'Parting' definitions:
Definition of 'parting'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow" [syn: farewell, leave, leave-taking, 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" [syn: part, parting]
Definition of 'Parting'
From: GCIDE
- Part \Part\ (p[aum]rt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parted; p. pr. & vb. n. Parting.] [F. partir, L. partire, partiri, p. p. partitus, fr. pars, gen. partis, a part. See Part, n.] [1913 Webster]
- 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." --Lev. ii. 6. [1913 Webster]
- There, [celestial love] parted into rainbow hues. --Keble. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To divide into shares; to divide and distribute; to allot; to apportion; to share. [1913 Webster]
- To part his throne, and share his heaven with thee. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- They parted my raiment among them. --John xix. 24. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To separate or disunite; to cause to go apart; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder. [1913 Webster]
- The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me. --Ruth i. 17. [1913 Webster]
- While he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. --Luke xxiv. 51. [1913 Webster]
- The narrow seas that part The French and English. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Hence: To hold apart; to stand between; to intervene betwixt, as combatants. [1913 Webster]
- The stumbling night did part our weary powers. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion; as, to part gold from silver. [1913 Webster]
- The liver minds his own affair, . . . And parts and strains the vital juices. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To leave; to quit. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Since presently your souls must part your bodies. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 7. To separate (a collection of objects) into smaller collections; as, to part one's hair in the middle. [PJC]
- To part a cable (Naut.), to break it.
- To part company, to separate, as travelers or companions. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Parting'
From: GCIDE
- Parting \Par"ting\ (p[aum]rt"[i^]ng), n.
- 1. The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation. "The parting of the way." --Ezek. xxi. 21. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A separation; a leave-taking. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A surface or line of separation where a division occurs. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Founding) The surface of the sand of one section of a mold where it meets that of another section. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Chem.) The separation and determination of alloys; esp., the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Geol.) A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam. [1913 Webster]
- 7. (Naut.) The breaking, as of a cable, by violence. [1913 Webster]
- 8. (Min.) Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamell[ae]. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Parting'
From: GCIDE
- Parting \Par"ting\ (p[aum]rt"[i^]ng), a. [From Part, v.]
- 1. Serving to part; dividing; separating. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Given when departing; as, a parting shot; a parting salute. "Give him that parting kiss." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Departing. "Speed the parting guest." --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Admitting of being parted; partible. [1913 Webster]
- Parting fellow, a partner. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'parting'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandonment,
- abstraction,
- adieu,
- alienation,
- aloha,
- annihilation,
- bane,
- biological death,
- breaking up,
- breakup,
- cessation of life,
- cleaving,
- clinical death,
- closing,
- concluding,
- conge,
- crossing the bar,
- curtains,
- deactivation,
- death,
- death knell,
- deathbed,
- debt of nature,
- decampment,
- decease,
- demise,
- demobilization,
- departing,
- departure,
- detachment,
- diaspora,
- disarticulation,
- disassociation,
- disbandment,
- disconnectedness,
- disconnection,
- discontinuity,
- disengagement,
- disintegration,
- disjointing,
- disjunction,
- disjunctive,
- dislocation,
- dismissal,
- disorganization,
- dispersal,
- dispersion,
- dissolution,
- disunion,
- dividing,
- division,
- divorce,
- divorcement,
- doch-an-dorrach,
- doom,
- dying,
- ebb of life,
- egress,
- end,
- end of life,
- ending,
- escape,
- eternal rest,
- evacuation,
- exit,
- exodus,
- expiration,
- extinction,
- extinguishment,
- farewell,
- final,
- final summons,
- finger of death,
- flight,
- getaway,
- Godspeed,
- going,
- going off,
- good-bye,
- grave,
- hand of death,
- hegira,
- incoherence,
- isolation,
- jaws of death,
- knell,
- last,
- last debt,
- last muster,
- last rest,
- last roundup,
- last sleep,
- leave,
- leave-taking,
- leaving,
- leaving life,
- loss of life,
- luxation,
- making an end,
- outward-bound,
- parting words,
- partition,
- passing,
- passing away,
- passing over,
- perishing,
- quietus,
- release,
- removal,
- rest,
- retirement,
- retreat,
- reward,
- rift,
- rupture,
- segmentation,
- send-off,
- sentence of death,
- separating,
- separation,
- separatism,
- separative,
- shades of death,
- shadow of death,
- sleep,
- somatic death,
- split,
- split-up,
- splitting,
- stirrup cup,
- subdivision,
- subtraction,
- summons of death,
- valediction,
- valedictorian,
- valedictory,
- valedictory address,
- viaticum,
- walkout,
- withdrawal,
- zoning
Words containing 'Parting'
- For my part,
- For the most part,
- In part,
- Part,
- Parted,
- Partly,
- after part,
- part with,
- parts,
- Ex parte,
- Fore part,
- In good part,
- In ill part,
- Integrant parts,
- Meridional parts,
- Part and parcel,
- Part of speech,
- Part owner,
- Part singing,
- Part song,
- Parting fellow,
- Parting pulley,
- Parting sand,
- Parting strip,
- Parting tool,
- Pierre Part,
- Standing part,
- To part a cable,
- To part company,
- Water parting,
- aliquant part,
- aliquot part,
- auto part,
- bass part,
- bit part,
- body part,
- car part,
- component part,
- fifth part,
- fourth part,
- good part,
- imaginary part,
- name part,
- part company,
- part music,
- part name,
- part time,
- parted leaf,
- parting shot,
- parts bin,
- parts catalog,
- parts catalogue,
- parts department,
- parts inventory,
- plant part,
- private parts,
- radar parts,
- sixteenth part,
- spare part,
- take part,
- tenth part,
- twelfth part,
- voice part,
- weak part,
- Ex parte application,
- Ex parte council,
- Ex parte evidence,
- Ex parte hearing,
- Pierre Part, LA,
- Three-parted,
- Two-parted,
- complex body part,
- electrical parts and devices,
- external body part,
- part to whole relation,
- part-owner,
- part-singing,
- part-time,
- part-timer,
- two-part,
- whole to part relation,
- Three-parted leaf,
- fixed-point part,
- four-part harmony,
- imaginary part of a complex number,
- part-of-speech tagger,
- thirty-second part