ALL meanings of warring
war
W w - verb without object warring to carry on active hostility or contention: Throughout her life she warred with sin and corruption. 1
- verb without object warring to be in conflict or in a state of strong opposition: The temptation warred with his conscience. 1
- adjective warring of, belonging to, used in, or due to war: war preparations; war hysteria. 1
- adjective warring engaged in fighting 1
- noun warring (of two or more people or groups) in conflict with each other. 1
- noun warring a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air. 1
- noun warring a state or period of armed hostility or active military operations: The two nations were at war with each other. 1
- noun warring a contest carried on by force of arms, as in a series of battles or campaigns: the War of 1812. 1
- noun warring armed fighting, as a science, profession, activity, or art; methods or principles of waging armed conflict: War is the soldier's business. 1
- noun warring active hostility or contention; conflict; contest: a war of words. 1
- noun warring aggressive business conflict, as through severe price cutting in the same industry or any other means of undermining competitors: a fare war among airlines; a trade war between nations. 1
- noun warring a struggle to achieve a goal: the war on cancer; a war against poverty; a war for hearts and minds. 1
- noun warring Cards. a game for two or more persons, played with a 52-card pack evenly divided between the players, in which each player turns up one card at a time with the higher card taking the lower, and in which, when both turned up cards match, each player lays one card face down and turns up another, the player with the higher card of the second turn taking all the cards laid down. an occasion in this game when both turned up cards match. 1
- noun warring Archaic. a battle. 1
- verb without object warring to make or carry on war; fight: to war with a neighboring nation. 1
- adjective warring Warring is used to describe groups of people who are involved in a conflict or quarrel with each other. 0
- adjective warring involved in a war; involved in fighting 0
- adjective warring involved in a quarrel or dispute 0
- adjective warring conflicting 0