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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)
Playing
- verb - act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome; "This factor played only a minor part in his decision"; "This development played into her hands"; "I played no role in your dismissal"
- be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children; "The kids were playing outside all day"; "I used to play with trucks as a little girl"
- be performed or presented for public viewing; "What's playing in the local movie theater?"; "`Cats' has been playing on Broadway for many years"
- be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way; "This speech didn't play well with the American public"; "His remarks played to the suspicions of the committee"
- behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection"
- behave in a certain way; "play safe"; "play it safe"; "play fair"
- bet or wager (money); "He played $20 on the new horse"; "She plays the races"
Plowing
- verb - act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China"
- move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil; "The ship plowed through the water"
- tilling the land with a plow; "he hired someone to do the plowing for him"
- to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring"
Pluming
- verb - be proud of; "He prides himself on making it into law school"
- clean with one's bill; "The birds preened"
- deck with a plume; "a plumed helmet"
- dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera"
- form a plume; "The chimneys were pluming the sky"; "The engine was pluming black smoke"
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
Pocking
- verb - mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"
Podding
- verb - produce pods, of plants
- take something out of its shell or pod; "pod peas or beans"