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-ing
1- a suffix of nouns formed from verbs, expressing the action of the verb or its result, product, material, etc. ( the art of building; a new building; cotton wadding ). It is also used to form nouns from words other than verbs ( offing; shirting ). Verbal nouns ending in -ing are often used attributively ( the printing trade ) and in forming compounds ( drinking song ). In some compounds ( sewing machine ), the first element might reasonably be regarded as the participial adjective, -ing2, the compound thus meaning “a machine that sews,” but it is commonly taken as a verbal noun, the compound being explained as “a machine for sewing.”
-ing
2- a suffix forming the present participle of verbs ( walking; thinking ), such participles being often used as participial adjectives: warring factions.
-ing
3- a native English suffix meaning “one belonging to,” “of the kind of,” “one descended from,” and sometimes having a diminutive force, formerly used in the formation of nouns: farthing; shilling; bunting; gelding; whiting.
-ing
1suffix
- forming the present participle of verbs
walking
believing
- forming participial adjectives
a sinking ship
a growing boy
- forming adjectives not derived from verbs
swashbuckling
-ing
2suffix forming nouns
- from verbs the action of, process of, result of, or something connected with the verb
meeting
a wedding
coming
winnings
- from other nouns something used in, consisting of, involving, etc
tubing
soldiering
- ( from other parts of speech )
an outing
-ing
3suffix forming nouns
- a person or thing having a certain quality or being of a certain kind
whiting
sweeting
Pronunciation Note
Word History and Origins
Origin of -ing1
Origin of -ing2
Origin of -ing3
Word History and Origins
Origin of -ing1
Origin of -ing2
Origin of -ing3
Example Sentences
Anyway, Hurley magically built a career from it, and is still smiling and siren-ing.
(Or as Gehry framed it in the Sketches documentary: “mak[ing] beauty with junk”).
It is about “demonstrat[ing] to the public—in real time—that Congress is on the job.”
On "Only in Dreams," he worried about "crush[ing]" his dream girl's "pretty toenails into a thousand pieces" while they danced.
In addition to the medical-insurance criteria, 15 points are awarded for “positively engag[ing] the External LGBT Community.”
A gentleman of the bar remarked that he could see no impropriety in a man and his wife a-door-ing each other.
I sees you pitchin' eberyt'ing away; I jes put this jug in hyar, 'ca'se I 'lowed you'd want some.
Madame Bill near fell off her chair with surprise, and began ha-ha-ing melodious.
Moung Ing then went in search of Mr. Judson; and it was nearly dark when he found him in the interior of an obscure prison.
Nagsalip-ing kug kwarta sa libru, I placed some money in between the pages of the book.
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