What does parting mean?
Definitions for parting
ˈpɑr tɪŋpart·ing
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word parting.
Princeton's WordNet
farewell, leave, leave-taking, parting(noun)
the act of departing politely
"he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow"
part, parting(noun)
a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions
"his part was right in the middle"
Wiktionary
parting(Noun)
A farewell, the act of departing politely.
parting(Noun)
The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions ; part (US)
Webster Dictionary
Parting
of Part
Etymology: [From Part, v.]
Parting
serving to part; dividing; separating
Etymology: [From Part, v.]
Parting
given when departing; as, a parting shot; a parting salute
Etymology: [From Part, v.]
Parting
departing
Etymology: [From Part, v.]
Parting
admitting of being parted; partible
Etymology: [From Part, v.]
Parting(noun)
the act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation
Etymology: [From Part, v.]
Parting(noun)
a separation; a leave-taking
Etymology: [From Part, v.]
Parting(noun)
a surface or line of separation where a division occurs
Etymology: [From Part, v.]
Parting(noun)
the surface of the sand of one section of a mold where it meets that of another section
Etymology: [From Part, v.]
Parting(noun)
the separation and determination of alloys; esp., the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button
Etymology: [From Part, v.]
Parting(noun)
a joint or fissure, as in a coal seam
Etymology: [From Part, v.]
Parting(noun)
the breaking, as of a cable, by violence
Etymology: [From Part, v.]
Parting(noun)
lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae
Etymology: [From Part, v.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Parting
pärt′ing, 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.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
parting
The state of being driven from the anchors by breaking the cables. The rupture or stranding of any tackle-fall or hawser.
Anagrams for parting »
tarping
prating
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of parting in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of parting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of parting in a Sentence
Parting is all we know of heaven, and all we need of hell.
Take this kiss upon the brow and, in parting from you now, thus much let me avow -- you are not wrong who deem that my days have been a dream yet if hope has flown away in a night, or in a day, in a vision, or in none, is it therefore the less gone all that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.
Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven.
It may be that this conflict has only just begun, and it may be that as with previous conflicts in Church history, it will eventually be serious enough to end in real schism, a permanent parting of the ways.
People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
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- de despedidaSpanish
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