What does parting mean?
Definitions for parting
ˈpɑr tɪŋpart·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
farewell, leave, leave-taking, partingnoun
the act of departing politely
"he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow"
part, partingnoun
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
partingnoun
A farewell, the act of departing politely.
partingnoun
The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions ; part (US)
ChatGPT
parting
Parting refers to the action of leaving or separating from someone or something. It can refer to both physical separation, such as leaving a place or person, or emotional separation, like ending a relationship. Additionally, in terms of hair styling, parting means the line created when hair is combusted in different directions.
Webster Dictionary
Parting
of Part
Parting
serving to part; dividing; separating
Parting
given when departing; as, a parting shot; a parting salute
Parting
departing
Parting
admitting of being parted; partible
Partingnoun
the act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation
Partingnoun
a separation; a leave-taking
Partingnoun
a surface or line of separation where a division occurs
Partingnoun
the surface of the sand of one section of a mold where it meets that of another section
Partingnoun
the separation and determination of alloys; esp., the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button
Partingnoun
a joint or fissure, as in a coal seam
Partingnoun
the breaking, as of a cable, by violence
Partingnoun
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.
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Anagrams for parting »
prating
tarping
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
It was not easy parting with the coin, after all, it is not every day one discovers such an amazing object, but I hope I will see it displayed in a museum in the near future. Related : Archaeologists discover ancient Anglo-Saxon island in UK countryside It was quickly determined this was not just any coin. It dates to 107 AD and was part of a series of nostalgic coins that Emperor Trajan minted and dedicated to the Roman emperors that ruled before Emperor Trajan. The only other coin of this kind is believed to be the one held by the British Museum. Two other gold coins of this emperor have been registered in the State Treasures, one from Giv ‘ at Shaul near Jerusalem, and the other from the Qiryat Gat region, Donald T. Ariel, head curator of the coin department at the Israel Antiquities Authority, said in a statement. But the details on both are different to those that appear on the coin found by Rimon.
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.
The selkie story is not necessarily a happy story, it's about the risk of falling in love with magical creatures, and there's parting and sorrow.
It was not easy parting with the coin, after all, it is not every day one discovers such an amazing object, but I hope I will see it displayed in a museum in the near future.
Obama told former adviserDavid Axelrod. Trump promptly responded to Obama’s parting shot with one of his own.
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- de despedidaSpanish
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