parting Synonyms & Antonyms
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Parting as a Noun
The act of parting or dividing; division; separation.
The state of being parted.
A farewell, the act of departing politely.
The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
The joint or connected between two surfaces of one section of a mould.
The separation and determination of alloys; especially, the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.
Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.
The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation.
The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions; part (US)
(founding) The surface of the sand of one section of a mould where it meets that of another section.
Parting as a Verb
present participle and gerund of part
To leave the company of.
To cut hair with a parting; shed.
To divide in two.
to part the curtains
To be divided in two or separated; shed.
A rope parts. His hair parts in the middle.
To divide up; to share.
To have a part or share; to partake.
To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
To hold apart; to stand or intervene between.
To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
to part gold from silver
To leave; to quit.
To leave (an IRC channel).
Parting in a Sentence
to part the curtains
A rope parts. His hair parts in the middle.
to part gold from silver
Word Forms & Grammar
parting (countable and uncountable, plural partings)
parting
Words That Rhyme With Parting
Origin of Parting
By surface analysis, part + -ing.
Quick Facts About Parting
| Part of speech | noun, verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈpɑɹtɪŋ/ |
| Meaning | The act of parting or dividing; division; separation |
| Plural | partings |