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Pinning
- verb - 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
- attach or fasten with pins or as if with pins; "pin the needle to the shirt". "pin the blame on the innocent man"
- immobilize a piece
- pierce with a pin; "pin down the butterfly"
- to hold fast or prevent from moving; "The child was pinned under the fallen tree"
Pipping
- verb - defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents"
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- kill by firing a missile
Piquing
- verb - cause to feel resentment or indignation; "Her tactless remark offended me"
Pissing
- verb - eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had peed on the expensive rug"
- informal terms for urination; "he took a pee"
Pithing
- verb - remove the pith from (a plant)
Pitting
- verb - mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"
- remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries"
- set into opposition or rivalry; "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other"
- the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
Pitying
- verb - share the suffering of
Placing
- verb - assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"
- assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
- assign to (a job or a home)
- assign to a station
- estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."
- finish second or better in a horse or dog race; "he bet $2 on number six to place"
- identify the location or place of; "We localized the source of the infection"
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal;
- locate; "The film is set in Africa"
- make an investment; "Put money into bonds"
- place somebody in a particular situation or location; "he was placed on probation"
- put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
- recognize as being; establish th
Planing
- verb - cut or remove with or as if with a plane; "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood"
- make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane; "plane the top of the door"
- travel on the surface of water
Plating
- verb - a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface
- coat with a layer of metal; "plate spoons with silver"
- the application of a thin coat of metal (as by electrolysis)