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noun
The act of parting or dividing; division; separation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The state of being parted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A farewell, the act of departing politely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: part
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noun
The surface of the sand of one section of a mould where it meets that of another section.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: founding
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noun
The separation and determination of alloys; especially, the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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verb
present participle and gerund of part
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
the act of departing politely
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: farewell, leave, leave-taking
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: departure, going, going away, leaving
Narrower terms: valediction
noun
a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: part
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: line
History
By surface analysis, part + -ing.
Across languages
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
