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beginning
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adj 1: serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the
first verse" [syn: beginning(a), first]
n 1: the event consisting of the start of something; "the
beginning of the war" [ant: conclusion, ending,
finish]
2: the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got
an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the
man for her" [syn: beginning, commencement, first,
outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time,
showtime, offset] [ant: end, ending, middle]
3: the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and
stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story" [ant:
end, middle]
4: the place where something begins, where it springs into
being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter
was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source
of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root" [syn:
beginning, origin, root, rootage, source]
5: the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the
beginning of negotiations" [syn: beginning, start,
commencement] [ant: finish, finishing]
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being
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n 1: the state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually
coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries" [syn:
being, beingness, existence] [ant: nonbeing,
nonentity, nonexistence]
2: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act
or function independently [syn: organism, being]
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bringing
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n 1: the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods
or mail); "his reluctant delivery of bad news" [syn:
delivery, bringing]
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inning
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n 1: (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each
team has a turn at bat [syn: inning, frame]
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pinning
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n 1: a mutual promise of a couple not to date anyone else; on
college campuses it was once signaled by the giving of a
fraternity pin
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ringing
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n 1: the sound of a bell ringing; "the distinctive ring of the
church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the
tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the
ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe [syn:
ring, ringing, tintinnabulation]
2: the giving of a ring as a token of engagement
3: having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of
being resonant [syn: plangency, resonance,
reverberance, ringing, sonorousness, sonority,
vibrancy]
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singing
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adj 1: smooth and flowing [syn: cantabile, singing]
n 1: the act of singing vocal music [syn: singing,
vocalizing]
2: disclosing information or giving evidence about another [syn:
tattle, singing, telling]
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slinging
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n 1: throwing with a wide motion (as if with a sling)
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spinning
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n 1: creating thread
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stinging
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adj 1: (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character;
"cutting remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment"
[syn: cutting, edged, stinging]
n 1: a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being
stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of
nettles" [syn: sting, stinging]
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swinging
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adj 1: characterized by a buoyant rhythm; "an easy lilting
stride"; "the flute broke into a light lilting air"; "a
swinging pace"; "a graceful swingy walk"; "a tripping
singing measure" [syn: lilting, swinging, swingy,
tripping]
n 1: changing location by moving back and forth [syn: swing,
swinging, vacillation]
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clinging
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dimming
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flinging
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pinging
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springing
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stringing
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winging
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zinging
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