parting

parting
n
1. division, schism, partition, separation, scission, cleavage; rift, divorce, split, severance, disunion, disjunction, disruption; disengagement, disassociation, disconnection; fissure, rupture, fracture, break; cutting, breaking, splitting, rending, sundering; separating, divorcing, disengaging, disconnecting.
2. departure, leave-taking, farewell, going, going away, leaving; saying good-by or God-speed, making one's adieus or farewells, valediction; slamming the door behind one, walking out, Inf. scramming, taking off; removal, release, withdrawal, retirement.
3. death, decease, demise, expiration, passing, passing away; end, cessation, termination, exit; going to sleep, going west, crossing the Great Divide; Ail Sl. kicking the bucket, croaking, conking out.
4. branching off, fork, crossroads, breach; divergence, deviation, detachment, divarication, bifurcation; juncture, crisis, crisis point.
adj
5. farewell, Inf. send-off, departing, valedictory.
6. dying, deathbed, last, final, ending, closing, finishing, concluding; sinking, dropping, crumbling, tottering, toppling; passing, failing, nodding, sleepy; waning, ebbing, fading, withering, flickering, spent

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  • Parting — Par ting (p[aum]rt [i^]ng), n. 1. The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation. The parting of the way. Ezek. xxi. 21. [1913 Webster] 2. A separation; a leave taking. Shak. [1913 Webster] And there were sudden… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • parting — [adj] farewell departing, final, goodbye, last, valedictory; concept 267 Ant. greeting, introductory parting [n] goodbye, separation adieu, bisection, break, breaking, breakup, crossroads*, departure, detachment, divergence, division, farewell,… …   New thesaurus

  • parting — ► NOUN 1) the action or an act of parting. 2) Brit. a line of scalp revealed by combing the hair away in opposite directions on either side …   English terms dictionary

  • parting — [pärt′iŋ] adj. 1. dividing; separating 2. departing 3. given, spoken, done, etc. at parting n. 1. the act of breaking, dividing, or separating 2. a place of division or separation; dividing point or line 3. something that separates or divides …   English World dictionary

  • Parting — Parting. См. Разделение. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …   Словарь металлургических терминов

  • parting — index divergent, division (act of dividing), egress, estrangement, leave (absence), rift (disagreement) …   Law dictionary

  • parting — part|ing1 [ˈpa:tıŋ US ˈpa:r ] n 1.) [U and C] an occasion when two people leave each other ▪ an emotional parting at the airport ▪ the moment of parting on parting ▪ He gave her a light kiss on parting. 2.) BrE the line on your head made by… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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  • parting — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ final ▪ amicable ▪ It was an amicable parting and we greatly value the years we spent together. ▪ bitter ▪ The divorce was a bitter parting that …   Collocations dictionary

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