Parting

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)tɪŋ

Full definition of parting

Noun

1. The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation.
• Bible, Ezekiel xxi. 21The parting of the way.
2. A farewell, the act of departing politely.
• ByronAnd there were sudden partings,such as press
  The life from out young hearts.
• 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23But she hugged the soft, stuffed body of the Scarecrow in her arms instead of kissing his painted face, and found she was crying herself at this sorrowful parting from her loving comrades.
3. (British) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions; part (US)
4. (founding) The surface of the sand of one section of a mould where it meets that of another section.
5. (chemistry) The separation and determination of alloys; especially, the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
6. (geology) A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
7. (nautical) The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.
8. (mineralogy) Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.

Verb

1. Present participle of part

Derived terms

• parting shot

Anagrams

• prating
• tarping