movements of trains […] Example: He picked up the sheet of paper which showed the clockings of the two employees. He looked again at the clockings that Earrell had made and smiled to himself; on the fifth of the month, he had skipped his break completely […]
Word: dicking Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdɪkɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of dick Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dicking Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdɪkɪŋ/ 1. An act of being sexually penetrated. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: Escorts, strippers, and all kinds of townie whores flocked to the skull logo, just begging for a good dicking. And who better to give it to them than yours truly?
Word: farting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈfɑːtɪŋ/, /ˈfɑɹtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of fart Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: farting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fartynge, fartyng, ferting, from Old English feorting (“farting”), equivalent to fart + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈfɑːtɪŋ/, /ˈfɑɹtɪŋ/ 1. The act of one who farts; a sound like a fart. Example: Noise grew everywhere — radios, monstrous tape decks, the fartings of untuned engines. Example: Observing the pantings and fartings of our old Boston terrier Tunney one day, he proposed that the federal government should fund a plan like the Passamaquoddy Bay project that would put all this energy to some use.
Word: porting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of port Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: porting Part of Speech: noun 1. An opening through or into which fluid or other material can flow. Example: […] portings distributed radially about the housing bore. It then is necessary only to arrange six equally spaced portings at the outside diameter of the control sleeve which rotates within the housing, and to size these portings […] Example: […] portings in said tracer valve to said cylinder inlet port in said servo valve unit for actuating said servo valve member from said set position to control fluid flow through said inlet and outlet portings in said servo valve unit […]
Word: jittering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of jitter Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: jittering Part of Speech: noun 1. The act or motion of one who jitters. Example: The Trout (Die Forelle) was horribly knackering to perform with its continuous high energy and light convulsive jitterings, which covered the entire stage space.
Word: secreting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈsiːkɹətɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of secret Labels: US, form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: secreting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /sɪˈkɹiːtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of secrete Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: husbanding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of husband Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: walling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of wall Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: walling Part of Speech: noun 1. A group of walls. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Nor was this all; seeing something projecting through the soil at the bottom of the bared patch of walling, I removed the loose earth with my hands, and revealed a huge stone ring, a foot or more in diameter, and about three inches thick. Example: “All three,” says Dr. Schliemann, “were unusually large, and appeared to have been forced into the small space of only 5 feet 6 inches, left for them between the inner wallings […] 2. Material used for walls. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A method of torture in which a person's neck is encircled by a collar, which is then used to slam the person against a wall. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: radioing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of radio Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: thouing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of thou Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: burping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of burp Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: burping Part of Speech: noun 1. The sound of a burp. 2. The act by which a baby, or a container of fermenting substance, is burped. Example: Once you finally deliver your baby, the next few days are a complete blur of feedings, burpings, and awesomesauce nurses being on hand to help you with everything.
Word: storming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of storm Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: storming Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something is stormed. Example: the stormings of cities throughout history 2. The act of one who storms or rages. Example: He fumed, and threatened, and stormed; but his fumings, and threatenings, and stormings, were powerless to turn from him the keen edge of public ridicule.
Word: bunking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bunk Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: greening Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹiːnɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of green Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: greening Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹiːnɪŋ/ 1. The process of becoming green. Example: the tender greening of April meadows 2. A type of pear. Labels: obsolete 3. A type of apple that is green when ripe.
Word: greening Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹiːnɪŋ/ 1. Becoming green in colour. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pinking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pink Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pinking Part of Speech: noun 1. Decoration by adding holes or scalloping. Example: These rufflings, and pinkings, and patchings, will only make us hated by all the wives of our neighbours.
Word: wronging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of wrong Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: wronging Part of Speech: noun 1. An act by which somebody is wronged.
Word: kinging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of king Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: jacking Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒækɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of jack Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: jacking Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒækɪŋ/ 1. A street robbery. Labels: colloquial Example: The most common type of robberies by gang members is jackings, street robberies against persons. According to some gang members interviewed, jackings are not planned, but are rather crimes of opportunity.
Word: humoring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of humor Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: knighting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of knight Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: knighting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪtɪŋ/ 1. The act of making somebody a knight. Example: What distinguished the knighting ceremony from the established giving of arms was the semi-ritualistic character of the later event. It was much more than a coming of age. The most impressive knightings could be occasions of some grandeur. Example: Only 14 percent of Australians agreed with the knighting, and many of Mr. Abbott’s colleagues were dismayed.
Word: cocking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cock (“a male bird, esp. a rooster; many derivatives, incl. penis”) + -ing (forming participles). 1. present participle and gerund of cock Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cocking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cock (“a male bird, esp. a rooster; many derivatives, incl. penis”) + -ing (forming participles). 1. The hunting of gamecocks. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 2. Cockfighting. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Thus circumstanced, he became the avowed companion of sharpers and gamblers, attended cockings and races […]
Word: cocking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cock (“a male bird, esp. a rooster; many derivatives, incl. penis”) + -ing (forming participles). 1. Offensive or worthless Labels: not-comparable, vulgar Example: "Son of a cocking bastard."
Word: coining Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɔɪnɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of coin Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: coining Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɔɪnɪŋ/ 1. A form of alternative medicine from Southeast Asia where a coin is rubbed vigorously on a patient's oiled skin. Labels: uncountable 2. A created word or phrase. Labels: countable Example: Poetry admits of greater latitude than proſe, which with reſpect to coining, or, at leaſt, new-compounding words; yet, even here, this liberty ſhould be uſed with a ſparing hand. Example: Once we move into the Patristic period, there is undoubted evidence for new coinings of words (particularly compounds) as a response to the needs of the theological debates which occurred.
Word: minding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mynding, myndyng, equivalent to mind + -ing. 1. The act of taking heed of something. Example: a. 1691, Richard Baxter, a sermon […] those holy breathings after God, and that sense of the evil of sin, and that conscience of duty, and those groans excited by the spirit of prayer, and those mindings of the things of another world […]
Word: minding Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mind + -ing. Labels: no-gloss
Word: minding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mind + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of mind Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: neutering Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something is neutered. Example: The vet performed neuterings on four cats.
Word: neutering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of neuter Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: righting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of right Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: righting Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of putting something right. Example: the rightings of social wrongs 2. The return of a vehicle to an upright orientation from a tilted or inverted orientation. Example: the righting of an overturned car
Word: mothering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, mother + -ing. 1. The nurturing of a child by its mother. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The unification or bringing together of disparate things […] which Mrs Ramsay seeks to achieve by marryings and motherings […] 2. The protective behavior of a mother towards her child. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Nurturing or protective behavior reminiscent of that performed by a literal mother. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The institution in the past has done monumental work harboring the homeless, mothering the homeless, mothering the motherless, caring for the poor and dependent Example: He began pounding her with endless questions: “Are you happy? Why don’t you speak? Am I boring you?” She glowed into love, smiled, kissed him, fondled him like a mother. The male resents this mothering in his depth. It shields the home. The conquered woman turns back as a mother to draw him in, more and more into herself, to her warm quiescent hearth, to the unborn. 4. Clipping of a-mothering (“practice of visiting one's literal or figurative mother or mother church”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Mothering-.—In former days, when the Roman Catholic was the established religion, it was the custom for people to visit their Mother Church on MidLent Sunday, and to make their offerings at the high altar. ...the now remaining practice of Mothering, or going to visit parents upon Mid-Lent Sunday, is really owing to that good old custom. Example: "Mothering Sunday," the fourth Sunday in Lent, when absent sons and daughters — particularly the young apprentices — would return to their homes with some little present for both parents, but more especially for the mother. ...Imagine the ... pride of the mother in the simple gift, and the admiration of the small brothers and sisters who gathered around and longed for the time when they also would be out in the great unknown world and could come "a-mothering."
Word: mothering Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, mother + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of mother Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: brothering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of brother Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: winging Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈwɪŋɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of wing Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: winging Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwɪŋɪŋ/ 1. Synonym of wing foiling. Labels: uncountable
Word: winging Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈwɪnd͡ʒɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of winge Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: wooding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of wood Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: crewing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of crew Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gossiping Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑs.ɪ.pɪŋ/, /ˈɡɒs.ɪ.pɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of gossip Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gossiping Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑs.ɪ.pɪŋ/, /ˈɡɒs.ɪ.pɪŋ/ 1. The act of passing gossip; communication about other people's private business. 2. A christening. Labels: obsolete Example: At Wendlebury and other places they bring their Cakes at a Gossiping, and give a large cake to the father of the child, wᶜʰ they call a Rocking Cake. Example: Another woman was returning late one night from a gossiping.
Word: martyring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of martyr Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: marooning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of maroon Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: marooning Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of abandoning a person in a remote, deserted place.
Word: alloying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of alloy Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: chaining Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃeɪnɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of chain Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: chaining Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃeɪnɪŋ/ 1. The act or process by which something is chained.
Word: ministering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of minister Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ministering Part of Speech: adj 1. Of one who, or something that, administers. Labels: not-comparable Example: Hitherto all that I had acquired had been unsatisfactory—the reward was too distant; but Carrara's mystic eloquence brought the result of our midnight vigils visibly before me; and when I left him, it was to dream of the glorious secrets which, once penetrated, would lay all nature open to our eyes, and leave all its ministering spirits bowed to our rule by spell and sign.
Word: ministering Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who ministers; ministration. Example: I could not be in your daughter's company, and have the grace of her gentle ministerings.
Word: beplastering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of beplaster Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: snowplowing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of snowplow Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: friending Part of Speech: noun 1. A sentiment of friendship Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: And what so poor a man as Hamlet is May do t'express his love and friending to you. 2. An act of adding a person as a friend on a social network. Labels: Internet, uncountable, usually Example: Refreshments followed, coupled with teary farewells and exchanges of phone numbers and emails, and Facebook friendings.
Word: friending Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of friend Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: handfasting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of handfast Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: handfasting Part of Speech: noun 1. The ceremony in which people handfast.
Word: soiling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of soil Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: soiling Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of making dirty. Example: An important task for any detergent is to remove visible soilings.
Word: upbreaking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of upbreak Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: upbreaking Part of Speech: noun 1. The action of something that escapes or flies upward. Example: a. 1840, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Godolphin the fitful and dusky upbreakings of the flame through the […] grate
Word: mouthing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of mouth Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present 2. present participle and gerund of mouthe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mouthing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of forming a shape with the mouth. Example: Mouthings tend to occur most often when signers are manually articulating nouns, open-class items, and morphologically simpler signs (see Crasborn et al. 2008). 2. Ranting; passionate speech devoid of meaning. Example: Kearn did not rant, he did not deafen you with heroics and empty mouthings.
Word: elbowing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of elbow Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: elbowing Part of Speech: noun 1. A nudge or jostle with the elbow. Example: To Johnson Life was as a Prison, to be endured with heroic faith: to Hume it was little more than a foolish Bartholomew-Fair Show-booth, with the foolish crowdings and elbowings of which it was not worth while to quarrel[…] Example: But in the elbowings of the noisy throng There is no calm for holiness like thine.
Word: perfecting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of perfect Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: perfecting Part of Speech: noun 1. The bringing of something to a state of perfection. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: All the same, the final embellishments and perfectings of detail occupied a further four years. 2. The process of printing on both sides of the printed-on material during its single pass through the printing press. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: dimensioning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dimension Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: paining Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪnɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of pain Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pining Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪnɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of pine Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pining Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪnɪŋ/ 1. The act of one who pines. Example: the sullen pinings of discontent
Word: hoisting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhɔɪstɪŋ/ 1. The act by which something is hoisted. Example: Hoisting, derricking, slewing, and travelling are by means of independent 600-volt motors through reduction gearing. Example: The Madras government allowed flag hoistings in particular circumstances[…] 2. The behaviour of JavaScript syntax which allows variables to be used before they are declared.
Word: hoisting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhɔɪstɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of hoist Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: copyrighting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of copyright Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: busting Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈbʌstɪŋ/ 1. Urgently needing to urinate. Alternative form of bursting. Labels: often Example: Can you tell me where the toilets are? I'm busting. Example: The kid is busting to go to the toilet.
Word: busting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbʌstɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of bust Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: busting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbʌstɪŋ/ 1. The process of something being broken or exploded. Labels: colloquial Example: O, sir! the explosions, the blowings-up, the bustings, the firings! There was bombshells flying about as big as houses. Example: Don't you see, laddie, you're much too valuable to squander your energies playing the lousy short con, suffering the cop roustings and head bustings, the chump change scores.
Word: skirting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of skirt Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: skirting Part of Speech: noun 1. Skirting boards collectively. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Challenger looked up at the cornice and round at the skirting. Example: The stateroom walls are veneered with finely figured English chestnut with the skirting and mouldings in English walnut. 2. skirts collectively; material for skirts Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The act of one who skirts around something, or avoids it. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] superficial: many of their descriptions, together with their own candid and often amusing comments and reactions, are well worth noting and reflecting upon; their skirtings around the laws of defamation are a joy to read and a lesson to us all; […]
Word: booting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of boot Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: booting Part of Speech: noun 1. A kicking, as with a booted foot. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act by which a computer is booted. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] you can save yourself a little bit of time on subsequent bootings by altering a setting in the motherboard BIOS. 3. Advantage; gain; gain by plunder; booty. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Thou, Linus, that louest still to be promoting, Because I sport, about King Henries marriage: Think' st this will proue a matter worth the carriage. But let it alone, Lynus, it is no booting. 4. Homicide by gunfire. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, countable, slang, uncountable Example: C4 run man through the alley Get a man down with the swammy Get a man down with the whammy Boot couple niggas on the road No face no case with the bally (booting) Example: Just got bail, three shootings I ain’t gotta call up Pacman To go up to country to do some bootings (bu-bu) Tryna aim for your head Pronounce man dead, pull up and suit him
Word: weighting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of weight Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: weighting Part of Speech: noun 1. The weight or significance given to something, sometimes by means of a statistical multiplier. Labels: figuratively Example: Higher weightings were assigned to data from double-blind studies.
Word: breading Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bread Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: breading Part of Speech: noun 1. The coating of a thin slice of meat in flour, egg and breadcrumbs prior to frying Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chalking Part of Speech: noun 1. Something chalked on a surface. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Dinner patrons at RPU see dozens of chalkings on the sidewalk each week. Student groups know that this is a prime locale to promote student groups and shows. 2. The appearance of non-gloss paint on an exterior surface due to chemical deterioration and removal by weather. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chalking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of chalk Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: filibustering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of filibuster Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: filibustering Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who filibusters. Example: No other interpretation could be put upon two of his most notorious filibusterings: […]
Word: disdaining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of disdain Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: disdaining Part of Speech: noun 1. Disdain. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She disdained everybody; and because of her disdainings it was believed that the master of her beauty was the Lord of Darkness; and that seemed reasonable.
Word: impacting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of impact Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: braining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of brain Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: benefiting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of benefit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: balling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, ball + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of ball Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: balling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, ball + -ing. 1. Involving casual sexual intercourse. Labels: not-comparable Example: Ideal for a balling hot time . Example: And as Doran said later, all bullshit aside, what balling broad could resist going to bed with a handsome dwarf ? 2. Alternative form of ballin'. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: blanketing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, blanket + -ing. 1. Cloth for making blankets. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1690, uncredited translator, The History of Scotland by George Buchanan, London: Awnsham Churchil, Book I, p. 23, But, now-a-days, many of them wear their Apparel of a dark brown colour, almost like Heath, that so, lying in the Heath-bushes, they might not, in the day-time, be discovered by their Cloaths. Being rather loosly happ’d, than closely covered, with this sort of Blanketing, they endure the fiercest weather […] Example: Then the blanketing tickles—you feel like mixed pickles—so terribly sharp is the pricking, And you’re hot, and you’re cross, and you tumble and toss till there’s nothing ’twixt you and the ticking. 2. A layer of something that covers like a blanket. Labels: countable Example: blanketings of snow Example: Did one want grilled mushrooms, English fashion, they were there, black and moist and sizzling, and extremely edible; did one desire mushrooms à la Russe, they appeared, blanched and cool and toothsome under their white blanketing of sauce. 3. The act or punishment of tossing in a blanket. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Himself among the storied chiefs he spies, As from the blanket high in air he flies, And oh! (he cry'd) what street, what lane but knows Our purgings, pumpings, blanketings and blows? Example: […] that affair of the blanketing happened to thee, for the fault thou wast guilty of […] 4. A maneuver in which one vessel covers or becalms another with its sails. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: The latter hailed for water, and was so much more nimble in coming round, that she managed to get on ‘Gwendolin’s’ weather before she had gathered way, and gave her such a complete blanketing as left her almost in irons. 5. The provision of a layer under the trackbed to prevent clay subsoil and water being forced to the surface by the weight of trains. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The track blanketing required excavation of up and down main lines to a depth of 4½ft below rail level for 1⅜ miles, to allow the defective track bed to be removed and replaced by a new formation. [...] a layer of polythene was employed by the E.R. at the base of the new formation; [...] On top of the polythene is laid the sand, as a blanketing and drainage medium, and above that the ballast.
Word: blanketing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, blanket + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of blanket Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: falconing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of falcon Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: falconing Part of Speech: noun 1. falconry Labels: uncountable
Word: rumoring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rumor Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rumouring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rumour Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: powering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of power Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: proportioning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of proportion Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pawning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pawn Middle English -ynge English -ing English pawning From pawn + -ing. 1. The act by which something is pawned. Example: Her road had again seemed to stretch out endless, she imagined that there might be hundreds and hundreds of such things that Edward was concealing from her – that they might necessitate more mortgagings, more pawnings of bracelets, more and always more horrors.
Word: pawning Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English pawn Middle English -ynge English -ing English pawning From pawn + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of pawn Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dangering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of danger Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: shorting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of short Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: shorting Part of Speech: noun 1. short selling Labels: countable, uncountable 2. short circuit; outage Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] rotted and cracked, and occasionally the water would seep through to the bare wires and cause shortings and electric fires. Example: There was a signal station, an old Italian military relic, the equipment in it so dangerous, due to electrical shortings, that the Italian soldier who looked after it used to pray before he used it.
Word: dulling Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdʌlɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of dull Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dulling Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdʌlɪŋ/ 1. The process of making or becoming dull. Example: Let me bear in mind Your sweet dullings of the consciousness! Let me mark how You veil the eye and curtain the ear!
Word: roughing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rough Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: stomaching Part of Speech: adj 1. nauseating; sickening
Word: stomaching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of stomach Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: stomaching Part of Speech: noun 1. resentment Labels: obsolete Example: 1582, Bible (Pocket Rheims), Corinthians Contentions, emulations, stomachings, dissensions, detractions […]
Word: sanding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree substratebor. Proto-Indo-European *sámdʰos? Proto-Germanic *samdaz Proto-West Germanic *samd Old English sand Middle English sond English sand English -ing English sanding From sand + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of sand Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sanding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sanding, sandyng, equivalent to sand + -ing. 1. The act or process by which something is sanded; the application of sandpaper, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A type of dancing where the floor is covered in sand. See Sanding (dance). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The process of testing the surface of gilding, after it has been fired, with fine sand and water. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The process of burying oysters in sand. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The process of applying sand to rails in railway track to aid adhesion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Sanding is by steam, and is fitted to the front of the leading coupled wheels, and to front and rear of the driving wheels. Example: Next day further heavy sanding of the lines was carried out by standard Class "3" 2-6-2 tank No. 82028 from the Scarborough end and Class "4" 2-6-4 tank No. 42084 from Whitby. 6. A coating of sugar crystals on confectionery, especially on jellies. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: sugar sanding Example: sour sanding
Word: vacuuming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of vacuum Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: vacuuming Part of Speech: noun 1. An instance of vacuuming. 2. Material sucked up by a vacuum cleaner. Labels: in-plural Example: Put the vacuumings in the bin. 3. Synonym of vacuum exercise.
Word: mattering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of matter Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mattering Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality of something that matters; significance; importance. Labels: rare Example: But not all matterings matter the same: you value your daily respite at the coffee shop that's long brightened your mornings, but if that shop goes under, you wouldn't—I hope—be facing existential threat. Example: Mattering is "a core, universal human need," a necessary component for well-being, Dr. [Gordon] Flett said. But it's tricky to define, he added, because people sometimes confuse it with belonging, self-esteem and social connection.
Word: snowing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From snow (verb). Pronunciation: /ˈsnəʊɪŋ/, /ˈsnoʊɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of snow Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: snowing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snow (verb). Pronunciation: /ˈsnəʊɪŋ/, /ˈsnoʊɪŋ/ 1. A fall of snow. Example: And sometimes hours of peace, I own, / Upon some fairer leaves have shown, / White as the snowings of that heaven / By which those hours of peace were given.
Word: augmenting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of augment Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: keying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of key Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: keying Part of Speech: noun 1. In the sociology of Erving Goffman, an action or utterance that signals the meaning of interaction to participants. 2. The input of text or data by means of a keyboard. 3. A form of vandalism performed by scratching paint with a key
Word: bearding Part of Speech: noun 1. An undesirable video artifact whereby darker parts of a signal bleed across horizontally into the brighter parts. Labels: uncountable
Word: bearding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of beard Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: seaming Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsiːmɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of seam Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: seaming Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsiːmɪŋ/ 1. The act or process of forming a seam or joint. 2. The cord or rope at the margin of a seine, to which the meshes of the net are attached.
Word: contenting Part of Speech: adj 1. Producing contentment; pleasing or satisfying. Example: To preserve the rights of justice, and to give a contenting answer to the cry of mercy, to wipe off, as I may say, the tears of one, and smooth the frowns of the other, God lays our iniquity upon Christ, Isa . 53. 6. Example: you can daily retire into yourself, and there peruse a richer treasure than bodily eyes on earth can see; and there be taken up with a far more contenting satisfactory employment , and a more fruitful and pleasant converse and recreation, than any you, creature in court or country can afford;
Word: contenting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of content Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present