Parting
['pɑːtɪŋ] or ['pɑrtɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Part
(v.) Serving to part; dividing; separating.
(v.) Given when departing; as, a parting shot; a parting salute.
(v.) Departing.
(v.) Admitting of being parted; partible.
(n.) The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation.
(n.) A separation; a leave-taking.
(n.) A surface or line of separation where a division occurs.
(n.) The surface of the sand of one section of a mold where it meets that of another section.
(n.) The separation and determination of alloys; esp., the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
(n.) A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
(n.) The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.
(n.) Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Breaking, rupture, disruption, severing, tearing asunder.[2]. Separation, detachment.[3]. Leave-taking.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Separation, detachment, division, disruption
ANT:Union, attachment, cleaving_together
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Definition
adj. putting apart: separating: departing: given at parting.—n. the act of parting: a division: a point or a line of division: the division of the hair on the head in dressing it: (geol.) a division of a mineral into layers: a snapping or breaking under a great strain as of a cable.—n. Part′ing-cup a drinking-cup with two handles on opposite sides.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of parting with friends and companions, denotes that many little vexations will come into your daily life. If you part with enemies, it is a sign of success in love and business.
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Examples
- May I say, at parting, that it is the dear object of MY hopes too? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- In the story of this passion, too, the development varies: sometimes it is the glorious marriage, sometimes frustration and final parting. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Receive at parting;' here he gave him a southern embrace, and kissed him soundly on both cheeks; 'the word of a gentleman! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- And how do people perform that ceremony of parting, Jane? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Good-bye for the present, Miss Bella,' said Mrs Boffin, calling out a hearty parting. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- With that parting shot, my daughter left me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- At that moment the parting was easy to bear: the first sense of loving and being loved excluded sorrow. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- My parting love to uncle. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It was but a hurried parting in a common street, yet it was a sacred remembrance to these two common people. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- It was that in which Harry Montague, after a sad, almost monosyllabic scene of parting with Miss Dyas, bade her good-bye, and turned to go. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Parting or danger are nothing to you. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I gently opened the door so as not to disturb him, and spoke my few parting words in low tones, which he might hear or not, as he pleased. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He slowly laid his face down upon her bosom, drew his arms closer round her neck, and with one parting sob began the world. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- To be sure, said she, it is better than parting with fifteen hundred pounds at once. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- With those parting words she limped away from me at the top of her speed. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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