'Distancing' definitions:
Definition of 'Distancing'
From: GCIDE
- Distance \Dis"tance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distanced; p. pr. & vb. n. Distancing.]
- 1. To place at a distance or remotely. [1913 Webster]
- I heard nothing thereof at Oxford, being then miles distanced thence. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cause to appear as if at a distance; to make seem remote. [1913 Webster]
- His peculiar art of distancing an object to aggrandize his space. --H. Miller. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To outstrip by as much as a distance (see Distance, n., 3); to leave far behind; to surpass greatly. [1913 Webster]
- He distanced the most skillful of his contemporaries. --Milner. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Distancing'
- Distance,
- Distanced,
- Distancy,
- Angular distance,
- Extreme distance,
- Lunar distance,
- Mean distance,
- Meridional distance,
- Middle distance,
- Nautical distance,
- Point of distance,
- Polar distance,
- Second distance,
- Striking distance,
- To cover distance,
- Zenith distance,
- distance vision,
- focal distance,
- hyperfocal distance,
- long distance,
- skip distance,
- spitting distance,
- Focal distance of a telescope,
- North polar distance,
- To keep one's distance,
- keep one's distance,
- long-distance,
- long-distance call,
- long-distance runner,
- Focal distance or length of a lens or mirror