parting (noun)
21parting — 1 noun 1 (C, U) an occasion when two people leave each other: It had been a melancholy parting in the rain. 2 (C) BrE the line on your head made by dividing your hair with a comb; part AmE: a centre parting 3 the parting of the ways the point at… …
22parting — /ˈpatɪŋ/ (say pahting) noun 1. the act of someone or something that parts. 2. division; separation. 3. leave taking; departure. 4. death. 5. a place of division or separation. 6. something that serves to part or separate things. 7. a dividing… …
23parting — 1. noun 1) an emotional parting Syn: farewell, leave taking, goodbye, adieu, departure; valediction 2) they kept their parting quiet Syn: separation, breakup, split, divorce, rift …
24parting shot — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms parting shot : singular parting shot plural parting shots an unpleasant or angry remark made at the end of a conversation by someone when they are leaving …
25parting — [ˈpɑːtɪŋ] adj I done or said by someone when they are leaving a parting gift/comment[/ex] II noun parting [ˈpɑːtɪŋ] 1) [C/U] the act of leaving someone 2) [C] British a line on your head that you make by brushing or COMBING your hair in two… …
26parting — I. noun Date: 15th century a place or point where a division or separation occurs II. adjective Date: 1562 given, taken, or done at parting < a parting kiss > …
27parting — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. leavetaking, departure; farewell, severance, separation; partition, division. See disjunction. Ant., arrival, welcoming. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of separating] Syn. leavetaking, good bye,… …
28parting shot — /patɪŋ ˈʃɒt/ (say pahting shot) noun a hostile remark or gesture made by someone as they exit. {originally Parthian shot, named after the manoeuvres of the ancient Parthian horsemen who could fire arrows backwards at their enemy while riding… …
29parting strip — /ˈpatɪŋ strɪp/ (say pahting strip) noun a strip, as of wood, used to keep two parts separated, as one in each side of the frame of a window to keep the sashes apart when lowered or raised …
30parting-cup — partˈing cupˈ noun A two handled drinking cup • • • Main Entry: ↑part …
