ALL meanings of parting
part·ing
P p - noun parting separation 1
- noun parting part: combed divide in hair 1
- adjective parting said or done on leaving sb's company 1
- noun parting a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together. 1
- noun parting an essential or integral attribute or quality: a sense of humor is part of a healthy personality. 1
- noun parting a section or division of a literary work. 1
- noun parting a portion, member, or organ of an animal body. 1
- noun parting any of a number of more or less equal quantities that compose a whole or into which a whole is divided: Use two parts sugar to one part cocoa. 1
- noun parting an allotted portion; share. 1
- noun parting Usually, parts. a region, quarter, or district: a journey to foreign parts. a quality or attribute establishing the possessor as a person of importance or superior worth: Being both a diplomat and a successful businesswoman, she is widely regarded as a woman of parts. 1
- noun parting either of the opposing sides in a contest, question, agreement, etc. 1
- noun parting the dividing line formed in separating the hair of the head and combing it in different directions. 1
- noun parting a constituent piece of a machine or tool either included at the time of manufacture or set in place as a replacement for the original piece. 1
- noun parting Music. the written or printed matter extracted from the score that a single performer or section uses in the performance of concerted music: a horn part. a section or division of a composition: the allegro part of the first movement. 1
- noun parting participation, interest, or concern in something; role: The neighbors must have had some part in planning the surprise party. 1
- noun parting a person's share in or contribution to some action; duty, function, or office: You must do your part if we're to finish by tonight. 1
- noun parting a character or role acted in a play or sustained in real life. 1
- adjective parting partial; of a part: part owner. 1
- verb with object parting to divide (a thing) into parts; break; cleave; divide. 1
- verb with object parting to comb (the hair) away from a dividing line. 1
- verb with object parting to divide into shares; distribute in parts; apportion. 1
- verb with object parting to put or keep apart; separate: They parted the calves from the herd. 1
- verb with object parting Metallurgy. to separate (silver) from gold in refining. to cut (one part) away from a piece, as an end from a billet. to keep the surface of (a casting) separate from the sand of the mold. 1
- verb with object parting Obsolete. to leave. 1
- verb without object parting to be or become divided into parts; break or cleave: The oil tanker parted amidships. 1
- verb without object parting to go or come apart; separate, as two or more things. 1
- verb without object parting to go apart from or leave one another, as persons: We'll part no more. 1
- verb without object parting to be or become separated from something else (usually followed by from). 1
- verb without object parting Nautical. to break or become torn apart, as a cable. 1
- verb without object parting to depart. 1
- verb without object parting to die. 1
- adverb parting in part; partly: part black. 1
- idioms parting for one's part, as far as concerns one: For my part, you can do whatever you please. 1
- idioms parting for the most part, with respect to the greatest part; on the whole; generally; usually; mostly: They are good students, for the most part. 1
- idioms parting in good part, without offense; in a good-natured manner; amiably: She was able to take teasing in good part. to a great extent; largely: His success is in good part ascribable to dogged determination. 1
- idioms parting in part, in some measure or degree; to some extent; partly; partially: The crop failure was due in part to unusual weather conditions. 1
- idioms parting on the part of, so far as pertains to or concerns one: He expressed appreciation on the part of himself and his colleagues. as done or manifested by: attention on the part of the audience. Also, on one's part. 1
- idioms parting part and parcel, an essential, necessary, or integral part: Her love for her child was part and parcel of her life. 1
- idioms parting part company, to bid farewell or go separate ways; leave one another. to dissolve a personal affiliation, relationship, etc., especially because of irreconcilable differences. to disagree. 1
- idioms parting take part, to participate; share or partake: They refused to take part in any of the activities of the community. 1
- idioms parting take someone's part, to align oneself with; support; defend: His parents took his part, even though he was obviously in the wrong. 1
- variable noun parting Parting is the act of leaving a particular person or place. A parting is an occasion when this happens. 0
- adjective parting Your parting words or actions are the things that you say or do as you are leaving a place or person. 0
- countable noun parting The parting in someone's hair is the line running from the front to the back of their head where their hair lies in different directions. 0
- noun parting the line of scalp showing when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions 0
- noun parting the act of separating or the state of being separated 0
- noun parting a departure or leave-taking, esp one causing a final separation 0
- noun parting (as modifier) 0
- noun parting a place or line of separation or division 0
- noun parting a division of a crystal along a plane that is not a cleavage plane 0