'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'

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