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using

1. an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)

More Definitions → shipping

1. transport commercially

2. hire for work on a ship

More Definitions → being

1. the state or fact of existing

2. a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

More Definitions → following

1. a group of followers or enthusiasts

2. the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture

More Definitions → rating

1. an appraisal of the value of something

2. act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of

More Definitions → shopping

1. searching for or buying goods or services

2. the commodities purchased from stores

More Definitions → listing

1. a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)

2. the act of making a list of items

More Definitions → training

1. activity leading to skilled behavior

2. the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)

More Definitions → going

1. the act of departing

2. euphemistic expressions for death

More Definitions → looking

1. the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; look

2. the act of searching visually

More Definitions → working

1. actively engaged in paid work

2. adequate for practical use; especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something

More Definitions → building

1. a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place

2. the act of constructing something

More Definitions → making

1. the act that results in something coming to be

2. an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something

More Definitions → meeting

1. a formally arranged gathering

2. a small informal social gathering

More Definitions → learning

1. the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge

2. profound scholarly knowledge

More Definitions → marketing

1. the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money

2. the commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service

More Definitions → living

1. the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities

2. people who are still living

More Definitions → planning

1. an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action

2. the act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise

More Definitions → thing

1. a special situation

2. an action

More Definitions → reading

1. the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message

2. a particular interpretation or performance

More Definitions → getting

1. come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

2. enter or assume a certain state or condition

More Definitions → everything

1. all things that are of importance to a person

More Definitions → advertising

1. a public promotion of some product or service

2. the business of drawing public attention to goods and services

More Definitions → engineering

1. the practical application of technical and scientific knowledge to commerce or industry

2. the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems

More Definitions → writing

1. the act of creating written works

2. the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect)

More Definitions → king

1. a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

2. a competitor who holds a preeminent position

More Definitions → nothing

1. a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential

2. in no respect; to no degree

More Definitions → running

1. move fast by using one’s feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

2. flee; take to one’s heels; cut and run

More Definitions → according

1. (followed by `to’) in agreement with or accordant with

2. (followed by `to’) as reported or stated by

More Definitions → clothing

1. a covering designed to be worn on a person’s body

More Definitions → taking

1. the act of someone who picks up or takes something

2. very attractive; capturing interest

More Definitions → coming

1. the act of drawing spatially closer to something

2. arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)

More Definitions → starting

1. a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)

2. (especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear

More Definitions → spring

1. move forward by leaps and bounds

2. develop into a distinctive entity

More Definitions → operating

1. involved in a kind of operation

2. being in effect or operation

More Definitions → wedding

1. the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed

2. the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony

More Definitions → existing

1. having existence or being or actuality

2. presently existing

More Definitions → warning

1. a message informing of danger

2. cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness)

More Definitions → housing

1. structures collectively in which people are housed

2. a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component

More Definitions → bring

1. take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

2. cause to come into a particular state or condition

More Definitions → trying

1. hard to endure

2. extremely irritating to the nerves

More Definitions → teaching

1. the profession of a teacher

2. a doctrine that is taught

More Definitions → testing

1. the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works

2. an examination of the characteristics of something

More Definitions → leading

1. the activity of leading

2. indicating the most important performer or role

More Definitions → processing

1. preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure

More Definitions → ring

1. sound loudly and sonorously

2. ring or echo with sound

More Definitions → dating

1. use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens

More Definitions → mailing

1. mail sent by a sender at one time

2. the transmission of a letter

More Definitions → buying

1. the act of buying

More Definitions → morning

1. the time period between dawn and noon

2. a conventional expression of greeting or farewell, used to wish someone a good morning

More Definitions → string

1. thread on or as if on a string

2. add as if on a string

More Definitions → moving

1. in motion

2. arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion

More Definitions → playing

1. the act of playing a musical instrument

2. the action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation

More Definitions → programming

1. setting an order and time for planned events

2. creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something

More Definitions → understanding

1. the cognitive condition of someone who understands

2. the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises

More Definitions → beginning

1. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

2. have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense

More Definitions → showing

1. the display of a motion picture

2. something shown to the public

More Definitions → funding

1. financial resources provided to make some project possible

2. the act of financing

More Definitions → interesting

1. arousing or holding the attention

More Definitions → setting

1. put into a certain place or abstract location

2. fix conclusively or authoritatively

More Definitions → selling

1. the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money

More Definitions → pricing

1. the evaluation of something in terms of its price

More Definitions → trading

1. buying or selling securities or commodities

More Definitions → giving

1. the act of giving

2. the imparting of news or promises etc.

More Definitions → ending

1. the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)

2. the act of ending something

More Definitions → publishing

1. the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution

More Definitions → developing

1. processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible

2. relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply

More Definitions → monitoring

1. the act of observing something (and sometimes keeping a record of it)

More Definitions → thinking

1. the process of using your mind to consider something carefully

2. endowed with the capacity to reason

More Definitions → accounting

1. a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes

2. a system that provides quantitative information about finances

More Definitions → manufacturing

1. the act of making something (a product) from raw materials

More Definitions → fishing

1. the act of someone who fishes as a diversion

2. the occupation of catching fish for a living

More Definitions → driving

1. hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver

2. the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal

More Definitions → growing

1. relating to or suitable for growth

2. (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

More Definitions → hearing

1. (law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence

2. an opportunity to state your case and be heard

More Definitions → reporting

1. the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television

More Definitions → nursing

1. the work of caring for the sick or injured or infirm

2. the profession of a nurse

More Definitions → finding

1. the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation

2. the decision of a court on issues of fact or law

More Definitions → saying

1. a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations

More Definitions → talking

1. an exchange of ideas via conversation

More Definitions → computing

1. the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures

2. the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods

More Definitions → racing

1. the sport of engaging in contests of speed

More Definitions → missing

1. not able to be found

2. nonexistent

More Definitions → opening

1. an open or empty space in or between things

2. a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise

More Definitions → printing

1. text handwritten in the style of printed matter

2. the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution

More Definitions → matching

1. being two identical

2. intentionally matched

More Definitions → offering

1. something offered (as a proposal or bid)

2. money contributed to a religious organization; item or items contributed to a religious organization for religious purposes

More Definitions → parking

1. space in which vehicles can be parked

2. the act of maneuvering a vehicle into a location where it can be left temporarily

More Definitions → lighting

1. having abundant light or illumination

2. apparatus for supplying artificial light effects for the stage or a film

More Definitions → evening

1. the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

2. a later concluding time period

More Definitions → binding

1. the capacity to attract and hold something

2. strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration

More Definitions → winning

1. succeeding with great difficulty

2. be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious

More Definitions → dining

1. the act of eating dinner

More Definitions → changing

1. marked by continuous change or effective action

More Definitions → handling

1. manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something

2. the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means

More Definitions → gaming

1. the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)

More Definitions → sharing

1. using or enjoying something jointly with others

2. having in common

More Definitions → waiting

1. the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)

2. being and remaining ready and available for use

More Definitions → banking

1. engaging in the business of keeping money for savings and checking accounts or for exchange or for issuing loans and credit etc.

2. transacting business with a bank; depositing or withdrawing funds or requesting a loan etc.

More Definitions → calling

1. the particular occupation for which you are trained

More Definitions → serving

1. an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal

2. the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone

More Definitions → breaking

1. the act of breaking something

More Definitions → cleaning

1. the act of making something clean

More Definitions → recording

1. a signal that encodes something (e.g., picture or sound) that has been recorded

2. the act of making a record (especially an audio record)

More Definitions → meaning

1. the message that is intended or expressed or signified

2. the idea that is intended

More Definitions → posting

1. a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement

2. (bookkeeping) a listing on the company’s records

More Definitions → viewing

1. the display of a motion picture

2. a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial

More Definitions → increasing

1. becoming greater or larger

2. (music) increasing in tempo and/or volume

More Definitions → seeking

1. the act of searching for something

2. an attempt to acquire or gain something

More Definitions → standing

1. social or financial or professional status or reputation

2. an ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event

More Definitions → ordering

1. logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements

2. the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement

More Definitions → smoking

1. the act of smoking tobacco or other substances

2. a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion

More Definitions → gambling

1. the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)

2. preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance

More Definitions → amazing

1. surprising greatly

2. inspiring awe or admiration or wonder

More Definitions → feeling

1. the experiencing of affective and emotional states

2. a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

More Definitions → seeing

1. perception by means of the eyes

2. normal use of the faculty of vision

More Definitions → continuing

1. remaining in force or being carried on without letup

2. persisting for a long time

More Definitions → tracking

1. the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind

More Definitions → keeping

1. conformity or harmony

2. the responsibility of a guardian or keeper

More Definitions → walking

1. the act of traveling by foot

2. close enough to be walked to

More Definitions → holding

1. the act of retaining something

2. something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone

More Definitions → supporting

1. the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

2. furnishing support and encouragement

More Definitions → searching

1. diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation

2. having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect

More Definitions → sporting

1. relating to or used in sports

2. exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play

More Definitions → helping

1. an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal

More Definitions → leaving

1. the act of departing

More Definitions → cooking

1. the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat

More Definitions → speaking

1. the utterance of intelligible speech

2. delivering an address to a public audience

More Definitions → booking

1. employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time

2. the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group)

More Definitions → upcoming

1. of the relatively near future

More Definitions → financing

1. the act of financing

More Definitions → becoming

1. according with custom or propriety

2. displaying or setting off to best advantage

More Definitions → painting

1. graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface

2. creating a picture with paints

More Definitions → outstanding

1. distinguished from others in excellence

2. having a quality that thrusts itself into attention

More Definitions → eating

1. the act of consuming food

More Definitions → watching

1. the act of observing; taking a patient look

More Definitions → sterling

1. British money; especially the pound sterling as the basic monetary unit of the UK

2. highest in quality

More Definitions → saving

1. an act of economizing; reduction in cost

2. recovery or preservation from loss or danger

More Definitions → remaining

1. not used up

More Definitions → visiting

1. the activity of making visits

More Definitions → performing

1. the performance of a part or role in a drama

More Definitions → sending

1. the act of causing something to go (especially messages)

More Definitions → swimming

1. travel through water

2. be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom

More Definitions → packaging

1. the business of packing

2. a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution

More Definitions → drawing

1. an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper

2. a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines

More Definitions → fighting

1. the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

2. engaged in or ready for military or naval operations

More Definitions → asking

1. the verbal act of requesting

More Definitions → hunting

1. the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport

2. the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

More Definitions → cutting

1. separate with or as if with an instrument

2. cut down on; make a reduction in

More Definitions → mapping

1. make a map of; show or establish the features of details of

2. explore or survey for the purpose of making a map

More Definitions → paying

1. yielding a fair profit

2. for which money is paid

More Definitions → spending

1. the act of spending or disbursing money

2. money paid out; an amount spent

More Definitions → listening

1. the act of hearing attentively

More Definitions → bidding

1. an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

2. a request to be present

More Definitions → editing

1. putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form

More Definitions → voting

1. a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative

More Definitions → flashing

1. a short vivid experience

2. sheet metal shaped and attached to a roof for strength and weatherproofing

More Definitions → sitting

1. be in a position in which one’s upper body is largely upright and supported by one’s backside

2. be around, often idly or without specific purpose

More Definitions → putting

1. put into a certain place or abstract location

2. cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation

More Definitions → willing

1. the act of making a choice

2. not brought about by coercion or force

More Definitions → acting

1. the performance of a part or role in a drama

2. serving temporarily especially as a substitute

More Definitions → drinking

1. the act of consuming liquids

2. the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess

More Definitions → flying

1. an instance of traveling by air

2. moving swiftly

More Definitions → improving

1. getting higher or more vigorous

More Definitions → camping

1. the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp

More Definitions → closing

1. the act of closing something

2. the last section of a communication

More Definitions → heating

1. the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature

2. utility to warm a building

More Definitions → wing

1. a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)

2. one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane

More Definitions → purchasing

1. the act of buying

More Definitions → dealing

1. method or manner of conduct in relation to others

2. the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities)

More Definitions → corresponding

1. accompanying

2. similar especially in position or purpose

More Definitions → loading

1. weight to be borne or conveyed

2. a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time

More Definitions → mining

1. the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth

2. laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment

More Definitions → ongoing

1. currently happening

More Definitions → imaging

1. the ability to form mental images of things or events

2. (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body

More Definitions → betting

1. maintain with or as if with a bet

2. stake on the outcome of an issue

More Definitions → exciting

1. creating or arousing excitement

2. stimulating interest and discussion

More Definitions → investing

1. the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit

More Definitions → participating

1. taking part in an activity

More Definitions → bringing

1. the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)

More Definitions → turning

1. the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course

2. act of changing in practice or custom

More Definitions → surrounding

1. closely encircling

More Definitions → burning

1. the act of burning something

2. pain that feels hot as if it were on fire

More Definitions → covering

1. a natural object that covers or envelops

2. an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)

More Definitions → filing

1. the entering of a legal document into the public record

2. a fragment rubbed off by the use of a file

More Definitions → modeling

1. sculpture produced by molding

2. a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied

More Definitions → passing

1. (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate

2. euphemistic expressions for death

More Definitions → riding

1. the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements

2. travel by being carried on horseback

More Definitions → healing

1. the natural process by which the body repairs itself

2. tending to cure or restore to health

More Definitions → entering

1. a movement into or inward

2. the act of entering

More Definitions → rolling

1. a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)

2. the act of robbing a helpless person

More Definitions → lodging

1. structures collectively in which people are housed

2. the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily

More Definitions → reducing

1. any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent

2. loss of excess weight (as by dieting); becoming slimmer

More Definitions → shooting

1. the act of firing a projectile

2. killing someone by gunfire

More Definitions → ranking

1. position on a scale in relation to others in status or rank or achievement

2. having a higher rank

More Definitions → counseling

1. something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action

More Definitions → knowing

1. a clear and certain mental apprehension

2. evidencing the possession of inside information

More Definitions → dancing

1. taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music

More Definitions → screening

1. the display of a motion picture

2. fabric of metal or plastic mesh

More Definitions → telling

1. an act of narration

2. informing by words

More Definitions → rising

1. a movement upward; rise above the ground

2. organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another

More Definitions → cooling

1. the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature

2. a mechanism for keeping something cool

More Definitions → spanking

1. the act of slapping on the buttocks

2. quick and energetic

More Definitions → catering

1. providing food and services

More Definitions → emerging

1. coming to maturity

2. coming into existence

More Definitions → facing

1. a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening

2. an ornamental coating to a building

More Definitions → appearing

1. formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action

More Definitions → raising

1. the event of something being raised upward

2. the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child

More Definitions → billing

1. request for payment of a debt

More Definitions → swing

1. move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting

2. move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner

More Definitions → pending

1. awaiting conclusion or confirmation

More Definitions → determining

1. having the power or quality of deciding

More Definitions → conditioning

1. a learning process in which an organism’s behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment

More Definitions → wearing

1. (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively

2. the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment

More Definitions → falling

1. decreasing in amount or degree

2. coming down freely under the influence of gravity

More Definitions → returning

1. tending to return to an earlier state

2. tending to be turned back

More Definitions → killing

1. an event that causes someone to die

2. the act of terminating a life

More Definitions → aging

1. acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time

2. the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age

More Definitions → diving

1. an athletic competition that involves diving into water

2. a headlong plunge into water

More Definitions → happening

1. an event that happens

More Definitions → sleeping

1. the state of being asleep

2. quiet and inactive restfulness

More Definitions → gardening

1. the cultivation of plants

More Definitions → installing

1. the act of installing something (as equipment)

2. set up for use

More Definitions → cycling

1. the sport of traveling on a bicycle or motorcycle

More Definitions → messaging

1. the sending and processing of e-mail by computer

More Definitions → sampling

1. (statistics) the selection of a suitable sample for study

2. items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population

More Definitions → feeding

1. the act of consuming food

2. the act of supplying food and nourishment

More Definitions → measuring

1. the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule

More Definitions → skiing

1. a sport in which participants must travel on skis

More Definitions → timing

1. the time when something happens

2. the regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics)

More Definitions → climbing

1. an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)

More Definitions → sing

1. deliver by singing

2. produce tones with the voice

More Definitions → recycling

1. used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products

2. the act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products

More Definitions → coding

1. act of writing in code or cipher

More Definitions → hiking

1. a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure

More Definitions → underlying

1. be or form the base for

2. lie underneath

More Definitions → wrestling

1. the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat

2. the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down

More Definitions → gathering

1. a group of persons together in one place

2. the social act of assembling

More Definitions → causing

1. the act of causing something to happen

More Definitions → steering

1. the act of guiding or showing the way

2. the act of setting and holding a course

More Definitions → coaching

1. the job of a professional coach

More Definitions → encoding

1. the activity of converting data or information into code

More Definitions → broadcasting

1. a medium that disseminates via telecommunications

2. taking part in a radio or tv program

More Definitions → suffering

1. a state of acute pain

2. misery resulting from affliction

More Definitions → bedding

1. furnish with a bed

2. place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil

More Definitions → joining

1. the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)

More Definitions → heading

1. a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about

2. the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies

More Definitions → bearing

1. relevant relation or interconnection

2. the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies

More Definitions → crossing

1. traveling across

2. a shallow area in a stream that can be forded

More Definitions → browsing

1. reading superficially or at random

2. the act of feeding by continual nibbling

More Definitions → ceiling

1. the overhead upper surface of a covered space

2. (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds

More Definitions → singing

1. the act of singing vocal music

2. disclosing information or giving evidence about another

More Definitions → starring

1. feature as the star

2. be the star in a performance

More Definitions → sucking

1. the act of sucking

More Definitions → ranging

1. wandering freely

More Definitions → hanging

1. decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window

2. a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead

More Definitions → loving

1. feeling or showing love and affection

More Definitions → scoring

1. evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score

More Definitions → bowling

1. a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them

2. (cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman

More Definitions → protecting

1. shielding (or designed to shield) against harm or discomfort

More Definitions → solving

1. finding a solution to a problem

More Definitions → switching

1. the act of changing one thing or position for another

More Definitions → reaching

1. the act of physically reaching or thrusting out

2. accomplishment of an objective

More Definitions → studying

1. reading carefully with intent to remember

More Definitions → governing

1. the act of governing; exercising authority

2. responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws

More Definitions → attending

1. the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others

2. the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.)

More Definitions → traveling

1. the act of going from one place to another

More Definitions → mounting

1. an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)

2. framework used for support or display

More Definitions → peeing

1. informal terms for urination

More Definitions → designing

1. the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)

2. concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest

More Definitions → streaming

1. exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts

2. (computer science) using or relating to a form of continuous tape transport; used mainly to provide backup storage of unedited data; data that is transmitted and loaded continuously as earlier parts are being accessed/processed/displayed

More Definitions → sailing

1. the work of a sailor

2. riding in a sailboat

More Definitions → greeting

1. (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)

More Definitions → wondering

1. showing curiosity

More Definitions → seating

1. an area that includes places where several people can sit

2. the service of ushering people to their seats

More Definitions → collecting

1. the act of gathering something together

More Definitions → dying

1. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

2. suffer or face the pain of death

More Definitions → enabling

1. providing legal power or sanction

More Definitions → filling

1. any material that fills a space or container

2. flow into something (as a container)

More Definitions → packing

1. any material used especially to protect something

2. the enclosure of something in a package or box

More Definitions → scheduling

1. setting an order and time for planned events

More Definitions → logging

1. the work of cutting down trees for timber

2. enter into a log, as on ships and planes

More Definitions → challenging

1. requiring full use of your abilities or resources

2. stimulating interest or thought

More Definitions → landing

1. an intermediate platform in a staircase

2. structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods

More Definitions → signing

1. language expressed by visible hand gestures

More Definitions → focusing

1. the concentration of attention or energy on something

2. the act of bringing into focus

More Definitions → updating

1. the act of changing something to bring it up to date (usually by adding something)

More Definitions → contracting

1. becoming infected

More Definitions → controlling

1. exercise authoritative control or power over

2. lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits

More Definitions → assuming

1. excessively forward

More Definitions → floating

1. the act of someone who floats on the water

2. borne up by or suspended in a liquid

More Definitions → squirting

1. propelled violently in a usually narrow stream

More Definitions → affecting

1. arousing affect

More Definitions → stunning

1. make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow

2. hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag

More Definitions → letting

1. make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen

2. actively cause something to happen

More Definitions → boxing

1. fighting with the fists

2. the enclosure of something in a package or box

More Definitions → contributing

1. tending to bring about; being partly responsible for

More Definitions → lying

1. be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position

2. be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position

More Definitions → washing

1. the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)

2. garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering

More Definitions → ruling

1. the reason for a court’s judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)

2. exercising power or authority

More Definitions → defining

1. any process serving to define the shape of something

More Definitions → counting

1. the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order

More Definitions → casting

1. object formed by a mold

2. the act of creating something by casting it in a mold

More Definitions → scanning

1. examine minutely or intensely

2. examine hastily

More Definitions → copying

1. an act of copying

More Definitions → conducting

1. the way of administering a business

2. the direction of an orchestra or choir

More Definitions → kissing

1. affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)

More Definitions → plumbing

1. utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of sewage

2. the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building)

More Definitions → comparing

1. the act of examining resemblances

More Definitions → farming

1. the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

2. agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life

More Definitions → mixing

1. the act of mixing together

More Definitions → completing

1. acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)

More Definitions → surfing

1. the sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave

More Definitions → lightning

1. abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light

2. the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more

More Definitions → lending

1. disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned

More Definitions → referring

1. make reference to

2. be relevant to

More Definitions → tuning

1. (music) calibrating something (an instrument or electronic circuit) to a standard frequency

More Definitions → wanting

1. nonexistent

2. inadequate in amount or degree

More Definitions → spelling

1. forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage

More Definitions → fitting

1. be agreeable or acceptable to

2. be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired

More Definitions → zoning

1. dividing an area into zones or sections reserved for different purposes such as residence and business and manufacturing etc

More Definitions → flooring

1. the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)

2. building material used in laying floors

More Definitions → caring

1. feeling and exhibiting concern and empathy for others

2. a loving feeling

More Definitions → proceeding

1. (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked

More Definitions → encouraging

1. giving courage or confidence or hope

2. furnishing support and encouragement

More Definitions → folding

1. the process whereby a protein molecule assumes its intricate three-dimensional shape

2. a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock

More Definitions → submitting

1. refer for judgment or consideration

2. put before

More Definitions → breeding

1. elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression

2. the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)

More Definitions → finishing

1. a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)

2. the act of finishing

More Definitions → incoming

1. the act of entering

2. arriving at a place or position

More Definitions → accepting

1. tolerating without protest

More Definitions → warming

1. the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature

2. warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt

More Definitions → formatting

1. the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)

2. set (printed matter) into a specific format

More Definitions → wrapping

1. arrange or fold as a cover or protection

2. arrange or coil around

More Definitions → breathing

1. the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation

2. passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination

More Definitions → failing

1. a flaw or weak point

2. failure to reach a minimum required performance

More Definitions → briefing

1. detailed instructions, as for a military operation

More Definitions → combining

1. an occurrence that results in things being united

2. the act of combining things to form a new whole

More Definitions → posing

1. (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)

More Definitions → thanksgiving

1. a short prayer of thanks before a meal

More Definitions → boring

1. the act of drilling

2. the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum

More Definitions → typing

1. writing done with a typewriter

More Definitions → modelling

1. a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied

2. the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)

More Definitions → licking

1. an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest

2. the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

More Definitions → lasting

1. existing for a long time

2. lasting a long time without change

More Definitions → answering

1. replying

More Definitions → preceding

1. existing or coming before

2. of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office

More Definitions → ping

1. hit with a pinging noise

2. sound like a car engine that is firing too early

More Definitions → entertaining

1. agreeably diverting

More Definitions → stopping

1. come to a halt, stop moving

2. put an end to a state or an activity

More Definitions → sewing

1. joining or attaching by stitches

2. needlework on which you are working with needle and thread

More Definitions → occurring

1. come to pass

2. come to one’s mind; suggest itself

More Definitions → travelling

1. change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

2. undertake a journey or trip

More Definitions → spreading

1. process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space

2. the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate

More Definitions → pressing

1. the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure

2. a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press

More Definitions → varying

1. marked by diversity or difference

More Definitions → coating

1. a thin layer covering something

2. a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)

More Definitions → boating

1. water travel for pleasure

More Definitions → clearing

1. a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area

2. the act of freeing from suspicion

More Definitions → hitting

1. cause to move by striking

2. hit against; come into sudden contact with

More Definitions → striking

1. the physical coming together of two or more things

2. the act of contacting one thing with another

More Definitions → framing

1. formulation of the plans and important details

2. a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror

More Definitions → blocking

1. the act of obstructing or deflecting someone’s movements

More Definitions → integrating

1. the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community

More Definitions → limiting

1. the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase

2. restricting the scope or freedom of action

More Definitions → reasoning

1. thinking that is coherent and logical

2. endowed with the capacity to reason

More Definitions → picking

1. the quantity of a crop that is harvested

2. the act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.)

More Definitions → replacing

1. the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another

More Definitions → qualifying

1. the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase

2. success in satisfying a test or requirement

More Definitions → pushing

1. the act of applying force in order to move something away

More Definitions → dressing

1. savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type

2. a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables

More Definitions → drilling

1. the act of drilling

2. the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum

More Definitions → wiring

1. a circuit of wires for the distribution of electricity

2. the work of installing the wires for an electrical system or device

More Definitions → laughing

1. showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness

More Definitions → marking

1. a distinguishing symbol

2. a pattern of marks

More Definitions → baking

1. making bread or cake or pastry etc.

2. cooking by dry heat in an oven

More Definitions → blowing

1. processing that involves blowing a gas

More Definitions → fascinating

1. capable of arousing and holding the attention

2. capturing interest as if by a spell

More Definitions → accompanying

1. occurring with or following as a consequence

More Definitions → skating

1. the sport of gliding on skates

More Definitions → rendering

1. a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.

2. an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious

More Definitions → pulling

1. the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you

More Definitions → functioning

1. process or manner of functioning or operating

2. performing or able to perform its regular function

More Definitions → charming

1. pleasing or delighting

2. possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers

More Definitions → annoying

1. the act of troubling or annoying someone

2. causing irritation or annoyance

More Definitions → surprising

1. causing surprise or wonder or amazement

More Definitions → bleeding

1. the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel

More Definitions → engaging

1. attracting or delighting

More Definitions → welding

1. fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure

More Definitions → locking

1. the act of locking something up to protect it

More Definitions → demanding

1. requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill

More Definitions → backing

1. the act of providing approval and support

2. something forming a back that is added for strengthening

More Definitions → positioning

1. the act of putting something in a certain place

2. causing to fall into line or into position

More Definitions → descending

1. coming down or downward

More Definitions → promising

1. showing possibility of achievement or excellence

2. likely to turn out well in the future

More Definitions → forwarding

1. the act of sending on to another destination

2. the advancement of some enterprise

More Definitions → jumping

1. the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump

2. the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground

More Definitions → threatening

1. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

2. darkened by clouds

More Definitions → knitting

1. needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine

2. creating knitted wear

More Definitions → mating

1. the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes

More Definitions → strengthening

1. becoming stronger

2. the act of increasing the strength of something

More Definitions → wishing

1. a specific feeling of desire

More Definitions → retailing

1. the activities involved in selling commodities directly to consumers

More Definitions → sorting

1. an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion

2. the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories

More Definitions → consuming

1. very strong; urgently felt

More Definitions → forthcoming

1. at ease in talking to others

2. of the relatively near future

More Definitions → balancing

1. getting two things to correspond

More Definitions → grading

1. the act of arranging in a graduated series

2. changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface

More Definitions → ascending

1. the act of changing location in an upward direction

2. moving or going or growing upward

More Definitions → deciding

1. the cognitive process of reaching a decision

2. having the power or quality of deciding

More Definitions → compelling

1. force somebody to do something

2. necessitate or exact

More Definitions → crying

1. the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)

2. a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition

More Definitions → investigating

1. the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically

More Definitions → landscaping

1. working as a landscape gardener

2. a garden laid out for esthetic effect

More Definitions → beating

1. the act of overcoming or outdoing

2. the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

More Definitions → founding

1. the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

More Definitions → planting

1. the act of fixing firmly in place

2. a collection of plants (trees or shrubs or flowers) in a particular area

More Definitions → dropping

1. let fall to the ground

2. to fall vertically

More Definitions → lining

1. a protective covering that protects an inside surface

2. a piece of cloth that is used as the inside surface of a garment

More Definitions → relaxing

1. affording physical or mental rest

More Definitions → struggling

1. engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity

More Definitions → reflecting

1. causing reflection or having a device that reflects

More Definitions → naming

1. the verbal act of naming

2. the act of putting a person into a non-elective position

More Definitions → dwelling

1. housing that someone is living in

More Definitions → tanning

1. process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light

2. beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment

More Definitions → lacking

1. inadequate in amount or degree

2. nonexistent

More Definitions → sensing

1. the perception that something has occurred or some state exists

2. becoming aware of something via the senses

More Definitions → stocking

1. close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural)

2. the activity of supplying a stock of something

More Definitions → bargaining

1. the negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement

More Definitions → exceeding

1. far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree

More Definitions → fixing

1. the act of putting something in working order again

2. restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place

More Definitions → hiding

1. the activity of keeping something secret

2. the state of being hidden

More Definitions → outgoing

1. leaving a place or a position

2. retiring from a position or office

More Definitions → spinning

1. revolve quickly and repeatedly around one’s own axis

2. stream in jets, of liquids

More Definitions → confusing

1. causing confusion or disorientation

2. lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity

More Definitions → approaching

1. the event of one object coming closer to another

2. the temporal property of becoming nearer in time

More Definitions → signaling

1. any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message

More Definitions → piercing

1. having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

2. painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

More Definitions → belonging

1. happiness felt in a secure relationship

More Definitions → boarding

1. the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft

2. a structure of boards

More Definitions → catching

1. (baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team

2. the act of detecting something; catching sight of something

More Definitions → roofing

1. material used to construct a roof

2. the craft of a roofer

More Definitions → renting

1. the act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car)

More Definitions → coupling

1. a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together

2. a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects

More Definitions → coordinating

1. serving to connect two grammatical constituents of identical construction

More Definitions → debugging

1. locate and correct errors in a computer program code

More Definitions → undertaking

1. any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted

2. the trade of a funeral director

More Definitions → notwithstanding

1. despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)

More Definitions → flowing

1. the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

2. designed or arranged to offer the least resistance to fluid flow

More Definitions → drafting

1. writing a first version to be filled out and polished later

2. the craft of drawing blueprints

More Definitions → observing

1. quick to notice; showing quick and keen perception

More Definitions → firing

1. the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy

2. the act of discharging a gun

More Definitions → touching

1. the event of something coming in contact with the body

2. the act of putting two things together with no space between them

More Definitions → servicing

1. the act of mating by male animals

More Definitions → counselling

1. something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action

2. give advice to

More Definitions → laying

1. the production of eggs (especially in birds)

More Definitions → compiling

1. the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list)

More Definitions → snowboarding

1. the act of sliding down a snow-covered slope while standing on a snowboard

More Definitions → releasing

1. emotionally purging (of e.g. art)

More Definitions → communicating

1. the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information

More Definitions → issuing

1. the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)

More Definitions → pursuing

1. following in order to overtake or capture or as accompaniment to such pursuit

More Definitions → sizing

1. any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics

More Definitions → overwhelming

1. so strong as to be irresistible

2. very strong; urgently felt

More Definitions → sliding

1. being a smooth continuous motion

More Definitions → satisfying

1. providing abundant nourishment

2. providing freedom from worry

More Definitions → surviving

1. still in existence

More Definitions → calculating

1. acting with a specific goal

More Definitions → blessing

1. the formal act of approving

2. a desirable state

More Definitions → sightseeing

1. going about to look at places of interest

More Definitions → smiling

1. a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement

2. smiling with happiness or optimism

More Definitions → shifting

1. the act of moving from one place to another

2. continuously varying

More Definitions → bombing

1. an attack by dropping bombs

2. the use of bombs for sabotage; a tactic frequently used by terrorists

More Definitions → defending

1. attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring

More Definitions → motoring

1. the act of driving an automobile

More Definitions → screaming

1. sharp piercing cry

2. a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry

More Definitions → scaling

1. the act of arranging in a graduated series

2. act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a scale

More Definitions → launching

1. the act of moving a newly built vessel into the water for the first time

2. the act of beginning something new

More Definitions → guiding

1. exerting control or influence

2. showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on

More Definitions → grooming

1. activity leading to skilled behavior

2. the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes

More Definitions → executing

1. putting a condemned person to death

More Definitions → flooding

1. a technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or numbed to them

More Definitions → darling

1. a special loved one

2. dearly loved

More Definitions → misleading

1. designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently

More Definitions → cloning

1. a general term for the research activity that creates a copy of some biological entity (a gene or organism or cell)

More Definitions → cheating

1. a deception for profit to yourself

2. not faithful to a spouse or lover

More Definitions → tasting

1. a small amount (especially of food or wine)

2. a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds

More Definitions → borrowing

1. the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source

2. obtaining funds from a lender

More Definitions → manning

1. take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place

2. provide with workers

More Definitions → shining

1. the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it

2. marked by exceptional merit

More Definitions → shaping

1. any process serving to define the shape of something

2. the act of fabricating something in a particular shape

More Definitions → branding

1. the act of stigmatizing

More Definitions → offspring

1. the immediate descendants of a person

2. something that comes into existence as a result

More Definitions → decreasing

1. becoming less or smaller

2. (music) decreasing in tempo and/or volume

More Definitions → freezing

1. the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid

More Definitions → coloring

1. a digestible substance used to give color to food

2. a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect

More Definitions → swinging

1. changing location by moving back and forth

2. characterized by a buoyant rhythm

More Definitions → opposing

1. characterized by active hostility

More Definitions → lowering

1. the act of causing to become less

2. the act of causing something to move to a lower level

More Definitions → scattering

1. a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly

2. the physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions

More Definitions → appealing

1. able to attract interest or draw favorable attention

2. (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings

More Definitions → detailing

1. an individualized description of a particular instance

More Definitions → supplying

1. the activity of supplying or providing something

More Definitions → indexing

1. the act of classifying and providing an index in order to make items easier to retrieve

More Definitions → stretching

1. act of expanding by lengthening or widening

2. exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent

More Definitions → forecasting

1. a statement made about the future

More Definitions → inspiring

1. stimulating or exalting to the spirit

More Definitions → tubing

1. conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases

More Definitions → fencing

1. a barrier that serves to enclose an area

2. material for building fences

More Definitions → believing

1. the cognitive process that leads to convictions

More Definitions → directing

1. showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on

More Definitions → transferring

1. transfer somebody to a different position or location of work

2. move from one place to another

More Definitions → stepping

1. shift or move by taking a step

2. put down or press the foot, place the foot

More Definitions → trucking

1. the activity of transporting goods by truck

More Definitions → trafficking

1. deal illegally

2. trade or deal a commodity

More Definitions → weighing

1. careful consideration

More Definitions → revealing

1. the speech act of making something evident

2. showing or making known

More Definitions → disturbing

1. causing distress or worry or anxiety

More Definitions → stripping

1. the removal of covering

2. take away possessions from someone

More Definitions → acquiring

1. the act of acquiring something

More Definitions → judging

1. the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions

More Definitions → kicking

1. a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics

2. the act of delivering a blow with the foot

More Definitions → sounding

1. a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line

2. the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line)

More Definitions → remembering

1. the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered

More Definitions → tickling

1. the act of tickling

2. exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements

More Definitions → recurring

1. happen or occur again

2. return in thought or speech to something

More Definitions → questioning

1. a request for information

2. perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know)

More Definitions → permitting

1. consent to, give permission; permit

2. make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen

More Definitions → warehousing

1. depositing in a warehouse

More Definitions → interpreting

1. an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious

More Definitions → dreaming

1. imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake

2. a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep

More Definitions → rebuilding

1. building again

More Definitions → probing

1. diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation

More Definitions → refreshing

1. imparting vitality and energy

2. pleasantly new or different

More Definitions → spacing

1. the time between occurrences of a repeating event

2. the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them

More Definitions → coping

1. brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall

More Definitions → arguing

1. a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement

More Definitions → rewarding

1. providing personal satisfaction

More Definitions → schooling

1. the act of teaching at school

2. the process of being formally educated at a school

More Definitions → locating

1. the act of putting something in a certain place

2. a determination of the place where something is

More Definitions → attacking

1. disposed to attack

More Definitions → stealing

1. the act of taking something from someone unlawfully

2. avoiding detection by moving carefully

More Definitions → shaking

1. the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements

2. a shaky motion

More Definitions → bonding

1. a close personal relationship that forms between people (as between husband and wife or parent and child)

2. (dentistry) a technique for repairing a tooth; resinous material is applied to the surface of the tooth where it adheres to the tooth’s enamel

More Definitions → poisoning

1. the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance

2. the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill

More Definitions → overlooking

1. used of a height or viewpoint

More Definitions → advancing

1. moving forward

More Definitions → brewing

1. the production of malt beverages (as beer or ale) from malt and hops by grinding and boiling them and fermenting the result with yeast

More Definitions → detecting

1. a police investigation to determine the perpetrator

More Definitions → stimulating

1. that stimulates

2. making lively and cheerful

More Definitions → shocking

1. glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism

2. giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation

More Definitions → neighboring

1. having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching

More Definitions → padding

1. add details to

2. walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud

More Definitions → cleansing

1. the act of making something clean

2. cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands

More Definitions → resolving

1. analysis into clear-cut components

More Definitions → importing

1. the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country

More Definitions → sparkling

1. a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash

2. used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide

More Definitions → convincing

1. causing one to believe the truth of something

More Definitions → tracing

1. the act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline

2. a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image

More Definitions → rushing

1. (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line

2. the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner

More Definitions → highlighting

1. an area of lightness in a picture

More Definitions → inviting

1. attractive and tempting

More Definitions → shaving

1. the act of removing hair with a razor

2. a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something

More Definitions → wasting

1. any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease

2. a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse

More Definitions → sting

1. a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung

2. a mental pain or distress

More Definitions → recovering

1. returning to health after illness or debility

More Definitions → prevailing

1. most frequent or common

More Definitions → damaging

1. (sometimes followed by `to’) causing harm or injury

2. designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions

More Definitions → boiling

1. the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas

2. cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil

More Definitions → splitting

1. separate into parts or portions

2. separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument

More Definitions → bathing

1. immersing the body in water or sunshine

2. the act of washing yourself (or another person)

More Definitions → foregoing

1. especially of writing or speech; going before

More Definitions → melting

1. the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid

2. becoming liquid

More Definitions → fulfilling

1. put in effect

2. meet the requirements or expectations of

More Definitions → clustering

1. a grouping of a number of similar things

More Definitions → vending

1. the act of selling goods for a living

More Definitions → batting

1. (baseball) the batter’s attempt to get on base

2. stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber

More Definitions → winding

1. the act of winding or twisting

2. marked by repeated turns and bends

More Definitions → harvesting

1. the gathering of a ripened crop

More Definitions → backpacking

1. carrying something in a pack on the back

More Definitions → sticking

1. extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary

More Definitions → repeating

1. the act of doing or performing again

More Definitions → profiling

1. recording a person’s behavior and analyzing psychological characteristics in order to predict or assess their ability in a certain sphere or to identify a particular group of people

More Definitions → digging

1. turn up, loosen, or remove earth

2. create by digging

More Definitions → kidding

1. tell false information to for fun

2. be silly or tease one another

More Definitions → piping

1. a thin strip of covered cord used to edge hems

2. a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.

More Definitions → staring

1. (used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder

2. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

More Definitions → complaining

1. expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment

More Definitions → regulating

1. the act of controlling or directing according to rule

More Definitions → exporting

1. the commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign country

More Definitions → bending

1. movement that causes the formation of a curve

2. the property of being bent or deflected

More Definitions → grinding

1. material resulting from the process of grinding

2. a harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears)

More Definitions → pitching

1. (baseball) playing the position of pitcher on a baseball team

2. abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)

More Definitions → welcoming

1. very cordial

More Definitions → costing

1. cost accounting

More Definitions → conflicting

1. in disagreement

2. on bad terms

More Definitions → cracking

1. a sudden sharp noise

2. the act of cracking something

More Definitions → swelling

1. an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement

2. something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

More Definitions → spanning

1. to cover or extend over an area or time period

More Definitions → wording

1. the manner in which something is expressed in words

More Definitions → exercising

1. the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit

More Definitions → grouping

1. any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

2. the activity of putting things together in groups

More Definitions → woodworking

1. the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood

More Definitions → surveying

1. the practice of measuring angles and distances on the ground so that they can be accurately plotted on a map

More Definitions → grazing

1. the act of grazing

2. the act of brushing against while passing

More Definitions → rowing

1. the act of rowing as a sport

More Definitions → siding

1. a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass

2. material applied to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof

More Definitions → sweeping

1. the act of cleaning with a broom

2. taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination

More Definitions → devastating

1. making light of

2. wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction

More Definitions → trekking

1. journey on foot, especially in the mountains

2. make a long and difficult journey

More Definitions → amusing

1. providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining

2. arousing or provoking laughter

More Definitions → mastering

1. becoming proficient in the use of something; having mastery of

2. the act of making a master recording from which copies can be made

More Definitions → docking

1. the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes

More Definitions → carving

1. a sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shape

2. removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape

More Definitions → departing

1. that is going out or leaving

More Definitions → imposing

1. impressive in size, manner, or appearance

2. used of a person’s appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person

More Definitions → marching

1. the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind)

More Definitions → owing

1. owed as a debt

More Definitions → frustrating

1. discouraging by hindering

2. preventing realization or attainment of a desire

More Definitions → disappointing

1. not up to expectations

More Definitions → staging

1. the production of a drama on the stage

2. a system of scaffolds

More Definitions → sealing

1. the act of treating something to make it repel water

More Definitions → dumping

1. selling goods abroad at a price below that charged in the domestic market

More Definitions → tagging

1. attach a tag or label to

2. touch a player while he is holding the ball

More Definitions → housekeeping

1. the work of cleaning and running a house

More Definitions → wandering

1. travelling about without any clear destination

2. migratory

More Definitions → leaning

1. an inclination to do something

2. a natural inclination

More Definitions → striving

1. an effortful attempt to attain a goal

More Definitions → waking

1. the state of remaining awake

2. marked by full consciousness or alertness

More Definitions → intriguing

1. disturbingly provocative

2. capable of arousing interest or curiosity

More Definitions → browning

1. cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill

More Definitions → settling

1. a gradual sinking to a lower level

More Definitions → filming

1. the act of making a film

More Definitions → ageing

1. acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time

2. the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age

More Definitions → maximizing

1. making as great as possible

More Definitions → enduring

1. lasting a long time

2. patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble

More Definitions → engraving

1. a print made from an engraving

2. a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved

More Definitions → numbering

1. a numbered list

More Definitions → spying

1. keeping a secret or furtive watch

2. the act of keeping a secret watch for intelligence purposes

More Definitions → merging

1. the act of joining together as one

2. a flowing together

More Definitions → merchandising

1. branded products meant to promote another product, especially films and pop groups

2. the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money

More Definitions → preaching

1. an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)

2. a moralistic rebuke

More Definitions → rounding

1. (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals

More Definitions → withholding

1. the act of deducting from an employee’s salary

2. income tax withheld from employees’ wages and paid directly to the government by the employer

More Definitions → confirming

1. indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen

2. serving to support or corroborate

More Definitions → paving

1. material used to pave an area

2. the paved surface of a thoroughfare

More Definitions → trailing

1. the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind

More Definitions → molding

1. the act of creating something by casting it in a mold

2. a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing

More Definitions → flowering

1. the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms

2. a developmental process

More Definitions → ringing

1. the sound of a bell ringing

2. the giving of a ring as a token of engagement

More Definitions → committing

1. perform an act, usually with a negative connotation

2. make a set of changes permanent

More Definitions → earring

1. jewelry to ornament the ear; usually clipped to the earlobe or fastened through a hole in the lobe

More Definitions → approving

1. the formal act of approving

2. expressing or manifesting praise or approval

More Definitions → leveraging

1. investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses)

More Definitions → guessing

1. an estimate based on little or no information

More Definitions → breathtaking

1. tending to cause suspension of regular breathing

More Definitions → pleasing

1. the act of one who pleases

2. pleasant or agreeable to the senses

More Definitions → inning

1. (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat

More Definitions → bodybuilding

1. exercise that builds muscles through tension

More Definitions → informing

1. to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors)

2. a speech act that conveys information

More Definitions → stirring

1. move an implement through

2. move very slightly

More Definitions → ling

1. water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs

2. common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the Northern Hemisphere

More Definitions → overlapping

1. coincide partially or wholly

2. extend over and cover a part of

More Definitions → vomiting

1. the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth

More Definitions → worrying

1. the act of harassing someone

2. the act of moving something by repeated tugs or pushes

More Definitions → concluding

1. occurring at or forming an end or termination

More Definitions → refining

1. the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)

More Definitions → watering

1. shedding tears

2. wetting with water

More Definitions → arranging

1. the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music

More Definitions → pudding

1. any of various soft thick unsweetened baked dishes

2. (British) the dessert course of a meal (`pud’ is used informally)

More Definitions → chatting

1. talk socially without exchanging too much information

More Definitions → conforming

1. adhering to established customs or doctrines (especially in religion)

More Definitions → assigning

1. the act of distributing something to designated places or persons

More Definitions → weaving

1. creating fabric

More Definitions → ironing

1. garments (clothes or linens) that are to be (or have been) ironed

2. the work of using heat to smooth washed clothes in order to remove any wrinkles

More Definitions → widening

1. an increase in width

2. a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park

More Definitions → awakening

1. the act of waking

More Definitions → fostering

1. encouragement; aiding the development of something

2. helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community

More Definitions → transmitting

1. transfer to another

2. transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

More Definitions → furnishing

1. (usually plural) accessory wearing apparel

2. (usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable

More Definitions → blending

1. the act of blending components together thoroughly

2. a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades

More Definitions → speeding

1. changing location rapidly

More Definitions → skateboarding

1. the sport of skating on a skateboard

More Definitions → scouting

1. exploring in order to gain information

More Definitions → bullying

1. the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something

2. noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others

More Definitions → flaming

1. the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke

2. informal intensifiers

More Definitions → quilting

1. stitching through layers of fabric and a filling so as to create a design

2. a material used for making a quilt, or a quilted fabric

More Definitions → fading

1. weakening in force or intensity

More Definitions → sibling

1. a person’s brother or sister

More Definitions → labelling

1. assign a label to; designate with a label

2. attach a tag or label to

More Definitions → fielding

1. (baseball) handling the ball while playing in the field

More Definitions → altering

1. the sterilization of an animal

More Definitions → crashing

1. informal intensifiers

More Definitions → urging

1. a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something

2. the act of earnestly supporting or encouraging

More Definitions → tying

1. the act of tying or binding things together

2. fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord

More Definitions → golfing

1. playing golf

More Definitions → bouncing

1. rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)

2. vigorously healthy

More Definitions → tapping

1. cut a female screw thread with a tap

2. draw from or dip into to get something

More Definitions → factoring

1. (mathematics) the resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression

More Definitions → commissioning

1. the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions

More Definitions → herring

1. valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled

2. commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific

More Definitions → biting

1. capable of wounding

2. causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold

More Definitions → paging

1. calling out the name of a person (especially by a loudspeaker system)

2. the system of numbering pages

More Definitions → commanding

1. used of a height or viewpoint

More Definitions → milling

1. corrugated edge of a coin

More Definitions → sinking

1. a descent as through liquid (especially through water)

2. a slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength)

More Definitions → spotting

1. the act of spotting or staining something

2. the act of detecting something; catching sight of something

More Definitions → rubbing

1. the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another

2. representation consisting of a copy (as of an engraving) made by laying paper over something and rubbing it with charcoal

More Definitions → glowing

1. highly enthusiastic

2. the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface

More Definitions → alternating

1. (of a current) reversing direction

2. occurring by turns; first one and then the other

More Definitions → curling

1. a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target

2. (of hair) making curls or having been made to curl

More Definitions → restricting

1. restricting the scope or freedom of action

More Definitions → soothing

1. affording physical relief

2. freeing from fear and anxiety

More Definitions → swapping

1. exchange or give (something) in exchange for

2. move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science

More Definitions → staining

1. (histology) the use of a dye to color specimens for microscopic study

2. the act of spotting or staining something

More Definitions → slowing

1. a decrease in rate of change

More Definitions → decoding

1. the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text

More Definitions → jerking

1. an abrupt spasmodic movement

2. lacking a steady rhythm

More Definitions → daring

1. a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy

2. the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger

More Definitions → tipping

1. cause to tilt

2. mark with a tip

More Definitions → polishing

1. the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it

More Definitions → verifying

1. serving to support or corroborate

More Definitions → homecoming

1. an annual school or university reunion for graduates

2. a coming to or returning home

More Definitions → circulating

1. passing from one to another

More Definitions → raging

1. characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense

2. very severe

More Definitions → yielding

1. a verbal act of admitting defeat

2. the act of conceding or yielding

More Definitions → stuffing

1. a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables

2. padding put in mattresses and cushions and upholstered furniture

More Definitions → liking

1. a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment

More Definitions → hurting

1. a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder

More Definitions → soaring

1. the activity of flying a glider

2. ascending to a level markedly higher than the usual

More Definitions → dragging

1. pull, as against a resistance

2. draw slowly or heavily

More Definitions → banning

1. forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper)

2. prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure

More Definitions → outlying

1. relatively far from a center or middle

More Definitions → retiring

1. not arrogant or presuming

2. of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office

More Definitions → smashing

1. the act of breaking something into small pieces

2. excellent

More Definitions → embarrassing

1. hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment

2. causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation

More Definitions → pounding

1. repeated heavy blows

2. an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)

More Definitions → lettering

1. letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something

More Definitions → pouring

1. flowing profusely

More Definitions → laundering

1. washing clothes and bed linens

More Definitions → sling

1. a highball with liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juice

2. a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones

More Definitions → outing

1. a journey taken for pleasure

2. a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering

More Definitions → mourning

1. state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one

2. the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief

More Definitions → weighting

1. (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance

More Definitions → unwilling

1. in spite of contrary volition

2. not disposed or inclined toward

More Definitions → shilling

1. the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents

2. the basic unit of money in Tanzania; equal to 100 cents

More Definitions → partitioning

1. an analysis into mutually exclusive categories

2. the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

More Definitions → handwriting

1. something written by hand

2. the activity of writing by hand

More Definitions → signalling

1. communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs

2. be a signal for or a symptom of

More Definitions → snorkeling

1. skin diving with a snorkel

More Definitions → supervising

1. management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group

More Definitions → knocking

1. the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)

More Definitions → everlasting

1. any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color

2. continuing forever or indefinitely

More Definitions → bling

1. flashy, ostentatious jewelry

More Definitions → absorbing

1. capable of arousing and holding the attention

More Definitions → shouting

1. encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators

2. uttering a loud inarticulate cry as of pain or excitement

More Definitions → ding

1. go `ding dong’, like a bell

2. a ringing sound

More Definitions → whipping

1. beat severely with a whip or rod

2. defeat thoroughly

More Definitions → skipping

1. bypass

2. intentionally fail to attend

More Definitions → plotting

1. plan secretly, usually something illegal

2. make a schematic or technical drawing that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed

More Definitions → succeeding

1. coming after or following

2. (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving

More Definitions → astonishing

1. surprising greatly

2. so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm

More Definitions → popping

1. bulge outward

2. hit a pop-fly

More Definitions → awarding

1. a grant made by a law court

More Definitions → dripping

1. fall in drops

2. let or cause to fall in drops

More Definitions → ripping

1. tear or be torn violently

2. move precipitously or violently

More Definitions → thriving

1. very lively and profitable

More Definitions → handspring

1. an acrobatic feat in which a person goes from a standing position to a handstand and back again

More Definitions → offending

1. offending against or breaking a law or rule

More Definitions → forgetting

1. dismiss from the mind; stop remembering

2. be unable to remember

More Definitions → casing

1. the housing or outer covering of something

2. the outermost covering of a pneumatic tire

More Definitions → honoring

1. conformity with law or custom or practice etc.

More Definitions → embracing

1. the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)

More Definitions → begging

1. a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)

2. call upon in supplication; entreat

More Definitions → telemarketing

1. the use of the telephone as an interactive medium for promotion and sales

More Definitions → doubling

1. increase by a factor of two

2. raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2

More Definitions → embedding

1. fix or set securely or deeply

2. attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war

More Definitions → disabling

1. depriving of legal right; rendering legally disqualified

2. that cripples or disables or incapacitates

More Definitions → banging

1. a continuing very loud noise

2. the act of subjecting to strong attack

More Definitions → chewing

1. biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow

More Definitions → frightening

1. the act of inspiring with fear

2. causing fear or dread or terror

More Definitions → matchmaking

1. mediation in order to bring about a marriage between others

More Definitions → aspiring

1. desiring or striving for recognition or advancement

More Definitions → dazzling

1. amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning

2. shining intensely

More Definitions → curing

1. the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization

More Definitions → grounding

1. education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge

2. fastening electrical equipment to earth

More Definitions → bookkeeping

1. the activity of recording business transactions

More Definitions → fasting

1. abstaining from food

More Definitions → pairing

1. the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes

2. the act of grouping things or people in pairs

More Definitions → depressing

1. causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

More Definitions → staggering

1. so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm

More Definitions → aligning

1. causing to fall into line or into position

More Definitions → uplifting

1. the rise of something

More Definitions → teasing

1. the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances

2. playful vexation

More Definitions → emphasizing

1. the act of giving special importance or significance to something

More Definitions → contrasting

1. strikingly different; tending to contrast

More Definitions → spraying

1. the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft)

2. a quantity of small objects flying through the air

More Definitions → wellbeing

1. a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous

More Definitions → campaigning

1. the campaign of a candidate to be elected

More Definitions → bicycling

1. riding a bicycle

More Definitions → shrinking

1. process or result of becoming less or smaller

2. the act of becoming less

More Definitions → etching

1. an impression made from an etched plate

2. an etched plate made with the use of acid

More Definitions → stitching

1. joining or attaching by stitches

More Definitions → topping

1. a flavorful addition on top of a dish

2. be superior or better than some standard

More Definitions → chilling

1. the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature

2. provoking fear or terror

More Definitions → branching

1. the act of branching out or dividing into branches

2. having branches

More Definitions → activating

1. the activity of causing to have energy and be active

2. causing motion or action or change

More Definitions → whitening

1. changing to a lighter color

More Definitions → depicting

1. a representation by picture or portraiture

More Definitions → provoking

1. causing or tending to cause anger or resentment

More Definitions → soldering

1. fastening firmly together

More Definitions → blazing

1. a strong flame that burns brightly

2. shining intensely

More Definitions → trapping

1. place in a confining or embarrassing position

2. catch in or as if in a trap

More Definitions → plating

1. a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface

2. the application of a thin coat of metal (as by electrolysis)

More Definitions → grabbing

1. take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of

2. get hold of or seize quickly and easily

More Definitions → jogging

1. continue talking or writing in a desultory manner

2. even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing

More Definitions → dieting

1. the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)

More Definitions → haunting

1. continually recurring to the mind

2. having a deeply disquieting or disturbing effect

More Definitions → waving

1. the act of signaling by a movement of the hand

More Definitions → grilling

1. cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)

More Definitions → yelling

1. uttering a loud inarticulate cry as of pain or excitement

More Definitions → raining

1. falling in drops or as if falling like rain

More Definitions → figuring

1. problem solving that involves numbers or quantities

More Definitions → crushing

1. forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority

2. physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination

More Definitions → thrilling

1. causing a surge of emotion or excitement

2. causing quivering or shivering as by cold or fear or electric shock

More Definitions → slipping

1. move stealthily

2. insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly

More Definitions → mountaineering

1. the activity of climbing a mountain

More Definitions → wheeling

1. propelling something on wheels

More Definitions → disgusting

1. highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

More Definitions → roaring

1. a deep prolonged loud noise

2. a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)

More Definitions → scratching

1. a harsh noise made by scraping

More Definitions → craving

1. an intense desire for some particular thing

More Definitions → tearing

1. shedding tears

2. marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid

More Definitions → toying

1. playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest

More Definitions → encompassing

1. broad in scope or content

2. closely encircling

More Definitions → penetrating

1. having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

2. tending to penetrate; having the power of entering or piercing

More Definitions → peacekeeping

1. of or relating to the preservation of peace between hostile groups by international military forces

2. the activity of keeping the peace by military forces (especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nations)

More Definitions → revising

1. editing that involves writing something again

More Definitions → crawling

1. a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body

More Definitions → groundbreaking

1. the ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a construction project

2. being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before

More Definitions → impending

1. close in time; about to occur

More Definitions → daunting

1. discouraging through fear

More Definitions → admitting

1. declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of

2. allow to enter; grant entry to

More Definitions → blooming

1. the organic process of bearing flowers

2. informal intensifiers

More Definitions → rigging

1. arrange the outcome of by means of deceit

2. manipulate in a fraudulent manner

More Definitions → quitting

1. put an end to a state or an activity

2. give up or retire from a position

More Definitions → masking

1. the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it

2. the blocking of one sensation resulting from the presence of another sensation

More Definitions → blasting

1. causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin

2. unpleasantly loud and penetrating

More Definitions → taxing

1. not easily borne; wearing

More Definitions → icing

1. the formation of frost or ice on a surface

2. a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes

More Definitions → substituting

1. working as a substitute for someone who is ill or on leave of absence

More Definitions → pretending

1. the act of giving a false appearance

More Definitions → ting

1. cause to make a ting

2. make a light, metallic sound; go `ting’

More Definitions → longing

1. prolonged unfulfilled desire or need

More Definitions → disappearing

1. the act of leaving secretly or without explanation

More Definitions → misunderstanding

1. putting the wrong interpretation on

2. an understanding of something that is not correct

More Definitions → pruning

1. something that has been pruned off of a plant

2. the act of trimming a plant

More Definitions → tempting

1. highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire

2. very pleasantly inviting

More Definitions → commuting

1. the travel of a commuter

More Definitions → assuring

1. giving confidence

More Definitions → alarming

1. frightening because of an awareness of danger

More Definitions → drifting

1. aimless wandering from place to place

2. continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another

More Definitions → canning

1. preserve in a can or tin

2. terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

More Definitions → clubbing

1. a condition in which the ends of toes and fingers become wide and thick; a symptom of heart or lung disease

2. unite with a common purpose

More Definitions → gushing

1. flowing profusely

2. uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm

More Definitions → christening

1. giving a Christian name at baptism

More Definitions → kidnapping

1. (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment

2. take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom

More Definitions → inducing

1. act of bringing about a desired result

More Definitions → enclosing

1. the act of enclosing something inside something else

More Definitions → assembling

1. the act of gathering something together

More Definitions → itching

1. an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch

More Definitions → shutting

1. the act of closing something

2. move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut

More Definitions → clarifying

1. that makes clear

More Definitions → smuggling

1. secretly importing prohibited goods or goods on which duty is due

More Definitions → hawking

1. the act of selling goods for a living

More Definitions → composing

1. the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole

2. musical creation

More Definitions → trusting

1. inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust

More Definitions → twisting

1. the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

2. the act of rotating rapidly

More Definitions → shielding

1. the act of shielding from harm

2. a shield of lead or concrete intended as a barrier to radiation emitted in nuclear decay

More Definitions → trimming

1. remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size

2. decorate, as with ornaments

More Definitions → diagnosing

1. identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon

More Definitions → deserving

1. (often used ironically) worthy of being treated in a particular way

More Definitions → starving

1. the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine

2. suffering from lack of food

More Definitions → weeping

1. the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)

2. showing sorrow

More Definitions → yachting

1. water travel for pleasure

More Definitions → irritating

1. causing irritation or annoyance

2. (used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite

More Definitions → booming

1. very lively and profitable

2. (used of the voice or sound) deep and resonant

More Definitions → angling

1. fishing with a hook and line (and usually a pole)

More Definitions → rewriting

1. editing that involves writing something again

More Definitions → clipping

1. sever or remove by pinching or snipping

2. run at a moderately swift pace

More Definitions → motivating

1. the act of motivating; providing incentive

2. impelling to action

More Definitions → interfering

1. intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner

More Definitions → freestanding

1. standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything

More Definitions → hopping

1. jump lightly

2. move quickly from one place to another

More Definitions → enrolling

1. register formally as a participant or member

2. register formally as a participant or member

More Definitions → shading

1. graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting

2. a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades

More Definitions → vanishing

1. a sudden or mysterious disappearance

2. a sudden disappearance from sight

More Definitions → forging

1. shaping metal by heating and hammering

More Definitions → footing

1. status with respect to the relations between people or groups

2. a relation that provides the foundation for something

More Definitions → emitting

1. expel (gases or odors)

2. give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.

More Definitions → unloading

1. the labor of taking a load of something off of or out of a vehicle or ship or container etc.

More Definitions → hauling

1. the activity of transporting goods by truck

More Definitions → dipping

1. immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

2. dip into a liquid while eating

More Definitions → enchanting

1. capturing interest as if by a spell

More Definitions → discerning

1. unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic

2. quick to understand

More Definitions → juggling

1. the act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression

2. throwing and catching several objects simultaneously

More Definitions → rambling

1. spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly

2. (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects

More Definitions → dominating

1. most powerful or important or influential

2. used of a height or viewpoint

More Definitions → cropping

1. cut short

2. prepare for crops

More Definitions → splicing

1. a junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together

More Definitions → sweating

1. the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid

More Definitions → calming

1. the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)

More Definitions → startling

1. so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm

More Definitions → moulding

1. a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing

2. a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge

More Definitions → rearing

1. the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child

2. helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community

More Definitions → invading

1. involving invasion or aggressive attack

More Definitions → terrifying

1. causing extreme terror

More Definitions → uprising

1. organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another

More Definitions → stalking

1. a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush

2. the act of following prey stealthily

More Definitions → ensuing

1. following immediately and as a result of what went before

More Definitions → joking

1. characterized by jokes and good humor

More Definitions → budding

1. reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent

2. beginning to develop

More Definitions → leveling

1. changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface

2. complete destruction of a building

More Definitions → beading

1. ornamentation with beads

2. a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture

More Definitions → projecting

1. extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary

More Definitions → diminishing

1. becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so

More Definitions → alerting

1. a state of readiness to respond

2. a warning serves to make you more alert to danger

More Definitions → compromising

1. vulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicion

2. making or willing to make concessions

More Definitions → insulting

1. expressing extreme contempt

More Definitions → whiting

1. flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe

2. flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America

More Definitions → netting

1. a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave

2. creating nets

More Definitions → dangling

1. the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)

More Definitions → gliding

1. the activity of flying a glider

More Definitions → frying

1. cooking in fat or oil in a pan or griddle

More Definitions → waxing

1. the application of wax to a surface

2. a gradual increase in magnitude or extent

More Definitions → dissenting

1. disagreeing, especially with a majority

More Definitions → pleading

1. (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding

2. begging

More Definitions → troubling

1. causing distress or worry or anxiety

More Definitions → validating

1. serving to support or corroborate

More Definitions → pacing

1. (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played

2. walking with slow regular strides

More Definitions → unfolding

1. a developmental process

More Definitions → intervening

1. occurring or falling between events or points in time

More Definitions → whispering

1. a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind

2. speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords

More Definitions → gripping

1. hold fast or firmly

2. to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match

More Definitions → astounding

1. bewildering or striking dumb with wonder

2. so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm

More Definitions → shedding

1. the process whereby something is shed

2. loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales

More Definitions → prompting

1. persuasion formulated as a suggestion

2. a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)

More Definitions → overriding

1. having superior power and influence

More Definitions → soaking

1. the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)

2. the act of making something completely wet

More Definitions → renewing

1. tending to impart new life and vigor to

More Definitions → tightening

1. the act of making something tighter

More Definitions → draining

1. having a debilitating effect

More Definitions → comforting

1. providing freedom from worry

2. affording comfort or solace

More Definitions → creeping

1. a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body

More Definitions → degrading

1. harmful to the mind or morals

2. used of conduct; characterized by dishonor

More Definitions → gearing

1. wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed

More Definitions → freeing

1. the act of liberating someone or something

More Definitions → chipping

1. the act of chipping something

2. break off (a piece from a whole)

More Definitions → hedging

1. any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change

2. an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement

More Definitions → cunning

1. shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

2. crafty artfulness (especially in deception)

More Definitions → awning

1. a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun

More Definitions → tripping

1. miss a step and fall or nearly fall

2. cause to stumble

More Definitions → smelling

1. the act of perceiving the odor of something

2. (used with `of’ or `with’) noticeably odorous

More Definitions → choking

1. a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx)

2. the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe

More Definitions → thinning

1. the act of diluting something

2. lose thickness; become thin or thinner

More Definitions → parting

1. the act of departing politely

2. a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions

More Definitions → accommodating

1. obliging; willing to do favors

2. helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation

More Definitions → narrowing

1. an instance of becoming narrow

2. a decrease in width

More Definitions → seasoning

1. something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts

2. the act of adding a seasoning to food

More Definitions → flipping

1. lightly throw to see which side comes up

2. cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation

More Definitions → conveying

1. act of transferring property title from one person to another

More Definitions → asserting

1. relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration

More Definitions → reckoning

1. problem solving that involves numbers or quantities

2. a bill for an amount due

More Definitions → tailoring

1. the occupation of a tailor

More Definitions → drumming

1. the act of playing drums

2. make a rhythmic sound

More Definitions → patching

1. the act of mending a hole in a garment by sewing a patch over it

More Definitions → abiding

1. lasting a long time

More Definitions → sighting

1. the act of observing

More Definitions → cling

1. fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit

2. come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation

More Definitions → snoring

1. the act of snoring or producing a snoring sound

More Definitions → trembling

1. a shaky motion

2. vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze

More Definitions → seeming

1. appearing as such but not necessarily so

More Definitions → swearing

1. profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger

2. a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury

More Definitions → lingering

1. the act of tarrying

More Definitions → blinking

1. a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly

2. closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly

More Definitions → roasting

1. cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added)

More Definitions → airing

1. the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate

2. a short excursion (a walk or ride) in the open air

More Definitions → looping

1. (computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained

More Definitions → illuminating

1. tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance

More Definitions → gaping

1. with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe

More Definitions → insisting

1. continual and persistent demands

More Definitions → brushing

1. the act of brushing your teeth

2. the act of brushing your hair

More Definitions → shortening

1. fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods

2. act of decreasing in length

More Definitions → broadening

1. the act of making something wider

2. the action of making broader

More Definitions → cheering

1. encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators

2. providing freedom from worry

More Definitions → uniting

1. the combination of two or more commercial companies

2. the act of making or becoming a single unit

More Definitions → hooking

1. a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer

More Definitions → grating

1. unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

2. a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air

More Definitions → bunting

1. a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.

2. any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America

More Definitions → captivating

1. capturing interest as if by a spell

More Definitions → weakening

1. becoming weaker

2. the act of reducing the strength of something

More Definitions → babysitting

1. the work of a baby sitter; caring for children when their parents are not home

More Definitions → taping

1. a recording made on magnetic tape

More Definitions → coughing

1. a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis

More Definitions → accusing

1. containing or expressing accusation

More Definitions → lactating

1. producing or secreting milk

More Definitions → summing

1. be a summary of

2. determine the sum of

More Definitions → screwing

1. slang for sexual intercourse

More Definitions → barring

1. the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto

2. prevent from entering; keep out

More Definitions → intimidating

1. discouraging through fear

More Definitions → brainstorming

1. a group problem-solving technique in which members spontaneously share ideas and solutions

More Definitions → deriving

1. (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase

More Definitions → plugging

1. fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug

2. persist in working hard

More Definitions → fastening

1. restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place

2. the act of fastening things together

More Definitions → flirting

1. playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest

More Definitions → discriminating

1. having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

2. showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste

More Definitions → railing

1. a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports

2. material for making rails or rails collectively

More Definitions → trolling

1. angling by drawing a baited line through the water

More Definitions → cushioning

1. artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort

More Definitions → squeezing

1. the act of gripping and pressing firmly

More Definitions → chanting

1. the act of singing in a monotonous tone

More Definitions → officiating

1. the act of umpiring

More Definitions → hardening

1. abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue

2. the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization

More Definitions → grieving

1. sorrowful through loss or deprivation

More Definitions → easing

1. a change for the better

2. the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)

More Definitions → waning

1. a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent

2. (of the Moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases

More Definitions → tending

1. the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something

2. (usually followed by `to’) naturally disposed toward

More Definitions → stabilizing

1. causing to become stable

More Definitions → towering

1. of imposing height; especially standing out above others

More Definitions → stemming

1. grow out of, have roots in, originate in

2. cause to point inward

More Definitions → appalling

1. an experience that appalls

2. causing consternation

More Definitions → ticking

1. a metallic tapping sound

2. a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers

More Definitions → webbing

1. something forming a web (as between the toes of birds)

2. a narrow closely woven tape; used in upholstery or for seat belts

More Definitions → reclining

1. the act of assuming or maintaining a reclining position

More Definitions → colouring

1. a digestible substance used to give color to food

2. a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect

More Definitions → fetching

1. very attractive; capturing interest

More Definitions → venting

1. the act of venting

More Definitions → banding

1. a stripe or stripes of contrasting color

2. an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material

More Definitions → deepening

1. a process of becoming deeper and more profound

2. accumulating and becoming more intense

More Definitions → sizzling

1. hot enough to burn with or as if with a hissing sound

2. characterized by intense emotion or interest or excitement

More Definitions → howling

1. a long loud emotional utterance

2. extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers

More Definitions → compounding

1. the act of combining things to form a new whole

More Definitions → dismantling

1. the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery)

More Definitions → scaffolding

1. a system of scaffolds

More Definitions → boasting

1. speaking of yourself in superlatives

More Definitions → unifying

1. combining into a single unit

2. tending to unify

More Definitions → steaming

1. filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist

2. (used of heat) extremely

More Definitions → centering

1. the concentration of attention or energy on something

2. (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back

More Definitions → bustling

1. full of energetic and noisy activity

More Definitions → handicapping

1. injure permanently

2. attempt to forecast the winner (especially in a horse race) and assign odds for or against a contestant

More Definitions → isolating

1. relating to or being a language in which each word typically expresses a distinct idea and part of speech and syntactical relations are determined almost exclusively by word order and particles

More Definitions → shipbuilding

1. the construction of ships

More Definitions → forgiving

1. inclined or able to forgive and show mercy

2. providing absolution

More Definitions → tumbling

1. the gymnastic moves of an acrobat

More Definitions → peeling

1. loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales

More Definitions → conveyancing

1. act of transferring property title from one person to another

More Definitions → annealing

1. hardening something by heat treatment

More Definitions → glittering

1. having brief brilliant points or flashes of light

More Definitions → carpeting

1. floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)

More Definitions → yearning

1. prolonged unfulfilled desire or need

More Definitions → edging

1. border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug)

More Definitions → aching

1. a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain

2. causing a dull and steady pain

More Definitions → jamming

1. press tightly together or cram

2. push down forcibly

More Definitions → slicing

1. a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer

2. the act of cutting into slices

More Definitions → skydiving

1. performing acrobatics in free fall before pulling the ripcord of a parachute

More Definitions → loathing

1. hate coupled with disgust

More Definitions → poking

1. a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)

More Definitions → foraging

1. the act of searching for food and provisions

More Definitions → totalling

1. add up in number or quantity

2. determine the sum of

More Definitions → wetting

1. the act of making something wet

2. a euphemism for urination

More Definitions → mooring

1. a place where a craft can be made fast

2. (nautical) a line that holds an object (especially a boat) in place

More Definitions → drawstring

1. a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening

More Definitions → wading

1. walking with your feet in shallow water

More Definitions → gagging

1. prevent from speaking out

2. be too tight; rub or press

More Definitions → grasping

1. understanding with difficulty

2. the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)

More Definitions → hugging

1. affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)

2. hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness

More Definitions → stroking

1. a light touch with the hands

More Definitions → buzzing

1. noisy like the sound of a bee

More Definitions → enlightening

1. tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance

2. enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement

More Definitions → puzzling

1. not clear to the understanding

2. lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity

More Definitions → arresting

1. commanding attention

More Definitions → schilling

1. formerly the basic unit of money in Austria

More Definitions → punishing

1. resulting in punishment

2. characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

More Definitions → seedling

1. young plant or tree grown from a seed

More Definitions → reassuring

1. restoring confidence and relieving anxiety

More Definitions → fueling

1. the activity of supplying or taking on fuel

More Definitions → roving

1. travelling about without any clear destination

2. migratory

More Definitions → sloping

1. having an oblique or slanted direction

2. having a slanting form or direction

More Definitions → piling

1. a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure

More Definitions → weaning

1. the act of substituting other food for the mother’s milk in the diet of a child or young mammal

More Definitions → looting

1. plundering during riots or in wartime

More Definitions → humming

1. sing with closed lips

2. be noisy with activity

More Definitions → cancelling

1. postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled

2. make up for

More Definitions → ranting

1. a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion

More Definitions → fling

1. throw with force or recklessness

2. move in an abrupt or headlong manner

More Definitions → chopping

1. cut into pieces with repeated blows

2. move suddenly

More Definitions → stabbing

1. use a knife on

2. stab or pierce

More Definitions → bushing

1. an insulating liner in an opening through which conductors pass

2. a cylindrical metal lining used to reduce friction

More Definitions → spitting

1. the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)

2. expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth

More Definitions → raving

1. declaiming wildly

2. talking or behaving irrationally

More Definitions → rallying

1. the act of mobilizing for a common purpose

2. the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort

More Definitions → priming

1. the act of making something ready

2. any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant

More Definitions → fanning

1. strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher)

2. make (an emotion) fiercer

More Definitions → softening

1. the process of becoming softer

2. having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin

More Definitions → waterproofing

1. the act of treating something to make it repel water

2. a coating capable of making a surface waterproof

More Definitions → worsening

1. process of changing to an inferior state

2. changing something with the result that it becomes worse

More Definitions → metalworking

1. the activity of making things out of metal in a skillful manner

More Definitions → kneeling

1. supporting yourself on your knees

More Definitions → printmaking

1. artistic design and manufacture of prints as woodcuts or silkscreens

More Definitions → leaping

1. a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

More Definitions → inquiring

1. a request for information

2. given to inquiry

More Definitions → praising

1. full of or giving praise

More Definitions → wrecking

1. the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled

2. destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined

More Definitions → trampling

1. the sound of heavy treading or stomping

More Definitions → snapping

1. utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone

2. separate or cause to separate abruptly

More Definitions → slamming

1. close violently

2. strike violently

More Definitions → tampering

1. the act of altering something secretly or improperly

More Definitions → rooting

1. the process of putting forth roots and beginning to grow

More Definitions → skinning

1. climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

2. bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of

More Definitions → flattering

1. showing or representing to advantage

2. obsequiously complimentary

More Definitions → striping

1. the act of marking with stripes

More Definitions → interlocking

1. contact by fitting together

2. the act of interlocking or meshing

More Definitions → tiling

1. the application of tiles to cover a surface

More Definitions → sprawling

1. an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about

2. spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly

More Definitions → wrongdoing

1. departure from what is ethically acceptable

2. activity that transgresses moral or civil law

More Definitions → surfacing

1. emerging to the surface and becoming apparent

More Definitions → glaring

1. shining intensely

2. conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

More Definitions → conquering

1. the act of conquering

More Definitions → bracing

1. imparting vitality and energy

2. a structural member used to stiffen a framework

More Definitions → pondering

1. deeply or seriously thoughtful

More Definitions → strapping

1. tie with a strap

2. beat severely with a whip or rod

More Definitions → hairdressing

1. a toiletry for the hair

2. care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair

More Definitions → mocking

1. abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule

2. playfully vexing (especially by ridicule)

More Definitions → fleeting

1. lasting for a markedly brief time

More Definitions → unsuspecting

1. not suspicious

2. (often followed by `of’) not knowing or expecting; not thinking likely

More Definitions → fledgling

1. any new participant in some activity

2. young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying

More Definitions → scraping

1. (usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected

2. a harsh noise made by scraping

More Definitions → concurring

1. be in accord; be in agreement

2. happen simultaneously

More Definitions → sipping

1. drink in sips

More Definitions → condemning

1. containing or imposing condemnation or censure

More Definitions → humiliating

1. causing awareness of your shortcomings

More Definitions → throbbing

1. pulsate or pound with abnormal force

2. expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically

More Definitions → flourishing

1. very lively and profitable

More Definitions → whistling

1. the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture

2. the act of whistling a tune

More Definitions → ailing

1. somewhat ill or prone to illness

More Definitions → lightening

1. descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped

2. changing to a lighter color

More Definitions → resetting

1. set anew

2. set to zero

More Definitions → capping

1. lie at the top of

2. restrict the number or amount of

More Definitions → shuffling

1. walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet

2. the act of mixing cards haphazardly

More Definitions → rotting

1. (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action

2. break down

More Definitions → exhilarating

1. making lively and cheerful

2. making lively and joyful

More Definitions → whopping

1. strike hard

2. hit hard

More Definitions → racking

1. causing great physical or mental suffering

More Definitions → dyeing

1. the use of dye to change the color of something permanently

More Definitions → focussing

1. the concentration of attention or energy on something

More Definitions → eavesdropping

1. listen without the speaker’s knowledge

More Definitions → echoing

1. (of sounds) repeating by reflection

More Definitions → blotting

1. dry (ink) with blotting paper

2. make a spot or mark onto

More Definitions → unveiling

1. putting on display for the first time

2. the act of beginning something new

More Definitions → gleaming

1. a flash of light (especially reflected light)

2. an appearance of reflected light

More Definitions → sledding

1. ride (on) a sled

2. the sport of riding on a sled or sleigh

More Definitions → clapping

1. put quickly or forcibly

2. cause to strike the air in flight

More Definitions → converging

1. the act of converging (coming closer)

More Definitions → underpinning

1. support from beneath

2. support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm

More Definitions → tingling

1. a somatic sensation as from many tiny stings

2. exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements

More Definitions → preferring

1. like better; value more highly

2. select as an alternative over another

More Definitions → blinding

1. shining intensely

More Definitions → moderating

1. lessening in intensity or strength

More Definitions → lagging

1. hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

2. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

More Definitions → uncovering

1. the removal of covering

2. the act of discovering something

More Definitions → cladding

1. a protective covering that protects the outside of a building

More Definitions → incurring

1. make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to

2. receive a specified treatment (abstract)

More Definitions → leaching

1. the process of leaching

More Definitions → matting

1. twist together or entwine into a confusing mass

2. change texture so as to become matted and felt-like

More Definitions → overflowing

1. covered with water

More Definitions → ballooning

1. flying in a balloon

More Definitions → shitting

1. the elimination of fecal waste through the anus

2. give away information about somebody

More Definitions → straining

1. an intense or violent exertion

2. the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

More Definitions → hijacking

1. robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force

More Definitions → emptying

1. the act of removing the contents of something

More Definitions → downsizing

1. the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable

More Definitions → shearing

1. removing by cutting off or clipping

More Definitions → ruining

1. destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined

More Definitions → enticing

1. highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire

More Definitions → equipping

1. the act of equipping with weapons in preparation for war

2. provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose

More Definitions → discouraging

1. depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action

2. expressing disapproval in order to dissuade

More Definitions → telecommuting

1. employment at home while communicating with the workplace by phone or fax or modem

More Definitions → frosting

1. a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes

More Definitions → seizing

1. small stuff that is used for lashing two or more ropes together

2. the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)

More Definitions → purifying

1. serving to purge or rid of sin

2. freeing from noxious matter

More Definitions → hatching

1. the production of young from an egg

2. shading consisting of multiple crossing lines

More Definitions → debilitating

1. impairing the strength and vitality

More Definitions → condensing

1. the act of increasing the density of something

More Definitions → shredding

1. tear into shreds

More Definitions → shattering

1. the act of breaking something into small pieces

2. seemingly loud enough to break something; violently rattling or clattering

More Definitions → retraining

1. training for a new occupation

More Definitions → bragging

1. an instance of boastful talk

2. show off

More Definitions → grinning

1. to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl

2. a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement

More Definitions → bubbling

1. emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation

2. marked by high spirits or excitement

More Definitions → exhausting

1. having a debilitating effect

2. producing exhaustion

More Definitions → reigning

1. exercising power or authority

More Definitions → riveting

1. capable of arousing and holding the attention

More Definitions → upbringing

1. properties acquired during a person’s formative years

2. helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community

More Definitions → foaming

1. emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation

2. producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease

More Definitions → tinting

1. the act of adding a tinge of color

More Definitions → omitting

1. prevent from being included or considered or accepted

2. leave undone or leave out

More Definitions → aggravating

1. making worse

More Definitions → bioengineering

1. the branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments

More Definitions → portraying

1. a representation by picture or portraiture

More Definitions → weightlifting

1. bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights

More Definitions → motorcycling

1. riding a motorcycle

More Definitions → fingerprinting

1. the procedure of taking inked impressions of a person’s fingerprints for the purpose of identification

More Definitions → refueling

1. the activity of supplying or taking on fuel

More Definitions → worshipping

1. love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol

2. show devotion to (a deity)

More Definitions → grappling

1. the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat

2. the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down

More Definitions → hammering

1. the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

More Definitions → mingling

1. the action of people mingling and coming into contact

More Definitions → bundling

1. a onetime custom during courtship of unmarried couples occupying the same bed without undressing

2. the act of binding something into a bundle

More Definitions → overheating

1. excessive heating

More Definitions → slashing

1. as if striking with slashing blows

More Definitions → fluctuating

1. having unpredictable ups and downs

More Definitions → redeeming

1. bringing about salvation or redemption from sin

2. compensating for some fault or defect

More Definitions → exacting

1. having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures

2. severe and unremitting in making demands

More Definitions → offsetting

1. compensate for or counterbalance

2. make up for

More Definitions → commemorating

1. intended as a commemoration

More Definitions → reconciling

1. tending to reconcile or accommodate; bringing into harmony

More Definitions → paragliding

1. gliding in a parasail

More Definitions → burying

1. concealing something under the ground

More Definitions → voicing

1. the act of adjusting an organ pipe (or wind instrument) so that it conforms to the standards of tone and pitch and color

More Definitions → bruising

1. causing mental or emotional injury

2. brutally forceful and compelling

More Definitions → flogging

1. beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment

2. beat severely with a whip or rod

More Definitions → oscillating

1. having periodic vibrations

More Definitions → sneaking

1. not openly expressed

More Definitions → greening

1. the phenomenon of vitality and freshness being restored

More Definitions → nodding

1. express or signify by nodding

2. lower and raise the head, as to indicate assent or agreement or confirmation

More Definitions → sheeting

1. fabric from which bed sheets are made

More Definitions → enterprising

1. marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects

More Definitions → grafting

1. the act of grafting something onto something else

More Definitions → uncompromising

1. not making concessions

More Definitions → flickering

1. shining unsteadily

More Definitions → crowding

1. a situation in which people or things are crowded together

More Definitions → nagging

1. bother persistently with trivial complaints

2. worry persistently

More Definitions → slapping

1. hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand

2. to play music at loud volume

More Definitions → horrifying

1. provoking horror

More Definitions → slaying

1. unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

More Definitions → thundering

1. sounding like thunder

2. extraordinarily big or impressive

More Definitions → alluring

1. highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire

More Definitions → halting

1. disabled in the feet or legs

2. fragmentary or halting from emotional strain

More Definitions → reviving

1. tending to impart new life and vigor to

More Definitions → stinging

1. a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung

2. (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character

More Definitions → scarring

1. mark with a scar

More Definitions → upsetting

1. disturb the balance or stability of

2. cause to lose one’s composure

More Definitions → gratifying

1. pleasing to the mind or feeling

2. affording satisfaction or pleasure

More Definitions → devising

1. the act that results in something coming to be

More Definitions → compressing

1. applying pressure

More Definitions → intoxicating

1. causing intoxication

2. extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic

More Definitions → lecturing

1. teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)

More Definitions → fooling

1. characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility

More Definitions → resounding

1. characterized by resonance

More Definitions → blistering

1. the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin

2. harsh or corrosive in tone

More Definitions → menacing

1. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

More Definitions → consenting

1. having given consent

More Definitions → torturing

1. the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason

2. extremely painful

More Definitions → nourishing

1. of or providing nourishment

More Definitions → synchronizing

1. the relation that exists when things occur at the same time

2. an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison

More Definitions → dashing

1. lively and spirited

2. marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners

More Definitions → tiring

1. producing exhaustion

More Definitions → convening

1. the act of convening

More Definitions → piloting

1. the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place

2. the occupation of a pilot

More Definitions → pampering

1. the act of indulging or gratifying a desire

2. gratifying tastes, appetites, or desires

More Definitions → hurling

1. a traditional Irish game resembling hockey; played by two teams of 15 players each

More Definitions → teleconferencing

1. a conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit television

More Definitions → extinguishing

1. the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning

More Definitions → bulging

1. curving or bulging outward

2. curving outward

More Definitions → shareholding

1. a holding in the form of shares of corporations

More Definitions → typesetting

1. set in type

More Definitions → dissolving

1. the process of going into solution

More Definitions → starling

1. gregarious birds native to the Old World

More Definitions → clotting

1. the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid

2. change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state

More Definitions → belling

1. a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple

More Definitions → surging

1. characterized by great swelling waves or surges

More Definitions → flagging

1. communicate or signal with a flag

2. provide with a flag

More Definitions → wounding

1. the act of inflicting a wound

2. causing physical or especially psychological injury

More Definitions → birthing

1. the process of giving birth

More Definitions → robbing

1. take something away by force or without the consent of the owner

2. rip off; ask an unreasonable price

More Definitions → shadowing

1. the act of following someone secretly

More Definitions → rhyming

1. having corresponding sounds especially terminal sounds

More Definitions → wailing

1. loud cries made while weeping

2. vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression

More Definitions → brooding

1. sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body

2. persistent morbid meditation on a problem

More Definitions → patrolling

1. maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol

More Definitions → thickening

1. any material used to thicken

2. any thickened enlargement

More Definitions → rationing

1. the act of rationing

More Definitions → bowing

1. bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting

2. managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument

More Definitions → crippling

1. that cripples or disables or incapacitates

More Definitions → forbidding

1. command against

2. keep from happening or arising; make impossible

More Definitions → sparring

1. an argument in which the participants are trying to gain some advantage

2. making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer

More Definitions → distressing

1. causing distress or worry or anxiety

2. bad; unfortunate

More Definitions → gelding

1. castrated male horse

More Definitions → blurring

1. become glassy; lose clear vision

2. to make less distinct or clear

More Definitions → socializing

1. the act of meeting for social purposes

More Definitions → diverting

1. providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining

More Definitions → heartbreaking

1. causing or marked by grief or anguish

More Definitions → conferring

1. have a conference in order to talk something over

2. present

More Definitions → scrubbing

1. the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water

2. clean with hard rubbing

More Definitions → blushing

1. having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset

More Definitions → courting

1. a man’s courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)

More Definitions → lading

1. goods carried by a large vehicle

More Definitions → churning

1. moving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation

2. (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence

More Definitions → dodging

1. nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do

2. a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery

More Definitions → rousing

1. the act of arousing

2. capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement

More Definitions → radiating

1. diverging from a common point

More Definitions → petting

1. affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)

2. stroke or caress gently

More Definitions → warring

1. make or wage war

2. engaged in war

More Definitions → housewarming

1. a party of people assembled to celebrate moving into a new home

More Definitions → protruding

1. extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary

More Definitions → endearing

1. lovable especially in a childlike or naive way

More Definitions → musing

1. a calm, lengthy, intent consideration

2. deeply or seriously thoughtful

More Definitions → rattling

1. a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)

2. extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers

More Definitions → programing

1. setting an order and time for planned events

2. creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something

More Definitions → potting

1. plant in a pot

More Definitions → dwindling

1. a becoming gradually less

2. gradually decreasing until little remains

More Definitions → childbearing

1. relating to or suitable for childbirth

2. the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child

More Definitions → rejoicing

1. a feeling of great happiness

2. the utterance of sounds expressing great joy

More Definitions → dialling

1. operate a dial to select a telephone number

2. choose by means of a dial

More Definitions → rehearing

1. the act of hearing again

More Definitions → maximising

1. making as great as possible

More Definitions → yearling

1. a young child who is just beginning to walk

2. a racehorse considered one year old until the second Jan. 1 following its birth

More Definitions → wrenching

1. causing great physical or mental suffering

More Definitions → intersecting

1. crossed or intersected in the form of an X

More Definitions → concealing

1. the activity of keeping something secret

2. covering or hiding

More Definitions → harrowing

1. extremely painful

More Definitions → shivering

1. a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever

2. vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze

More Definitions → preexisting

1. existing previously or before something

More Definitions → purging

1. serving to purge or rid of sin

2. an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements

More Definitions → heartwarming

1. causing gladness and pleasure

More Definitions → lacing

1. a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage

2. a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)

More Definitions → teething

1. the eruption through the gums of baby teeth

More Definitions → clocking

1. the time taken to traverse a measured course

More Definitions → energizing

1. the activity of causing to have energy and be active

2. supplying motive force

More Definitions → hardworking

1. characterized by hard work and perseverance

More Definitions → fiddling

1. (informal) small and of little importance

More Definitions → dunning

1. treat cruelly

2. persistently ask for overdue payment

More Definitions → pinning

1. to hold fast or prevent from moving

2. attach or fasten with pins

More Definitions → refilling

1. filling again by supplying what has been used up

More Definitions → sportfishing

1. the act of someone who fishes as a diversion

More Definitions → phrasing

1. the grouping of musical phrases in a melodic line

2. the manner in which something is expressed in words

More Definitions → panning

1. make a sweeping movement

2. wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals

More Definitions → sparing

1. avoiding waste

More Definitions → scouring

1. moving over territory to search for something

2. the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water

More Definitions → stinking

1. very bad

2. offensively malodorous

More Definitions → crowning

1. representing a level of the highest possible achievement or attainment

2. forming or providing a crown or summit

More Definitions → doubting

1. marked by or given to doubt

More Definitions → dubbing

1. give a nickname to

2. provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language

More Definitions → snorting

1. an act of forcible exhalation

More Definitions → invigorating

1. imparting strength and vitality

More Definitions → eroding

1. (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively

More Definitions → meandering

1. of a path e.g.

More Definitions → curbing

1. an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)

More Definitions → clogging

1. become or cause to become obstructed

2. dance a clog dance

More Definitions → gosling

1. young goose

More Definitions → plastering

1. the application of plaster

More Definitions → sneezing

1. a symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose

More Definitions → subheading

1. a heading of a subdivision of a text

More Definitions → confounding

1. that confounds or contradicts or confuses

More Definitions → lifesaving

1. saving the lives of drowning persons

More Definitions → homing

1. orienting or directing homeward or to a destination

More Definitions → beaming

1. cheerful and bright

2. pleased and proud

More Definitions → bugging

1. annoy persistently

2. tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information

More Definitions → glistening

1. reflecting light

More Definitions → intensifying

1. increasing in strength or intensity

More Definitions → scrapping

1. dispose of (something useless or old)

2. have a disagreement over something

More Definitions → plowing

1. tilling the land with a plow

More Definitions → surpassing

1. exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence

2. far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree

More Definitions → dinning

1. make a resonant sound, like artillery

2. instill (into a person) by constant repetition

More Definitions → searing

1. severely critical

More Definitions → arming

1. the act of equipping with weapons in preparation for war

More Definitions → stalling

1. a tactic used to mislead or delay

More Definitions → regaining

1. getting something back again

More Definitions → lengthening

1. the act of prolonging something

More Definitions → thrusting

1. a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)

More Definitions → revitalizing

1. tending to impart new life and vigor to

More Definitions → squatting

1. sit on one’s heels

2. be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide

More Definitions → splashing

1. the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface

2. the act of scattering water about haphazardly

More Definitions → dogging

1. go after with the intent to catch

2. relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit

More Definitions → roping

1. capturing cattle or horses with a lasso

More Definitions → gunning

1. shoot with a gun

More Definitions → debriefing

1. report of a mission or task

More Definitions → skimming

1. travel on the surface of water

2. move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of

More Definitions → sobering

1. tending to make sober or more serious

More Definitions → sprinkling

1. a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly

2. a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby

More Definitions → hamstring

1. make ineffective or powerless

2. cripple by cutting the hamstring

More Definitions → imprinting

1. a learning process in early life whereby species specific patterns of behavior are established

More Definitions → shelling

1. the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target

More Definitions → banqueting

1. eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment)

More Definitions → dimming

1. switch (a car’s headlights) from a higher to a lower beam

2. become dim or lusterless

More Definitions → trespassing

1. gradually intrusive without right or permission

More Definitions → loosening

1. an occurrence of control or strength weakening

2. the act of making something less tight

More Definitions → tantalizing

1. arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach

2. very pleasantly inviting

More Definitions → sickening

1. causing or able to cause nausea

More Definitions → undoing

1. an act that makes a previous act of no effect (as if not done)

2. loosening the ties that fasten something

More Definitions → vying

1. compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others

More Definitions → sagging

1. droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

2. cause to sag

More Definitions → sobbing

1. convulsive gasp made while weeping

2. weep convulsively

More Definitions → censoring

1. counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy

2. deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances

More Definitions → lapping

1. lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another

2. pass the tongue over

More Definitions → poaching

1. cooking in simmering liquid

More Definitions → pulsing

1. (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)

More Definitions → unrelenting

1. not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

2. punishingly harsh

More Definitions → sputtering

1. the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively

More Definitions → constraining

1. restricting the scope or freedom of action

More Definitions → idling

1. having no employment

More Definitions → wheezing

1. relating to breathing with a whistling sound

More Definitions → teeming

1. abundantly filled with especially living things

More Definitions → panting

1. breathing heavily (as after exertion)

2. any fabric used to make trousers

More Definitions → bagging

1. capture or kill, as in hunting

2. hang loosely, like an empty bag

More Definitions → brainwashing

1. forcible indoctrination into a new set of attitudes and beliefs

More Definitions → quarrying

1. the extraction of building stone or slate from an open surface quarry

More Definitions → warping

1. a moral or mental distortion

More Definitions → sprouting

1. the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow

More Definitions → summoning

1. calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations

More Definitions → baring

1. the removal of covering

More Definitions → indulging

1. the act of indulging or gratifying a desire

More Definitions → farting

1. a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus

More Definitions → babbling

1. gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby

More Definitions → twinning

1. duplicate or match

2. bring two objects, ideas, or people together

More Definitions → vacationing

1. the act of taking a vacation

More Definitions → darkening

1. changing to a darker color

2. becoming dark or darker as from waning light or clouding over

More Definitions → ranching

1. farming for the raising of livestock (particularly cattle)

More Definitions → toasting

1. cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill

More Definitions → shoestring

1. a lace used for fastening shoes

2. a small amount of money

More Definitions → whirling

1. the act of rotating in a circle or spiral

More Definitions → scorching

1. hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface

2. capable of causing burns

More Definitions → canvassing

1. persuasion of voters in a political campaign

More Definitions → levelling

1. aim at

2. tear down so as to make flat with the ground

More Definitions → zing

1. a brief high-pitched buzzing or humming sound

2. the activeness of an energetic personality

More Definitions → rinsing

1. the removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing

More Definitions → flapping

1. move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion

2. to flutter noisily when moved by the wind

More Definitions → punting

1. (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground

More Definitions → thrashing

1. a sound defeat

2. the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

More Definitions → thumping

1. a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)

2. (used informally) very large

More Definitions → quenching

1. the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning

More Definitions → baiting

1. harassment especially of a tethered animal

More Definitions → oncoming

1. the beginning or early stages

2. moving toward one

More Definitions → paring

1. a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something

2. (usually plural) a part of a fruit or vegetable that is pared or cut off; especially the skin or peel

More Definitions → damning

1. threatening with damnation

More Definitions → anointing

1. the act of applying oil or an oily liquid

More Definitions → ripening

1. coming to full development; becoming mature

2. acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time

More Definitions → simmering

1. cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil

More Definitions → confining

1. restricting the scope or freedom of action

2. crowded

More Definitions → stifling

1. forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority

2. characterized by oppressive heat and humidity

More Definitions → brimming

1. be completely full

2. fill as much as possible

More Definitions → unending

1. continuing forever or indefinitely

More Definitions → tapering

1. the act of gradually lowering the size or amount

2. becoming gradually narrower

More Definitions → screeching

1. a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry

2. sharp piercing cry

More Definitions → flavoring

1. something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts

More Definitions → abutting

1. lie adjacent to another or share a boundary

More Definitions → meddling

1. the act of altering something secretly or improperly

2. intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner

More Definitions → regenerating

1. that are generating anew

More Definitions → erecting

1. the act of building or putting up

More Definitions → pitting

1. the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion

2. set into opposition or rivalry

More Definitions → reordering

1. a rearrangement in a different order

More Definitions → winemaking

1. the craft and science of growing grapes and making wine

More Definitions → dawning

1. the first light of day

More Definitions → numbing

1. causing numbness or insensitivity

More Definitions → unwavering

1. marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable

2. not showing abrupt variations

More Definitions → repositioning

1. the act of placing in a new position

More Definitions → belting

1. the material of which belts are made

More Definitions → hindering

1. preventing movement

More Definitions → sifting

1. the act of separating grain from chaff

More Definitions → reverting

1. a failure to maintain a higher state

2. tending to return to an earlier state

More Definitions → mesmerizing

1. attracting and holding interest as if by a spell

More Definitions → twitching

1. a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition

More Definitions → bickering

1. a quarrel about petty points

More Definitions → fondling

1. affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)

More Definitions → condescending

1. (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension

More Definitions → recounting

1. an act of narration

More Definitions → grueling

1. characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

More Definitions → disregarding

1. in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks

More Definitions → overlying

1. lie upon; lie on top of

2. kill by lying on

More Definitions → uninteresting

1. characteristic or suggestive of an institution especially in being uniform or dull or unimaginative

2. arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement

More Definitions → yawning

1. an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom

2. gaping open as if threatening to engulf someone or something

More Definitions → raiding

1. characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding

More Definitions → seething

1. in constant agitation

More Definitions → ramming

1. strike or drive against with a heavy impact

2. force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

More Definitions → rioting

1. a state of disorder involving group violence

More Definitions → nonconforming

1. not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion

More Definitions → reprinting

1. a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale

More Definitions → lessening

1. a change downward

More Definitions → baffling

1. making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

More Definitions → outpouring

1. a natural flow of ground water

2. a sudden rapid flow (as of water)

More Definitions → equating

1. the act of regarding as equal

More Definitions → mimicking

1. imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect

More Definitions → bobbing

1. move up and down repeatedly in a quick, short movement

2. ride a bobsled

More Definitions → perplexing

1. lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity

More Definitions → undying

1. never dying

More Definitions → quivering

1. a shaky motion

2. the act of vibrating

More Definitions → spoiling

1. the process of becoming spoiled

2. the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it

More Definitions → scathing

1. marked by harshly abusive criticism

More Definitions → twinkling

1. a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

2. shining intermittently with a sparkling light

More Definitions → engrossing

1. capable of arousing and holding the attention

More Definitions → painstaking

1. characterized by extreme care and great effort

More Definitions → mending

1. garments that must be repaired

2. the act of putting something in working order again

More Definitions → receding

1. a slow or gradual disappearance

2. the act of becoming more distant

More Definitions → malfunctioning

1. not performing or able to perform its regular function

More Definitions → smothering

1. causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat

More Definitions → oozing

1. the process of seeping

2. leaking out slowly

More Definitions → prying

1. offensive inquisitiveness

2. offensively curious or inquisitive

More Definitions → smacking

1. the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand

More Definitions → flaring

1. streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air

More Definitions → agonizing

1. extremely painful

More Definitions → excruciating

1. extremely painful

More Definitions → alienating

1. causing hostility or loss of friendliness

More Definitions → animating

1. giving spirit and vivacity

More Definitions → caressing

1. affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)

More Definitions → deafening

1. loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss

More Definitions → jarring

1. be incompatible; be or come into conflict

2. move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion

More Definitions → posturing

1. adopting a vain conceited posture

More Definitions → disarming

1. act of reducing or depriving of arms

2. capable of allaying hostility

More Definitions → taunting

1. aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing

2. abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule

More Definitions → calving

1. giving birth to a calf

More Definitions → shortcoming

1. a failing or deficiency

More Definitions → corrupting

1. seducing into corrupt practices

2. harmful to the mind or morals

More Definitions → balloting

1. a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative

More Definitions → skirting

1. being all around the edges; enclosing

More Definitions → kindling

1. material for starting a fire

2. the act of setting something on fire

More Definitions → debunking

1. the exposure of falseness or pretensions

More Definitions → trotting

1. run at a moderately swift pace

2. ride at a trot

More Definitions → combing

1. the act of drawing a comb through hair

More Definitions → delegating

1. authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions

More Definitions → crackling

1. the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered

2. the sharp sound of snapping noises

More Definitions → extenuating

1. partially excusing or justifying

More Definitions → rapping

1. strike sharply

2. make light, repeated taps on a surface

More Definitions → overpowering

1. so strong as to be irresistible

More Definitions → electrifying

1. causing a surge of emotion or excitement

More Definitions → timekeeping

1. the act or process of determining the time

More Definitions → binning

1. store in bins

More Definitions → unchanging

1. conforming to the same principles or course of action over time

2. showing little if any change

More Definitions → spiraling

1. in the shape of a coil

More Definitions → feasting

1. eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment)

More Definitions → shoplifting

1. the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store

More Definitions → muttering

1. a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech

2. a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone

More Definitions → appraising

1. exercising or involving careful evaluations

More Definitions → disconcerting

1. causing an emotional disturbance

More Definitions → fluttering

1. the motion made by flapping up and down

More Definitions → curving

1. having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend

More Definitions → wellspring

1. the source of water for a well

2. an abundant source

More Definitions → thawing

1. the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid

2. warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt

More Definitions → devouring

1. (often followed by `for’) ardently or excessively desirous

More Definitions → fumbling

1. showing lack of skill or aptitude

More Definitions → overtaking

1. going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it

More Definitions → duckling

1. flesh of a young domestic duck

2. young duck

More Definitions → rumbling

1. a loud low dull continuous noise

2. continuous full and low-pitched throbbing sound

More Definitions → persisting

1. relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit

More Definitions → balding

1. getting bald

More Definitions → vetting

1. work as a veterinarian

2. examine carefully

More Definitions → impeding

1. preventing movement

More Definitions → contaminating

1. spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination

2. that infects or taints

More Definitions → blossoming

1. the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms

More Definitions → caulking

1. a waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building and repair to make watertight

More Definitions → enlisting

1. the act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.)

More Definitions → revolting

1. highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

More Definitions → spouting

1. propelled violently in a usually narrow stream

More Definitions → humbling

1. causing awareness of your shortcomings

More Definitions → battering

1. the act of subjecting to strong attack

More Definitions → arching

1. forming or resembling an arch

More Definitions → beekeeping

1. the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey

More Definitions → smoldering

1. showing scarcely suppressed anger

More Definitions → paneling

1. a panel or section of panels in a wall or door

More Definitions → dampening

1. the act of making something slightly wet

More Definitions → hissing

1. a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)

More Definitions → growling

1. a gruff or angry utterance (suggestive of the growling of an animal)

2. the sound of growling (as made by animals)

More Definitions → napping

1. take a siesta

2. not prepared or vigilant

More Definitions → sanctioning

1. implying sanction or serving to sanction

More Definitions → peddling

1. the act of selling goods for a living

More Definitions → lashing

1. beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment

2. rope that is used for fastening something to something else

More Definitions → outfitting

1. the act of renovating and fitting out a ship

2. provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose

More Definitions → stoning

1. the act of pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death)

More Definitions → remaking

1. creation that is created again or anew

More Definitions → knotting

1. make into knots; make knots out of

2. tie or fasten into a knot

More Definitions → clashing

1. sharply and harshly discordant

More Definitions → inferring

1. reason by deduction; establish by deduction

2. draw from specific cases for more general cases

More Definitions → hoarding

1. large outdoor signboard

More Definitions → retrofitting

1. provide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture

2. fit in or on an existing structure, such as an older house

More Definitions → inheriting

1. having the legal right to inherit

More Definitions → scheming

1. acting with a specific goal

2. concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest

More Definitions → picturing

1. visual imagery

2. visual representation as by photography or painting

More Definitions → suckling

1. an infant considered in relation to its nurse

2. a young mammal that has not been weaned

More Definitions → heaving

1. an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)

2. breathing heavily (as after exertion)

More Definitions → railroading

1. the activity of designing and constructing and operating railroads

More Definitions → cowling

1. protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine

More Definitions → envisioning

1. visual imagery

More Definitions → stargazing

1. observation of the stars

More Definitions → coinciding

1. occurring or operating at the same time

More Definitions → unforgiving

1. unwilling or unable to forgive or show mercy

2. not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

More Definitions → chattering

1. the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine

2. the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)

More Definitions → transplanting

1. the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location

More Definitions → outputting

1. to create or manufacture a specific amount

More Definitions → unassuming

1. not arrogant or presuming

More Definitions → imparting

1. the transmission of information

More Definitions → penning

1. the act of creating written works

2. produce a literary work

More Definitions → abetting

1. assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing

More Definitions → tunnelling

1. move through by or as by digging

2. force a way through

More Definitions → lynching

1. putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law

More Definitions → chafing

1. soreness or irritation of the skin caused by friction

More Definitions → soiling

1. the act of soiling something

More Definitions → publicizing

1. the business of drawing public attention to goods and services

More Definitions → inbreeding

1. the act of mating closely related individuals

More Definitions → texting

1. the act of sending messages via SMS

More Definitions → beheading

1. execution by cutting off the victim’s head

2. killing by cutting off the head

More Definitions → incriminating

1. charging or suggestive of guilt or blame

More Definitions → puffing

1. blowing tobacco smoke out into the air

2. an act of forcible exhalation

More Definitions → sheathing

1. protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior

More Definitions → cupping

1. a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface

2. form into the shape of a cup

More Definitions → shagging

1. dance the shag

More Definitions → upping

1. raise

More Definitions → fruiting

1. capable of bearing fruit

More Definitions → demeaning

1. causing awareness of your shortcomings

More Definitions → meatpacking

1. wholesale packaging of meat for future sale (including slaughtering and processing and distribution to retailers)

More Definitions → deferring

1. hold back to a later time

2. yield to another’s wish or opinion

More Definitions → withering

1. any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)

2. wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction

More Definitions → groping

1. acting with uncertainty or hesitance or lack of confidence

More Definitions → shoring

1. a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support

2. the act of propping up with shores

More Definitions → marshalling

1. place in proper rank

2. arrange in logical order

More Definitions → safekeeping

1. the responsibility of a guardian or keeper

More Definitions → hurrying

1. changing location rapidly

2. moving with great haste

More Definitions → cuddling

1. affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)

More Definitions → fuelling

1. provide with a combustible substance that provides energy

2. provide with fuel

More Definitions → rippling

1. a small wave on the surface of a liquid

More Definitions → mumbling

1. indistinct enunciation

2. ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth)

More Definitions → braiding

1. trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains

More Definitions → tugging

1. pull hard

2. strive and make an effort to reach a goal

More Definitions → coursing

1. hunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent

More Definitions → racketeering

1. engaging in a racket

More Definitions → parasailing

1. gliding in a parasail

More Definitions → caning

1. work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches)

More Definitions → overeating

1. eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins)

More Definitions → overbearing

1. expecting unquestioning obedience

2. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy

More Definitions → adoring

1. showing adoration

2. extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent

More Definitions → stockpiling

1. accumulating and storing a reserve supply

More Definitions → grumbling

1. a loud low dull continuous noise

2. a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone

More Definitions → diverging

1. tending to move apart in different directions

More Definitions → conceding

1. the act of conceding or yielding

More Definitions → throttling

1. the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe

More Definitions → deterring

1. try to prevent; show opposition to

2. turn away from by persuasion

More Definitions → laboring

1. doing arduous or unpleasant work

More Definitions → ducking

1. hunting ducks

2. the act of wetting something by submerging it

More Definitions → perusing

1. reading carefully with intent to remember

More Definitions → bookbinding

1. the craft of binding books

More Definitions → rusting

1. the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water

More Definitions → farthing

1. a former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny

More Definitions → forking

1. the place where something divides into branches

2. the act of branching out or dividing into branches

More Definitions → winking

1. a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly

2. closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly

More Definitions → faulting

1. (geology) a crack in the earth’s crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

More Definitions → picnicking

1. eat alfresco, in the open air

More Definitions → wooing

1. a man’s courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)

More Definitions → sacking

1. coarse fabric used for bags or sacks

2. the termination of someone’s employment (leaving them free to depart)

More Definitions → mistaking

1. putting the wrong interpretation on

More Definitions → lemming

1. any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution

More Definitions → drooping

1. weak from exhaustion

2. hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness)

More Definitions → writhing

1. moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion

More Definitions → rustling

1. the stealing of cattle

2. a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind

More Definitions → parachuting

1. descent with a parachute

More Definitions → maddening

1. extremely annoying or displeasing

More Definitions → spellbinding

1. attracting and holding interest as if by a spell

More Definitions → enveloping

1. surrounding and closing in on or hemming in

More Definitions → wavering

1. indecision in speech or action

2. the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes

More Definitions → bumbling

1. lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands

More Definitions → professing

1. an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion

More Definitions → nestling

1. young bird not yet fledged

2. a young person of either sex

More Definitions → lamenting

1. vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression

More Definitions → hemming

1. fold over and sew together to provide with a hem

2. utter `hem’ or `ahem’

More Definitions → faltering

1. the act of pausing uncertainly

2. unsteady in speech or action

More Definitions → fattening

1. subject to or used in the process of finishing or fattening up for slaughter

More Definitions → crocheting

1. needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle

2. creating a garment of needlework

More Definitions → dribbling

1. the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks

More Definitions → wagging

1. move from side to side

More Definitions → befitting

1. accord or comport with

2. appropriate to

More Definitions → dowsing

1. searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod

More Definitions → refuelling

1. provide with additional fuel, as of aircraft, ships, and cars

2. take on more fuel, as of a plane, ship, or car

More Definitions → wrangling

1. an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)

More Definitions → mopping

1. cleaning with a mop

2. to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop

More Definitions → misspelling

1. a spelling that is incorrect

More Definitions → daydreaming

1. absentminded dreaming while awake

More Definitions → encircling

1. being all around the edges; enclosing

More Definitions → meshing

1. contact by fitting together

2. an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals

More Definitions → diffusing

1. spreading by diffusion

More Definitions → orienting

1. positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually

More Definitions → donning

1. put clothing on one’s body

More Definitions → propelling

1. cause to move forward with force

2. give an incentive for action

More Definitions → suffocating

1. causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat

More Definitions → frowning

1. showing displeasure or anger

More Definitions → vaulting

1. (architecture) a vaulted structure

2. a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down

More Definitions → gossiping

1. a conversation that spreads personal information about other people

More Definitions → hamming

1. poor acting by a ham actor

2. exaggerate one’s acting

More Definitions → trifling

1. the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working

2. not worth considering

More Definitions → blaring

1. a loud harsh or strident noise

2. unpleasantly loud and penetrating

More Definitions → wring

1. twist and press out of shape

2. twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish

More Definitions → shrieking

1. sharp piercing cry

2. a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry

More Definitions → smattering

1. a small number or amount

2. a slight or superficial understanding of a subject

More Definitions → dimensioning

1. indicating or determining size and position in space

More Definitions → patronizing

1. (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension

More Definitions → precipitating

1. bringing on suddenly or abruptly

More Definitions → patting

1. pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin

2. hit lightly

More Definitions → inkling

1. a slight suggestion or vague understanding

More Definitions → ploughing

1. tilling the land with a plow

More Definitions → enthralling

1. capturing interest as if by a spell

2. hold spellbound

More Definitions → limping

1. disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet

More Definitions → refereeing

1. the act of umpiring

More Definitions → homemaking

1. the management of a household

More Definitions → symbolizing

1. the act of representing something with a symbol

More Definitions → flopping

1. fall loosely

2. fall suddenly and abruptly

More Definitions → encroaching

1. gradually intrusive without right or permission

More Definitions → distilling

1. undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops

2. extract by the process of distillation

More Definitions → dithering

1. the process of representing intermediate colors by patterns of tiny colored dots that simulate the desired color

More Definitions → scintillating

1. brilliantly clever

2. marked by high spirits or excitement

More Definitions → teleworking

1. employment at home while communicating with the workplace by phone or fax or modem

More Definitions → lumbering

1. the trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber

2. slow and laborious because of weight

More Definitions → refrigerating

1. causing cooling or freezing

More Definitions → instilling

1. teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition

More Definitions → indwelling

1. existing or residing as an inner activating spirit or force or principle

More Definitions → easygoing

1. not hurried or forced

2. not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship

More Definitions → labouring

1. doing arduous or unpleasant work

More Definitions → guzzling

1. the drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly

More Definitions → foreboding

1. a feeling of evil to come

2. an unfavorable omen

More Definitions → tailing

1. the act of following someone secretly

More Definitions → disparaging

1. expressive of low opinion

More Definitions → unnerving

1. inspiring fear

More Definitions → galvanizing

1. affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling

More Definitions → threshing

1. the separation of grain or seeds from the husks and straw

More Definitions → unwitting

1. not aware or knowing

2. not done with purpose or intent

More Definitions → slugging

1. strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat

2. be idle; exist in a changeless situation

More Definitions → straying

1. unable to find your way

More Definitions → sapling

1. young tree

More Definitions → seafaring

1. the work of a sailor

2. travel by water

More Definitions → socialising

1. the act of meeting for social purposes

More Definitions → dumpling

1. small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough

2. dessert made by baking fruit wrapped in pastry

More Definitions → prodding

1. to push against gently

2. urge on; cause to act

More Definitions → severing

1. the act of severing

More Definitions → franking

1. device or marking such as postage stamp, printed or stamped impressions, codings, labels, manuscript writings, or any other authorized form of markings affixed or applied to mails to qualify them to be postally serviced.

More Definitions → hankering

1. a yearning for something or to do something

More Definitions → toiling

1. doing arduous or unpleasant work

More Definitions → voiding

1. the bodily process of discharging waste matter

More Definitions → strumming

1. sound the strings of (a stringed instrument)

More Definitions → grooving

1. the cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm

More Definitions → ridding

1. relieve from

More Definitions → demolishing

1. complete destruction of a building

More Definitions → cramming

1. crowd or pack to capacity

2. put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled

More Definitions → infighting

1. conflict between members of the same organization (usually concealed from outsiders)

2. boxing at close quarters

More Definitions → legislating

1. the act of making or enacting laws

More Definitions → unconvincing

1. having a probability too low to inspire belief

2. not convincing

More Definitions → plundering

1. the act of stealing valuable things from a place

2. given to taking by force what is desired

More Definitions → whacking

1. the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

2. (British informal) enormous

More Definitions → rollicking

1. given to merry frolicking

More Definitions → heartening

1. cheerfully encouraging

More Definitions → slitting

1. make a clean cut through

2. cut a slit into

More Definitions → quickening

1. the process of showing signs of life

2. the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus

More Definitions → zipping

1. close with a zipper

2. move very fast

More Definitions → fretting

1. worry unnecessarily or excessively

2. be agitated or irritated

More Definitions → infuriating

1. extremely annoying or displeasing

More Definitions → tempering

1. hardening something by heat treatment

2. moderating by making more temperate

More Definitions → benefitting

1. derive a benefit from

2. be beneficial for

More Definitions → creaking

1. a squeaking sound

More Definitions → jetting

1. issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth

2. fly a jet plane

More Definitions → redwing

1. North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings

2. small European thrush having reddish flanks

More Definitions → sinning

1. an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God’s will

2. commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law

More Definitions → despairing

1. arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope

More Definitions → dispelling

1. force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings

2. to cause to separate and go in different directions

More Definitions → stooping

1. having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect

More Definitions → relapsing

1. a failure to maintain a higher state

More Definitions → coexisting

1. existing at the same time

More Definitions → clamoring

1. loud and persistent outcry from many people

More Definitions → hesitating

1. lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly

More Definitions → stiffening

1. the act of becoming stiff

2. the process of becoming stiff or rigid

More Definitions → ravishing

1. stunningly beautiful

More Definitions → disheartening

1. destructive of morale and self-reliance

More Definitions → conjuring

1. calling up a spirit or devil

More Definitions → caravanning

1. the practice of taking holidays in a caravan

More Definitions → changeling

1. a person of subnormal intelligence

2. a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy

More Definitions → slinging

1. throwing with a wide motion (as if with a sling)

More Definitions → backlighting

1. lighting from behind

More Definitions → stabilising

1. causing to become stable

More Definitions → seeping

1. leaking out slowly

More Definitions → neutering

1. the sterilization of an animal

More Definitions → clowning

1. acting like a clown or buffoon

2. a comic incident or series of incidents

More Definitions → unflinching

1. not shrinking from danger

More Definitions → murmuring

1. a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech

2. a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone

More Definitions → disqualifying

1. depriving of legal right; rendering legally disqualified

More Definitions → loafing

1. having no employment

More Definitions → unyielding

1. stubbornly unyielding

2. resistant to physical force or pressure

More Definitions → fashioning

1. the act that results in something coming to be

More Definitions → reliving

1. a recurrence of a prior experience

More Definitions → tacking

1. a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together

2. (nautical) the act of changing tack

More Definitions → journeying

1. the act of traveling from one place to another

More Definitions → haggling

1. an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)

More Definitions → readying

1. the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose

More Definitions → obliging

1. showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others

More Definitions → ribbing

1. a framework of ribs

2. the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances

More Definitions → offing

1. the near or foreseeable future

2. the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area

More Definitions → expelling

1. any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body

2. force to leave or move out

More Definitions → vexing

1. extremely annoying or displeasing

2. causing irritation or annoyance

More Definitions → savoring

1. taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality

More Definitions → intruding

1. projecting inward

More Definitions → misreading

1. misinterpretation caused by inaccurate reading

More Definitions → beholding

1. perception by means of the eyes

More Definitions → frothing

1. producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease

More Definitions → slacking

1. the evasion of work or duty

More Definitions → thieving

1. the act of taking something from someone unlawfully

2. given to thievery

More Definitions → foreshadowing

1. the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand

2. indistinctly prophetic

More Definitions → papermaking

1. the craft of making paper

More Definitions → fogging

1. make less visible or unclear

More Definitions → gilding

1. a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold

More Definitions → woodcarving

1. a carving created by carving wood

More Definitions → edifying

1. enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement

More Definitions → unfailing

1. not liable to failure

2. always able to supply more

More Definitions → beguiling

1. highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire

2. misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods

More Definitions → wilding

1. a wild uncultivated plant (especially a wild apple or crabapple tree)

2. an outrageous rampage usually involving sexual attacks by men on women

More Definitions → falsifying

1. the act of determining that something is false

More Definitions → channelling

1. transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

2. direct the flow of

More Definitions → repelling

1. cause to move back by force or influence

2. be repellent to; cause aversion in

More Definitions → strutting

1. to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others

More Definitions → expending

1. the act of spending money for goods or services

More Definitions → sweltering

1. excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness

More Definitions → revving

1. increase the number of rotations per minute

More Definitions → disapproving

1. expressing or manifesting disapproval

More Definitions → squealing

1. having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge

More Definitions → exacerbating

1. making worse

More Definitions → regretting

1. feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about

2. feel sad about the loss or absence of

More Definitions → scolding

1. rebuking a person harshly

More Definitions → unbecoming

1. not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society

More Definitions → puking

1. the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth

More Definitions → spurring

1. incite or stimulate

2. give heart or courage to

More Definitions → plaything

1. an artifact designed to be played with

More Definitions → strangling

1. the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe

More Definitions → basting

1. a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together

2. moistening a roast as it is cooking

More Definitions → diagramming

1. providing a chart or outline of a system

2. make a schematic or technical drawing that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed

More Definitions → annotating

1. the act of adding notes

More Definitions → gassing

1. the process of interacting with gas

2. the deliberate act of poisoning some person or animal with gas

More Definitions → spiralling

1. to wind or move in a spiral course

2. form a spiral

More Definitions → plodding

1. walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud

2. hard monotonous routine work

More Definitions → rending

1. resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree

More Definitions → gapping

1. make an opening or gap in

More Definitions → panicking

1. be overcome by a sudden fear

2. cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic

More Definitions → deprecating

1. tending to diminish or disparage

More Definitions → gulping

1. a spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing

2. the drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly

More Definitions → excelling

1. distinguish oneself

More Definitions → assimilating

1. capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution

More Definitions → glimmering

1. a slight suggestion or vague understanding

More Definitions → festering

1. (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus

2. a fluid product of inflammation

More Definitions → relinquishing

1. a verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc.

2. the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc.

More Definitions → crosscutting

1. cut using a diagonal line

More Definitions → housebreaking

1. trespassing for an unlawful purpose; illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent

More Definitions → remitting

1. send (money) in payment

2. hold back to a later time

More Definitions → rollerblading

1. skating using Rollerblades

More Definitions → abounding

1. existing in abundance

More Definitions → uncaring

1. lacking affection or warm feeling

2. without care or thought for others

More Definitions → tatting

1. needlework consisting of handmade lace made by looping and knotting a single thread on a small shuttle

2. the act or art of making handmade lace

More Definitions → thwarting

1. an act of hindering someone’s plans or efforts

2. preventing realization or attainment of a desire

More Definitions → scurrying

1. moving with great haste

More Definitions → panelling

1. decorate with panels

2. select from a list

More Definitions → mugging

1. assault with intent to rob

2. rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence

More Definitions → unzipping

1. open the zipper of

More Definitions → chugging

1. make a dull, explosive sound

More Definitions → ceding

1. the act of ceding

More Definitions → hogging

1. take greedily; take more than one’s share

More Definitions → bewitching

1. capturing interest as if by a spell

More Definitions → lugging

1. carry with difficulty

2. obstruct

More Definitions → fermenting

1. a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol

More Definitions → tilling

1. cultivation of the land in order to raise crops

More Definitions → snagging

1. catch on a snag

2. get by acting quickly and smartly

More Definitions → squinting

1. having eyes half closed in order to see better

More Definitions → invalidating

1. establishing as invalid or untrue

More Definitions → appetizing

1. appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in appearance or aroma

More Definitions → suiting

1. a fabric used for suits

More Definitions → sunning

1. expose one’s body to the sun

2. expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun

More Definitions → agitating

1. causing or tending to cause anger or resentment

More Definitions → middling

1. lacking exceptional quality or ability

2. to certain extent or degree

More Definitions → zapping

1. strike suddenly and with force

2. kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting

More Definitions → exclaiming

1. an abrupt excited utterance

More Definitions → shuddering

1. shaking convulsively or violently

More Definitions → multiprocessing

1. simultaneous processing by two or more processing units

More Definitions → jutting

1. extend out or project in space

2. the act of projecting out from something

More Definitions → recoding

1. converting from one code to another

More Definitions → snuggling

1. affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)

More Definitions → coaxing

1. flattery designed to gain favor

2. pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade

More Definitions → averting

1. the act of preventing something from occurring

2. the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away

More Definitions → combatting

1. battle or contend against in or as if in a battle

More Definitions → resonating

1. characterized by resonance

More Definitions → propping

1. support by placing against something solid or rigid

More Definitions → refocusing

1. focusing again

More Definitions → swashbuckling

1. flamboyantly reckless and boastful behavior

2. flamboyantly adventurous

More Definitions → electioneering

1. persuasion of voters in a political campaign

2. the campaign of a candidate to be elected

More Definitions → centralizing

1. tending to draw to a central point

More Definitions → ousting

1. the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out

More Definitions → housecleaning

1. (figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions

2. the act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a house

More Definitions → witching

1. the use or practice of witchcraft

2. possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers

More Definitions → advertizing

1. a public promotion of some product or service

More Definitions → grubbing

1. ask for and get free; be a parasite

2. search about busily

More Definitions → undercutting

1. sell cheaper than one’s competition

2. cut away material from the underside of (an object) so as to leave an overhanging portion in relief

More Definitions → earthing

1. fastening electrical equipment to earth

More Definitions → clumping

1. the sound of a horse’s hoofs hitting on a hard surface

More Definitions → loaning

1. disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned

More Definitions → stunting

1. the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft

More Definitions → unravelling

1. become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of

2. disentangle

More Definitions → uninspiring

1. depressing to the spirit

More Definitions → pining

1. a feeling of deep longing

More Definitions → unknowing

1. ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs)

2. unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge

More Definitions → coalescing

1. growing together, fusing

More Definitions → marauding

1. Raiding and pillaging.

2. characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding

More Definitions → republishing

1. the act of publishing again

More Definitions → billowing

1. characterized by great swelling waves or surges

More Definitions → upstanding

1. meriting respect or esteem

More Definitions → domineering

1. tending to domineer

More Definitions → skidding

1. slide without control

2. elevate onto skids

More Definitions → freewheeling

1. free of restraints or rules

2. cheerfully irresponsible

More Definitions → wilting

1. causing to become limp or drooping

More Definitions → unsatisfying

1. not up to expectations

More Definitions → handshaking

1. grasping and shaking a person’s hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)

More Definitions → gruelling

1. characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

More Definitions → butchering

1. the business of a butcher

More Definitions → unbelieving

1. rejecting any belief in gods

2. holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible

More Definitions → conning

1. deprive of by deceit

2. commit to memory; learn by heart

More Definitions → interlacing

1. linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing

More Definitions → tripling

1. increase by a factor of three

More Definitions → wobbling

1. (of sound) fluctuating unsteadily

More Definitions → nipping

1. squeeze tightly between the fingers

2. give a small sharp bite to

More Definitions → bullfighting

1. the activity at a bullfight

More Definitions → gloating

1. malicious satisfaction

More Definitions → frolicking

1. play boisterously

More Definitions → unappealing

1. (of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings

2. not able to attract favorable attention

More Definitions → jotting

1. a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note

2. write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of

More Definitions → nutting

1. gather nuts

More Definitions → fawning

1. attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

2. attempting to win favor by flattery

More Definitions → squeaking

1. having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge

More Definitions → tinkling

1. like the short high ringing sound of a small bell

More Definitions → unflattering

1. showing or representing unfavorably

More Definitions → consoling

1. affording comfort or solace

More Definitions → unmasking

1. the exposure of an impostor or a fraud

More Definitions → extolling

1. praise, glorify, or honor

More Definitions → erring

1. capable of making an error

More Definitions → coiling

1. in the shape of a coil

More Definitions → relishing

1. taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality

More Definitions → persevering

1. quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness

More Definitions → disquieting

1. causing mental discomfort

More Definitions → veering

1. the act of turning aside suddenly

More Definitions → rutting

1. be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals

2. hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove

More Definitions → unremitting

1. uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing

More Definitions → caroling

1. singing joyful religious songs (especially at Christmas)

More Definitions → deregulating

1. the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations)

More Definitions → untangling

1. the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition

More Definitions → outbuilding

1. a building that is subordinate to and separate from a main building

More Definitions → sneering

1. expressive of contempt

More Definitions → sensitizing

1. rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections

2. making susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli

More Definitions → crowing

1. an instance of boastful talk

2. exhibiting self-importance

More Definitions → droning

1. an unchanging intonation

More Definitions → nauseating

1. causing or able to cause nausea

More Definitions → slanting

1. having an oblique or slanted direction

More Definitions → feathering

1. turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls

More Definitions → salting

1. the act of adding salt to food

More Definitions → unplugging

1. pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable

More Definitions → unsurprising

1. not causing surprise

More Definitions → rebelling

1. take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

2. break with established customs

More Definitions → shunning

1. deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening

2. avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of

More Definitions → belching

1. the forceful expulsion of something from inside

2. a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth

More Definitions → heightening

1. reaching a higher intensity

More Definitions → chunking

1. (psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units

More Definitions → patronising

1. (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension

More Definitions → clouding

1. the process whereby water particles become visible in the sky

More Definitions → spaying

1. neutering a female by removing the ovaries

More Definitions → sleepwalking

1. walking by a person who is asleep

More Definitions → defusing

1. the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb)

More Definitions → shrugging

1. raise one’s shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation

More Definitions → prospering

1. very lively and profitable

More Definitions → superstring

1. a hypothetical particle that is the elementary particle in a theory of space-time

More Definitions → dairying

1. the business of a dairy

More Definitions → slotting

1. assign a time slot

More Definitions → actuating

1. causing motion or action or change

More Definitions → carting

1. the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it

More Definitions → flavouring

1. something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts

More Definitions → rappelling

1. descend by means of a rappel

More Definitions → mystifying

1. of an obscure nature

More Definitions → quizzing

1. examine someone’s knowledge of something

More Definitions → bettering

1. changing for the better

More Definitions → conniving

1. acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end

2. acting with a specific goal

More Definitions → hatchling

1. any recently hatched animal (especially birds)

More Definitions → unthinking

1. not exhibiting or characterized by careful thought

2. without care or thought for others

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