Marking

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A making or giving of a mark.
  • noun. A mark or marks made.
  • noun. A mark or pattern of marks on an organism.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of impressing a mark upon something.—2. In coinage, the process of edge-rolling, or swaging the edge of the blank to prepare it for reeding.—3. A mark or series of marks upon something; characteristic arrangement of marks, as lines or dots, or of natural coloring: as, the markings on a bird's eggs, or of the petals of a flower; the natural markings of a gem or of ornamental wood.
  • Making a mark; hence, distinguishing; significant; striking.
  • Taking note; discerning; observant.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of one who, or that which, marks; the mark or marks made; arrangement or disposition of marks or coloring.
  • noun. indelible ink, because used in marking linen.
  • noun. the nut of the Semecarpus Anacardium, an East Indian tree. The shell of the nut yields a blackish resinous juice used for marking cotton cloth, and an oil prepared from it is used for rheumatism.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Present participle of mark.
  • noun. action of the verb to mark
  • noun. a mark
  • noun. the characteristic colouration and patterning of an animal
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score
  • noun. a pattern of marks
  • noun. a distinguishing symbol
  • noun. the act of making a visible mark on a surface
  • Word Usage
    "Announcing the killing at a press conference where he did not take questions, Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, head of the rebels' National Transitional Council, called Younis "one of the heroes of the 17th of February revolution," a name marking the date of early protests against Gadhafi's regime."
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