Definition of Parting
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(v.) Serving to part; dividing; separating.
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(v.) Given when departing; as, a parting shot; a parting salute.
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(v.) Departing.
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(v.) Admitting of being parted; partible.
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(n.) The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation.
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(n.) A separation; a leave-taking.
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(n.) A surface or line of separation where a division occurs.
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(n.) The surface of the sand of one section of a mold where it meets that of another section.
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(n.) The separation and determination of alloys; esp., the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
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(n.) A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
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(n.) The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.
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(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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(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Part
Antonyms of Parting
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Homophones of Parting
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