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Parsing
- verb - analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence)
Parsons
- noun - a person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches"
- military clergyman
- United States sociologist (1902-1979)
Parting
- verb - a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions; "his part was right in the middle"
- come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated"
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways;
- force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"
- go one's own way; move apart; "The friends separated after the party"
- leave; "The family took off for Florida"
- the act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow"
Parvenu
- adjective - a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
- characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position
- of or characteristic of a parvenu
Passant
- adjective - in walking position with right foreleg raised
Passing
- verb -
- (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate; "the coach sent in a passing play on third and long"
- a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another; "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus"
- accept or judge as acceptable; "The teacher passed the student although he was weak"
- allow to go without comment or censure; "the insult passed as if unnoticed"
- allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily; "a passing grade"
- be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"
- cause to pass; "She passed around the plates"
- come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place without incident"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
- disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off"
- eliminat
Pasting
- verb - cover the surface of; "paste the wall with burlap"
- hit with the fists; "He pasted his opponent"
- join or attach with or as if with glue; "paste the sign on the wall"; "cut and paste the sentence in the text"
Patient
- adjective - a person who requires medical care; "the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly"
- enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance; "a patient smile"; "was patient with the children"; "an exact and patient scientist"; "please be patient"
- the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
Patrons
- noun - a regular customer
- someone who supports or champions something
- the proprietor of an inn
Pattens
- noun - footwear usually with wooden soles