Online dictionaryOnline dictionary
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Parting   /pˈɑrtɪŋ/   Listen
noun
Parting  n.  
1.
The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation. "The parting of the way."
2.
A separation; a leave-taking. "And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts."
3.
A surface or line of separation where a division occurs.
4.
(Founding) The surface of the sand of one section of a mold where it meets that of another section.
5.
(Chem.) The separation and determination of alloys; esp., the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
6.
(Geol.) A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
7.
(Naut.) The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.
8.
(Min.) Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.


verb
Part  v. t.  (past & past part. parted; pres. part. parting)  
1.
To divide; to separate into distinct parts; to break into two or more parts or pieces; to sever. "Thou shalt part it in pieces." "There, (celestial love) parted into rainbow hues."
2.
To divide into shares; to divide and distribute; to allot; to apportion; to share. "To part his throne, and share his heaven with thee." "They parted my raiment among them."
3.
To separate or disunite; to cause to go apart; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder. "The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me." "While he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven." "The narrow seas that part The French and English."
4.
Hence: To hold apart; to stand between; to intervene betwixt, as combatants. "The stumbling night did part our weary powers."
5.
To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion; as, to part gold from silver. "The liver minds his own affair,... And parts and strains the vital juices."
6.
To leave; to quit. (Obs.) "Since presently your souls must part your bodies."
7.
To separate (a collection of objects) into smaller collections; as, to part one's hair in the middle.
To part a cable (Naut.), to break it.
To part company, to separate, as travelers or companions.


Part  v. i.  
1.
To be broken or divided into parts or pieces; to break; to become separated; to go asunder; as, rope parts; his hair parts in the middle.
2.
To go away; to depart; to take leave; to quit each other; hence, to die; often with from. "He wrung Bassanio's hand, and so they parted." "He owned that he had parted from the duke only a few hours before." "His precious bag, which he would by no means part from."
3.
To perform an act of parting; to relinquish a connection of any kind; followed by with or from; as, to part with one's money. "Celia, for thy sake, I part With all that grew so near my heart." "Powerful hands... will not part Easily from possession won with arms." "It was strange to him that a father should feel no tenderness at parting with an only son."
4.
To have a part or share; to partake. (Obs.) "They shall part alike."


adjective
Parting  adj.  
1.
Serving to part; dividing; separating.
2.
Given when departing; as, a parting shot; a parting salute. "Give him that parting kiss."
3.
Departing. "Speed the parting guest."
4.
Admitting of being parted; partible.
Parting fellow, a partner. (Obs.)
Parting pulley. See under Pulley.
Parting sand (Founding), dry, nonadhesive sand, sprinkled upon the partings of a mold to facilitate the separation.
Parting strip (Arch.), in a sash window, one of the thin strips of wood let into the pulley stile to keep the sashes apart; also, the thin piece inserted in the window box to separate the weights.
Parting tool (Mach.), a thin tool, used in turning or planing, for cutting a piece in two.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |
Add this dictionary
to your browser search bar




"Parting" Quotes from Famous Books



... will materially assist your labour; take time and have patience, and you will be rewarded by seeing a perfect model of the stag's head come out of the mould in due course. [Footnote: Baking, when practicable, will often assist the parting of the mould ...
— Practical Taxidermy • Montagu Browne
... the Palachocolas Indians, but the floods from the Cherokee mountains had so swelled the freshes, as to make that passage too tedious. They, therefore, went back to Abercorn, and thence to the designed settlement of the Saltzburgers, where Oglethorpe, parting with his honorable friend, crossed the river with the Indians, and renewed his excursion to Palachocolas. There he found a fort erected at the lowest passage of the river, and forty-five miles from Savannah. Returning from this visit, as he entered Ebenezer he found eight of the ...
— Biographical Memorials of James Oglethorpe • Thaddeus Mason Harris
... compensate for spoiling their dinner-party, the agent gave them some rations and his parting blessing. It ...
— Red Men and White • Owen Wister
... dusty road that ran between half-ripe wheat fields, bordered with poplar trees. The wild morning-glories and Queen Anne's lace that grew by the road-side were still shining with dew. A fresh breeze stirred the bearded grain, parting it in furrows and fanning out streaks of crimson poppies. The new officer was not intrusive, certainly. He walked along, whistling softly to himself, seeming quite lost in the freshness of the morning, or in his own thoughts. There had ...
— One of Ours • Willa Cather
... by the heir, and is in chancery at this very moment. The Justinianis have ropes of pearls—Madame Justiniani of Paris, I have been told, gives a rope to every one of her children when they marry—but there is no expectation of a Justiniani parting with any thing. Pearls are troublesome property, my lord. They require great care; they want both air and exercise; they must be worn frequently; you cannot lock them up. The Duchess of Havant has the finest pearls in this country, and I told her grace, 'Wear them whenever ...
— Lothair • Benjamin Disraeli


More quotes...


Copyright © 2025 Dictionary One.com