Definition of "parting"

parting

/ˈpɑɹtɪŋ/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural partings
1. The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation.
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  The parting of the way.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Ezekiel 21:21
  Bridge End is the border station and the scene of many a sad parting between enterprising shoppers and their purchases—for it is a stronghold of the Customs !—and half an hour is allowed in the timetable for examination and shunting.
  1949 November and December, K. Longbottom, “By Goods Train to Gweedore”, in Railway Magazine, page 353
2. A farewell, the act of departing politely.
  Quotations
  And there were sudden partings,such as press / The life from out young hearts.
  1816, Lord Byron, “Canto III”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Canto the Third, London: Printed for John Murray, […], stanza XXIV
  But 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.
  1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, chapter 23, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill., New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M. Hill Co.
3. (Britain) 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 and gerund of part
  Quotations
  Prosser's parting words sum up his views on what the ORR [Office of Rail and Road] really means to the industry,. For him, ORR is not simply a regulator, and HMRI's [His/Her Majesty's Railway Inspectorate's] purpose is not just about safety...
  2023 November 15, Ian Prosser talks to Stefanie Foster, “A healthy person is a more productive person”, in RAIL, number 996, page 37

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