Words that rhyme with gardening

• apportioning 0
  n 1: the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state" [syn: allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation]
• awakening 0
  n 1: the act of waking; "it was an early awakening"; "it was the waking up he hated most" [syn: awakening, wakening, waking up]
• bargaining 0
  n 1: the negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement
• blackening 0
  n 1: changing to a darker color [syn: blackening, darkening]
• broadening 0
  n 1: the act of making something wider [syn: widening, broadening] [ant: narrowing] 2: the action of making broader; "the broadening of travel" 3: an increase in width [syn: widening, broadening] [ant: narrowing]
• carpeting 0
  n 1: floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) [syn: rug, carpet, carpeting]
• chastening 0
  n 1: a rebuke for making a mistake [syn: correction, chastening, chastisement]
• christening 0
  n 1: giving a Christian name at baptism
• conditioning 0
  n 1: a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment
• cunning 0
  adj 1: attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness; "a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby" [syn: cunning, cute] 2: marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney" [syn: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily] 3: showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem" [syn: clever, cunning, ingenious] n 1: shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception [syn: craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness] 2: crafty artfulness (especially in deception)
• cushioning 0
  n 1: artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort [syn: padding, cushioning]
• dampening 0
  n 1: the act of making something slightly wet [syn: moistening, dampening]
• darkening 0
  adj 1: becoming dark or darker as from waning light or clouding over; "the darkening sky" n 1: changing to a darker color [syn: blackening, darkening]
• deadening 0
  adj 1: so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome" [syn: boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome] n 1: the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) [syn: stultification, constipation, impairment, deadening]
• deafening 0
  adj 1: loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss [syn: deafening, earsplitting, thunderous, thundery]
• deepening 0
  adj 1: accumulating and becoming more intense; "the deepening gloom"; "felt a deepening love"; "the thickening dusk" [syn: deepening(a), thickening(a)] n 1: a process of becoming deeper and more profound
• determining 0
  adj 1: having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle" [syn: deciding(a), determinant, determinative, determining(a)]
• encircling 0
  adj 1: being all around the edges; enclosing; "his encircling arms"; "the room's skirting board needs painting" [syn: encircling(a), skirting(a)]
• enlightening 0
  adj 1: tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; "an enlightening glimpse of government in action"; "an illuminating lecture" [syn: enlightening, informative, illuminating] [ant: unenlightening, unilluminating] 2: enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement; "the paintings in the church served an edifying purpose even for those who could not read" [syn: edifying, enlightening] [ant: unedifying, unenlightening]
• enlivening 0
  adj 1: giving spirit and vivacity [syn: animating, enlivening]
• envisioning 0
  n 1: visual imagery [syn: picturing, envisioning]
• fashioning 0
  n 1: the act that results in something coming to be; "the devising of plans"; "the fashioning of pots and pans"; "the making of measurements"; "it was already in the making" [syn: devising, fashioning, making]
• fastening 0
  n 1: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place [syn: fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing] 2: the act of fastening things together [syn: fastening, attachment]
• fattening 0
  adj 1: subject to or used in the process of finishing or fattening up for slaughter; "a fattening hog"; "fattening pens"
• frightening 0
  adj 1: causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse" [syn: awful, dire, direful, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible] n 1: the act of inspiring with fear [syn: terrorization, terrorisation, frightening]
• functioning 0
  adj 1: performing or able to perform its regular function; "a functioning flashlight" [ant: malfunctioning, nonfunctional] n 1: process or manner of functioning or operating; "the power of its engine determines its operation"; "the plane's operation in high winds"; "they compared the cooking performance of each oven"; "the jet's performance conformed to high standards" [syn: operation, functioning, performance]
• garden 0
  n 1: a plot of ground where plants are cultivated 2: the flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden 3: a yard or lawn adjoining a house v 1: work in the garden; "My hobby is gardening"
• gardener 0
  n 1: someone who takes care of a garden [syn: gardener, nurseryman] 2: someone employed to work in a garden
• glistening 0
  adj 1: reflecting light; "glistening bodies of swimmers"; "the horse's glossy coat"; "lustrous auburn hair"; "saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet"; "shining white enamel" [syn: glistening, glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shiny, shining]
• gunrunning 0
  n 1: the smuggling of guns and ammunition into a country secretly and illegally
• happening 0
  n 1: an event that happens [syn: happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event]
• hardening 0
  n 1: abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue 2: the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization; "the hardening of concrete"; "he tested the set of the glue" [syn: hardening, solidifying, solidification, set, curing] 3: the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact)
• harvesting 0
  n 1: the gathering of a ripened crop [syn: harvest, harvesting, harvest home]
• heartening 0
  adj 1: cheerfully encouraging [syn: heartening, inspiriting]
• heightening 0
  adj 1: reaching a higher intensity; "their heightening fears"
• hurdling 0
  n 1: a footrace in which contestants must negotiate a series of hurdles [syn: hurdles, hurdling, hurdle race]
• leavening 0
  n 1: an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something; "his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor" [syn: leaven, leavening] 2: a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid [syn: leaven, leavening]
• lengthening 0
  n 1: the act of prolonging something; "there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks" [syn: prolongation, protraction, perpetuation, lengthening]
• lessening 0
  n 1: a change downward; "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales" [syn: decrease, lessening, drop-off] [ant: increase]
• lightening 0
  n 1: descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped 2: changing to a lighter color [syn: whitening, lightening]
• likening 0
  n 1: the act of comparing similarities
• listening 0
  n 1: the act of hearing attentively; "you can learn a lot by just listening"; "they make good music--you should give them a hearing" [syn: listening, hearing]
• loosening 0
  n 1: an occurrence of control or strength weakening; "the relaxation of requirements"; "the loosening of his grip"; "the slackening of the wind" [syn: relaxation, loosening, slackening] 2: the act of making something less tight [syn: loosening, laxation] [ant: tightening]
• maddening 0
  adj 1: extremely annoying or displeasing; "his cavelier curtness of manner was exasperating"; "I've had an exasperating day"; "her infuriating indifference"; "the ceaseless tumult of the jukebox was maddening" [syn: exasperating, infuriating, maddening, vexing]
• marketing 0
  n 1: the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money [syn: selling, merchandising, marketing] 2: the commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service; "most companies have a manager in charge of marketing" 3: shopping at a market; "does the weekly marketing at the supermarket"
• moistening 0
  n 1: the act of making something slightly wet [syn: moistening, dampening]
• opening 0
  adj 1: first or beginning; "the memorable opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth"; "the play's opening scene" [ant: closing] n 1: an open or empty space in or between things; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall" [syn: opening, gap] 2: a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise 3: becoming open or being made open; "the opening of his arms was the sign I was waiting for" 4: the first performance (as of a theatrical production); "the opening received good critical reviews" [syn: opening, opening night, curtain raising] 5: the act of opening something; "the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door" [ant: closing, shutting] 6: opportunity especially for employment or promotion; "there is an opening in the sales department" 7: the initial part of the introduction; "the opening established the basic theme" 8: a possible alternative; "bankruptcy is always a possibility" [syn: possibility, possible action, opening] 9: an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity; "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart" [syn: orifice, opening, porta] 10: a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door" 11: an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship [syn: hatchway, opening, scuttle] 12: a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess; "he memorized all the important chess openings" [syn: opening, chess opening] 13: the first of a series of actions [syn: first step, initiative, opening move, opening]
• partitioning 0
  n 1: an analysis into mutually exclusive categories [syn: breakdown, partitioning] 2: the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart [syn: division, partition, partitioning, segmentation, sectionalization, sectionalisation]
• poisoning 0
  n 1: the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance [syn: poisoning, toxic condition, intoxication] 2: the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill
• positioning 0
  adj 1: causing to fall into line or into position [syn: aligning, positioning] n 1: the act of putting something in a certain place [syn: placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement]
• punning 0
  n 1: a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her" [syn: pun, punning, wordplay, paronomasia]
• purchasing 0
  n 1: the act of buying; "buying and selling fill their days"; "shrewd purchasing requires considerable knowledge" [syn: buying, purchasing]
• questioning 0
  adj 1: perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know); "he had a quizzical expression" [syn: questioning, quizzical] 2: marked by or given to doubt; "a skeptical attitude"; "a skeptical listener" [syn: doubting, questioning, skeptical, sceptical] 3: showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow" [syn: inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering(a)] n 1: a request for information [syn: questioning, inquiring]
• quickening 0
  n 1: the process of showing signs of life; "the quickening of seed that will become ripe grain" 2: the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus 3: the act of accelerating; increasing the speed [syn: acceleration, quickening, speedup] [ant: deceleration]
• rationing 0
  n 1: the act of rationing; "during the war the government imposed rationing of food and gasoline"
• ravening 0
  adj 1: living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal" [syn: predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous] 2: excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments" [syn: rapacious, ravening, voracious] 3: devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks" [syn: edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish]
• reasoning 0
  adj 1: endowed with the capacity to reason [syn: intelligent, reasoning(a), thinking(a)] n 1: thinking that is coherent and logical [syn: reasoning, logical thinking, abstract thought]
• reckoning 0
  n 1: problem solving that involves numbers or quantities [syn: calculation, computation, figuring, reckoning] 2: a bill for an amount due [syn: reckoning, tally] 3: the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours" [syn: count, counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally]
• ripening 0
  n 1: coming to full development; becoming mature [syn: maturation, ripening, maturement] 2: acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time [syn: ripening, aging, ageing]
• ruining 0
  n 1: destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined [syn: laying waste, ruin, ruining, ruination, wrecking]
• running 0
  adj 1: (of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream; "as mountain stream with freely running water"; "hovels without running water" [ant: standing(a)] 2: continually repeated over a period of time; "a running joke among us" 3: of advancing the ball by running; "the team's running plays worked better than its pass plays" [ant: pass(a), passing(a)] 4: executed or initiated by running; "running plays worked better than pass plays"; "took a running jump"; "a running start" [ant: standing(a)] 5: measured lengthwise; "cost of lumber per running foot" [syn: linear, running(a)] 6: (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes" [syn: running(a), operative, functional, working(a)] n 1: (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team; "the defensive line braced to stop the run"; "the coach put great emphasis on running" [syn: run, running, running play, running game] 2: the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace; "he broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit" [syn: run, running] 3: the state of being in operation; "the engine is running smoothly" 4: the act of administering or being in charge of something; "he has responsibility for the running of two companies at the same time" 5: the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track [syn: track, running]
• sanctioning 0
  adj 1: implying sanction or serving to sanction; "the guardian's duties were primarily sanctionative rather than administrative" [syn: sanctionative, sanctioning]
• seasoning 0
  n 1: something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts [syn: flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning] 2: the act of adding a seasoning to food
• shortcoming 0
  n 1: a failing or deficiency; "that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information" [syn: defect, shortcoming]
• shortening 0
  n 1: fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods 2: act of decreasing in length; "the dress needs shortening"
• shunning 0
  n 1: deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening [syn: avoidance, turning away, shunning, dodging]
• sickening 0
  adj 1: causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench" [syn: nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile]
• slackening 0
  n 1: an occurrence of control or strength weakening; "the relaxation of requirements"; "the loosening of his grip"; "the slackening of the wind" [syn: relaxation, loosening, slackening]
• softening 0
  adj 1: having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin [syn: demulcent, emollient, salving, softening] n 1: the process of becoming softer; "refrigeration delayed the softening of the fruit"; "he observed the softening of iron by heat"
• sparkling 0
  adj 1: shining with brilliant points of light like stars; "sparkling snow"; "sparkling eyes" 2: used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide; "sparkling wines"; "sparkling water" [syn: sparkling, effervescent] [ant: noneffervescent, still] n 1: a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash [syn: twinkle, scintillation, sparkling]
• stiffening 0
  n 1: the act of becoming stiff; "stiffening his shoulders, he prepared to advance" 2: the process of becoming stiff or rigid [syn: stiffening, rigidifying, rigidification]
• stunning 0
  adj 1: commanding attention; "an arresting drawing of people turning into animals"; "a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten"; "a stunning performance" [syn: arresting, sensational, stunning] 2: causing great astonishment and consternation; "the strike came as a stunning protest against management"; "a stunning defeat" 3: causing or capable of causing bewilderment or shock or insensibility; "laid the poor fellow senseless with one stunning blow"; "a stunning detonation with volumes of black smoke" 4: strikingly beautiful or attractive; "quite stunning with large dark eyes and a beautiful high-bosomed figure"; "stunning photographs of Canada's wilderness areas"
• summoning 0
  n 1: calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations [syn: evocation, summoning]
• surfacing 0
  n 1: emerging to the surface and becoming apparent
• sweetening 0
  n 1: something added to foods to make them taste sweeter [syn: sweetening, sweetener] 2: an improvement that makes something more agreeable [syn: enhancement, sweetening] 3: the act of adding a sweetener to food
• thickening 0
  adj 1: accumulating and becoming more intense; "the deepening gloom"; "felt a deepening love"; "the thickening dusk" [syn: deepening(a), thickening(a)] 2: becoming more intricate or complex; "a thickening plot" n 1: any material used to thicken; "starch is used in cooking as a thickening" [syn: thickening, thickener] 2: any thickened enlargement [syn: node, knob, thickening] 3: the act of thickening [syn: thickening, inspissation]
• threatening 0
  adj 1: threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly" [syn: baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening] 2: darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky" [syn: heavy, lowering, sullen, threatening]
• tightening 0
  n 1: the act of making something tighter; "the tightening of economic controls" [ant: laxation, loosening]
• unreasoning 0
  adj 1: not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic" [syn: blind, unreasoning]
• vacationing 0
  n 1: the act of taking a vacation
• wakening 0
  n 1: the act of waking; "it was an early awakening"; "it was the waking up he hated most" [syn: awakening, wakening, waking up]
• weakening 0
  adj 1: causing debilitation [syn: debilitative, enervating, enfeebling, weakening] 2: moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker n 1: becoming weaker [ant: strengthening] 2: the act of reducing the strength of something [ant: strengthening]
• whitening 0
  n 1: changing to a lighter color [syn: whitening, lightening]
• widening 0
  n 1: an increase in width [syn: widening, broadening] [ant: narrowing] 2: a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park [syn: turnout, widening] 3: the act of making something wider [syn: widening, broadening] [ant: narrowing]
• worsening 0
  adj 1: changing for the worse; "worried by the worsening storm" [ant: bettering] n 1: process of changing to an inferior state [syn: deterioration, decline in quality, declension, worsening] 2: changing something with the result that it becomes worse
• cornhusking 0
  n 1: a social gathering for the purpose of husking corn [syn: husking bee, cornhusking] 2: the act of removing the husks from ears of corn
• parceling 0
  n 1: the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state" [syn: allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation]
• traveling 0
  n 1: the act of going from one place to another; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel" [syn: travel, traveling, travelling]
• abandoning 0
• auctioning 0
• auditioning 0
• battening 0
• beckoning 0
• betokening 0
• blazoning 0
• bludgeoning 0
• brightening 0
• burdening 0
• burgeoning 0
• captaining 0

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