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-Ling
- - A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling, underling.
Acing
- verb - play (a hole) in one stroke
- score an ace against; "He aced his opponents"
- serve an ace against (someone)
- succeed at easily; "She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors"; "She nailed her astrophysics course"
Aging
- verb - acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time
- begin to seem older; get older; "The death of his wife caused him to age fast"
- grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce"
- growing old
- make older; "The death of his child aged him tremendously"
- the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
Aping
- verb - imitate uncritically and in every aspect; "Her little brother apes her behavior"
- represent in or produce a caricature of; "The drawing caricatured the President"
Awing
- verb - inspire awe in;
- inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; "New York is an amazing city"; "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight"; "the awesome complexity of the universe"; "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"- Melville; "Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent"
Axing
- verb - chop or split with an ax; "axe wood"
- terminate; "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it"
Being
- verb -
- a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
- be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!"
- be identical to; be someone or something; "
- be priced at; "These shoes cost $100"
- form or compose;
- happen, occur, take place; "
- have an existence, be extant;
- have life, be alive;
- have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "
- occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere;
- People
- represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"
- spend or use time;
- the state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries"
- work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function;
Bling
- noun - flashy, ostentatious jewelry; "the rapper was loaded with bling"
Bring
- verb - advance or set forth in court; "bring charges", "institute proceedings"
- attract the attention of; "The noise and the screaming brought the curious"
- be accompanied by; "Can I bring my cousin to the dinner?"
- be sold for a certain price; "The painting brought $10,000"; "The old print fetched a high price at the auction"
- 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"
- bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail"
- cause to come into a particular state or condition; "Long hard years of on the job training had brought them to their competence"; "bring water to the boiling point"
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area"
Cling
- noun - come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
- fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit
- hold on tightly or tenaciously; "hang on to your father's hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron"
- to remain emotionally or intellectually attached; "He clings to the idea that she might still love him."