part|ing

part|ing
part|ing «PAHR tihng», noun, adjective.
–n.
1. the action or fact of departing; going away; taking leave: »

The friends were sad at parting.

SYNONYM(S): departure.
2. a division; separation.
3. a place of division or separation: »

to reach the parting of the roads. Her hair is arranged with a side parting.

4. something that parts or separates two things, such as a layer of rock or clay lying between two beds of different formations.
5. Archaic. decease; death.
–adj.
1. given, taken, or done, at parting: »

a parting request.

2. a) going away; departing: »

The curfew tolls the knell of parting day (Thomas Gray).

b) Figurative. dying.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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