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I. verb (~; ~ting) Etymology: Middle English ~ten Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to penetrate with or as if with an edged instrument, to hurt the feelings of, to strike sharply with a ~ting effect, to strike (a ball) with a glancing blow that imparts a reverse spin, to experience the growth of (a tooth) through the gum, 2. trim , pare , to shorten by omissions , dilute , adulterate , to reduce in amount , 3. mow , reap , b. to divide into parts with an edged tool , fell , hew , c. to separate or discharge from an organization , to single out and isolate , to turn (as a steering wheel) sharply , to go or pass around or about ; bypass , 4. to divide into segments , intersect , cross , break , interrupt , d. to divide (a deck of cards) into two portions, to draw (a card) from the deck, to divide into shares ; split , analyze , break down , 5. to make by or as if by ~ting: as, carve , to shape by grinding , engrave , to shear or hollow out , b. to sing, play, or act for the recording of , to sing or play (as a song or a track) for a studio recording, to type on a stencil, edit 1b , 6. stop , cease , to refuse to recognize (an acquaintance) , to absent oneself from (as a class), to stop (a motor) by opening a switch, to stop the filming of (a motion-picture scene), 7. to engage in (a frolicsome or mischievous action) , to give the appearance or impression of , to be able to manage or handle, 9. to yield or accord to another ; give , to fill out and sign (a check), intransitive verb 1. to function as or as if as an edged tool, to undergo incision or severance , to perform the operation of dividing, severing, incising, or intersecting, to make a stroke with a whip, sword, or other weapon, to wound feelings or sensibilities, to cause constriction or chafing, to be of effect, influence, or significance , 2. a. to divide a pack of cards especially in order to decide the deal or settle a bet, to draw a card from the pack, to divide spoils ; split , 3. to proceed obliquely from a straight course , to move swiftly , to describe an oblique or diagonal line, to change sharply in direction ; swerve , to make an abrupt transition from one sound or image to another in motion pictures, radio, or television, to make a sudden transition or imaginative leap , to stop photographing motion pictures, to advance by skipping or bypassing another , II. noun Date: 1530 a product of ~ting: as, a. an opening made with an edged instrument, a wound made by something sharp ; gash , a creek, channel, or inlet made by excavation or worn by natural action, a surface or outline left by ~ting, a passage ~ as a roadway, a grade or step especially in a social scale , a subset of a set such that when it is subtracted from the set the remainder is not connected, a pictorial illustration, track 1e(2), the act or an instance of ~ting: as, a gesture or expression that hurts the feelings , a straight passage or course, a stroke or blow with the edge of a knife or other edged tool, a lash with or as if with a whip, the act of reducing or removing a part , an act or turn of ~ting cards, the elimination of part of a large field from further participation, consideration, or competition (as in a golf tournament), something that is ~ or ~ off: as, a length of cloth varying from 40 to 100 yards (36.6 to 91.4 meters), the yield of products ~ especially during one harvest, a segment or section of a meat carcass or a part of one, a group of animals selected from a herd, share , a voluntary absence from a class, 5. a stroke that ~s a ball, a swing by a batter at a pitched baseball, an exchange of captures in checkers, a result of editing: as, an abrupt transition from one sound or image to another in motion pictures, radio, or television, an edited version of a film, 7. the shape and style in which a thing is ~, formed, or made , pattern , type , hair~ , III. adjective marked by a well-developed and highly defined musculature