parting

Meanings

Plural: partings

Noun

• the act of departing politely
  • "parting is such sweet sorrow"
• a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions
• The act of parting or dividing; division; separation.
• The state of being parted.
• A farewell, the act of departing politely.
• The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
• The surface of the sand of one section of a mould where it meets that of another section.
• The separation and determination of alloys; especially, the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
• A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
• The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.
• Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.

Verb

• go one's own way; move apart
• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
• leave
• come apart
• force, take, or pull apart
• present participle and gerund of part

Synonyms

break, break up, depart, disunite, divide, farewell, leave, leave-taking, part, separate, set forth, set off, set out, split, split up, start, start out, take off