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Aahing
- verb - express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'; "They oohed and aahed when they unwrapped the presents"
Abying
- verb - make amends for; "expiate one's sins"
Aching
- verb - a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
- be the source of pain
- causing a dull and steady pain; "my aching head"; "her old achy joints"
- feel physical pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?"
- have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"
Acting
- verb - be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure
- be suitable for theatrical performance; "This scene acts well"
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
- behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting"
- discharge one's duties; "She acts as the chair"; "In what capacity are you acting?"
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected; "The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"; "How does your idea work in practice?"; "This method doesn't work"; "The breaks of my new car act quickly"; "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water"
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the n
Adding
- verb - bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program"
- constitute an addition; "This paper will add to her reputation"
- determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
- make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table"
- make an addition by combining numbers; "Add 27 and 49, please!"
- state or say further; "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied"
Ageing
- adjective - acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time
- growing old
- the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
Agoing
- - In motion; in the act of going; as, to set a mill agoing.
Aiding
- verb - give help or assistance; be of service; "Everyone helped out during the earthquake"; "Can you help me carry this table?"; "She never helps around the house"
- improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient"
Ailing
- verb - be ill or unwell
- cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
- somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is unwell and can't come to work"
Aiming
- verb - direct (a remark) toward an intended goal; "She wanted to aim a pun"
- have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal;
- move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?"
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards;
- propose or intend;
- specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public