Ming

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /mɪŋ/

From Middle English mingen, mengen, from Old English mengan ("to mix, combine, unite, associate with, consort, cohabit with, disturb, converse"), from Proto-Germanic *mangijaną ("to mix, knead"), from Proto-Indo-European *menk- ("to rumple, knead"). Cognate with Dutch mengen ("to mix, blend, mingle"), German mengen ("to mix"), Danish mænge ("to rub"), Old English ġemang ("mixture, union, troop, crowd, multitude, congregation, assembly, business, cohabitation"). More at among.

Alternative forms

• minge, meng

Full definition of ming

Verb

1. (now rare) To mix, blend, mingle.
2. (obsolete) To bring (people, animals etc.) together; to be joined, in marriage or sexual intercourse.
• 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.ii:the old man ... him brought into a secret part,
  Where that false couple were full closely ment
  In wanton lust and lewd embracement ....
3. (UK, dialectal) To produce through mixing; especially, to knead.

Noun

1. Mixture.

Backformation from minging.

Verb

1. (British, slang) To be unattractive (person or object).
2. (British, slang) To be foul smelling.

Related terms

• minger
• minging

From Middle English mingen, mengen, mungen, muneȝen, from Old English myngian, mynegian, ġemynegian ("to bring to mind, have in mind"), from myne ("mind"), from ġemunan ("to remember"), from Proto-Germanic *munaną ("to think"), from Proto-Indo-European *men- ("to think"). Merged in Middle English with Old English ġemyndgian ("to remember, be mindful, remind, intend, commemorate, mention, exhort, impel, warn, demand payment"). More at mind.

Alternative forms

• minge

Verb

1. (transitive) To speak of; mention; tell; relate.
2. (intransitive) To speak; tell; talk; discourse.----