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  • 1par|get|ing — or par|get|ting «PAHR juh tihng», noun. 1. the act or process of applying parget or plastering ornamentally. 2. ornamental plaster or plasterwork …

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  • 2get — al·get·ic; an·al·get·ic; apol·o·get·i·cal; apol·o·get·ics; get; be·get; be·get·tal; be·get·ter; bou·get; brag·get; bud·get·ary; cyn·e·get·ic; cyn·e·get·ics; drug·get; en·er·get·ic; en·er·get·i·cal; en·er·get·i·cist; ex·e·get·ic; ex·e·get·ics;… …

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  • 3get|ter|ing — «GEHT uhr ihng», noun. the process by which residual gases are removed from a vacuum tube by means of a getter …

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  • 4Get the Blessing — Get the Blessing, Treibhaus Innsbruck 2011 Background information Also known as The Blessing Origin …

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  • 5get — I [[t]ge̱t[/t]] CHANGING, CAUSING, MOVING, OR REACHING ♦ gets, getting, got, gotten (past tense & past participle) (In most of its uses get is a fairly informal word. Gotten is an American form of the past tense and past participle.) 1) V LINK… …

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  • 6'-ing' forms — ◊ GRAMMAR ing forms are also called present participles. Most ing forms are formed by adding ing to the base form of a verb, for example asking , eating , and passing . Sometimes there is a change in spelling, as in dying , making , and putting …

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  • 7get down — verb 1. lower (one s body) as by kneeling (Freq. 3) Get down on your knees! • Hypernyms: ↑move • Verb Frames: Something s Somebody s Something is ing PP …

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  • 8get on — verb 1. have smooth relations (Freq. 2) My boss and I get along very well • Syn: ↑get along with, ↑get on with, ↑get along • Hypernyms: ↑relate • …

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  • 9'-ing' adjectives — ◊ GRAMMAR A large number of adjectives end in ing . ◊ related to transitive verbs Many ing adjectives have the same form as the present participle of a transitive verb, and are similar in meaning. For example, an astonishing fact is a fact that… …

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  • 10get — gettable, getable, adj. /get/, v., got or (Archaic) gat; got or gotten; getting, n. v.t. 1. to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension. 2. to cause to be in one s possession or succeed …

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