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Definitions: FINING |
FININGNoun1. That which is used to refine; especially, a preparation of isinglass, gelatin, etc., for clarifying beer. 2. The process of fining or refining; clarification; also (Metal.), the conversion of cast iron into suitable for puddling, in a hearth or charcoal fire. 3. The act of imposing a fin/. Personal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Fine |
Date "FINING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1749. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Food & Agriculture | Operation of clarifying wine by adding a substance which forms a precipitate in the wine and removes suspended matter. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: FINING |
| English words defined with "FINING": Fining pot ♦ test tube. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "FINING": Salt in Beer, spanish earth, spoon proof. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | First, I'm underpaid; second, my wife takes all my money; and third, fining you is practically a civic duty. (Coup de torchon; writing credit: Jean Aurenche; Bertrand Tavernier) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Argentina | On September 26, the Supreme Court upheld a 1998 court decision fining the magazine Noticias $60,000 (60,000 pesos) for violating the privacy of then-President Menem by publicizing the details of his relationship with a woman, including the name of a minor born to them. (references) |
Human Rights | Macedonia | An internal police investigation resulted in the temporary suspension and fining of the responsible officers; however, court proceedings into the police conduct initiated at the recommendation of the Ombudsman had not produced any results by year's end. (references) |
Travel | Zambia | Police/traffic checkpoints do occur, fining vehicles deemed not to meet safety regulations. (references) |
Worker Rights | Guatemala | The May reforms accord initial jurisdiction over labor law violations to the Labor Ministry, and set forth procedures for processing complaints, making initial determinations, and fining violators--new enforcement powers previously reserved to the labor courts. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "FINING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 78.26% of the time. "FINING" is used about 23 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 78.26% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Noun (singular) | 13.04% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 8.7% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 23 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "FINING": fining pot. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
fining nemo | 29 |
fining nemo.com | 5 |
fining wine | 2 |
com fining nemo | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "FINING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نهاية (close, demise, end, ending, fate, fine, finish, limit, stop, tag, tail end, termination, terminus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 好 (a-ok, a-okay, fine, fined, finely, GOOD, goodly, NICE, ok, Okay). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | lutring (plaining, refining), klaring (clarification, clarifying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | loutering (plaining, refining), louteren (clean, cleanse, make clean, plaining, purge, refine, refining), collage. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | puhdistus (cleaning, cleansing, garbage collection, plaining, purge, purging, purification, refining, removal of digital garbage, sanitation, shuffling), kirkastaminen (defecation, settling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | collage, affinage. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schönung, Läuterung (clarification, cleaning, plaining, purification, refining, reformation), Läutern (plaining, purify, refining, reform). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κολλάρισμα (dressing, dressing of fabrics, sizing, slashing, taping). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | dendaan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | chiarificazione (clarification, clarifying, clearance), affinaggio (dressing, fattening(to marketable quality), maturing, plaining, refining). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 순" (Domestication, Purifying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iningfay engomagem (size), colagem (adhesion, bonding, cementing, collage, dressing, glue, joining, pick, sizing, slashing, sticking, sticking together), cheio de coisas, afinagem (plaining, refining), afinação (adjustment, agreement, burring, dressing, fattening(to marketable quality), finery, maturing, refinement, refining, setting, sharpening, timing, tuning). (various references) рафинирование (refinement, refining), очистка (affinage, clarification, cleaning, cleanup, clean-up, clearance, clearing, decontamination, purification, refinement, refining, remmediation, sanitizing, scavenging, scouring). (various references) fin (aim, cease, close, closure, conclusion, corona, end, ending, finale, finish, goal, last, purpose, target, term), clarificación (clarification, clarifying), afinado (dressing, finished, finishing, grading, honing, in tune, keyed, plain, plained, plaining, refined, refining, regulation, reshaping, seed-free, shaping, true, tune). (various references) luttrad (plain, plained, plaining, refined, refining, seed-free), klarning (clarification), blåsfri (blister-free, not blistered, plain, plained, plaining, refined, refining, seed-free). (various references) рафінування (purification, refinement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 27, Verse 21 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Quomodo probatur in conflatorio argentum et in fornace aurum sic probatur homo ore laudantis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | What maner wise siluer is preued in the yeting vessel, and gold in the furneis; so is preued a man in the mouth of preiseris. The herte of the wicke sechith out euelis; the riyt forsothe herte secheth out kunnyng. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | As the fining-pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, and a man is measured by what he is praised for. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 27, Verse 21 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang tunawan nga kolon alang sa salapi, ug ang hasohasan alang sa bulawan; Ug ang usa ka tawo pagaulayon tungod sa iyang pagdayeg. |
| Croatian | Taljika je za srebro i peæ za zlato, a èovjek se poznaje po ustima koja ga hvale. |
| Danish | Digel til Sølv og Ovn til Guld, efter sit Ry bedømmes en Mand. |
| Dutch | De smeltkroes is voor het zilver, en de oven voor het goud; alzo is een man naar zijn lof te proeven. |
| Finnish | Hopealle sulatin, kullalle uuni; mies maineensa mukainen. |
| French | Le creuset est pour l`argent, et le fourneau pour l`or; Mais un homme est jugé d`après sa renommée. |
| German | Ein Mann wird durch den Mund des, der ihn lobt, bewährt wie Silber im Tiegel und das Gold im Ofen. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Emas dan perak diuji dalam perapian; orang dikenal dari sikapnya terhadap pujian. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Seperti kui bagi emas dan dapur bagi perak, demikianpun orang bagi mulut yang memuji dia. |
| Italian | Come il crogiuolo è per l'argento e il fornello per l'oro, così l'uomo rispetto alla bocca di chi lo loda. |
| Maori | ¶ Ko te oko tahu para mo te hiriwa, ko te oumu mo te koura; a, ko te whakanui i a ia, hei whakamatautau mo te tangata. |
| Norwegian | Digel er for sølv og ovn for gull, og en mann prøves efter det han roser. |
| Portuguese | O crisol é para a prata, e o forno para o ouro, e o homem é provado pelos louvores que recebe. |
| Rumanian | Ce este tigaia pentru lqmurirea argintului wi cuptorul pentru lqmurirea aurului: aceea este bunul nume pentru un om. - |
| Russian | юФП МБЧЙМШОС--"МС УЕТЕ'ТБ, ЗПТОЙМП--"МС ЪПМПФБ, ФП "МС ЮЕМПЧЕЛБ ХУФБ, ЛПФПТЩЕ ИЧБМСФ ЕЗП. |
| Spanish | El crisol prueba la plata, la hornaza el oro; y al hombre, la boca del que lo alaba. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "FINING": finings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "FINING": coffining, confining, defining, misdefining, paraffining, predefining, redefining, refining, tiffining, uncoffining. (additional references) | |
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"FINING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: faning, fanong, fauning, feening, feining, Feininga, fenig, fening, Fenning, Fennings, ffenning, Ffynnon, figing, Figini, Figino, finan, Finanz, finging, finian, finnen, Finnin, finning, fnung, foining, Fynings, Fynnon, ining. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "FINING" (pronounced fī"ning) |
| 5 | f ī" n i ng | confining, defining, redefining, refining. |
| 4 | -ī" n i ng | aligning, assigning, brining, combining, declining, designing, dining, divining, lining, mining, opining, pining, realigning, reassigning, reclining, redesigning, resigning, shining, signing, twining, Vining, whining, wining. |
| 3 | -n i ng | abandoning, abstaining, adjoining, adjourning, apportioning, ascertaining, attaining, auctioning, auditioning, awakening, awning, ballooning, banning, bargaining, battening, beckoning, beginning, bemoaning, binning, blackening, bludgeoning, boning, branning, brightening, broadening, Browning, burdening, burgeoning, burning, campaigning, caning, Canning, captioning, careening, cartooning, cautioning, chaining, championing, chaperoning, cheapening, christening, churning, cleaning, cloning, clowning, coarsening, cocooning, coining, commissioning, complaining, concerning, conditioning, condoning, conning, constraining, containing, convening, Corning, couponing, crooning, crowning, cunning, cushioning, dampening, darkening, dawning, deadening, deafening, decommissioning, deepening, demeaning, Denning, detaining, determining, Dinning, discerning, disciplining, disdaining, disheartening, disillusioning, donning, Downing, draining, droning, drowning, Dunning, Durning, earning, enjoining, enlightening, entertaining, envisioning, evening, examining, explaining, fanning, fashioning, fastening, fattening, fawning, feigning, finning, flattening, freshening, frightening, frowning, functioning, gaining, gardening, ginning, glistening, governing, greening, grinning, groaning, gunning, happening, hardening, hastening, headlining, heartening, heightening, honing, Horning, housecleaning, imagining, imprisoning, impugning, inning, intertwining, intervening, intoning, ironing, jawboning, jettisoning, joining, Kenning, leaning, learning, leavening, lengthening, lessening, lightening, lightning, likening, listening, loaning, loosening, machining, maddening, maintaining, malfunctioning, Manning, margining, meaning, mentioning, midmorning, moaning, morning, motioning, mourning, obtaining, opening, ordaining, orphaning, outlining, overrunning, overtraining, overturning, owning, panning, pardoning, partitioning, penning, pertaining, petitioning, phoning, pinning, planning, poisoning, positioning, postponing, preening, preplanning, provisioning, pruning, quarantining, questioning, quickening, raining, rationing, reasoning, reawakening, reckoning, reconditioning, redlining, reexamining, refraining, regaining, reigning, reining, rejoining, relearning, remaining, reopening, repositioning, rerunning, restraining, retaining, retraining, returning, rezoning, ripening, ruining, running, saddening, sanctioning, scanning, screening, seasoning, sectioning, sharpening, shortening, shunning, sickening, sinning, siphoning, slackening, softening, spanning, spawning, spinning, spurning, staining, stationing, stiffening, stoning, straightening, straining, streamlining, strengthening, stunning, summoning, sunning, sustaining, sweetening, swooning, tanning, telephoning, thickening, thinning, threatening, tightening, toning, toughening, training, tuning, turning, underlining, undermining, underpinning, unquestioning, unreasoning, vacationing, waning, warning, weakening, weaning, whitening, widening, winning, worsening, yawning, yearning, zoning. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "f-g-i-i-n-n" | |
-3 letters: fig, fin, gin, inn. | |
-4 letters: if, in. | |
| Words containing the letters "f-g-i-i-n-n" | |
+1 letter: finding, finings, finking, finning, foining, knifing. | |
+2 letters: defining, fainting, feigning, feinting, findings, finiking, flinging, flinting, fringing, infixing, infringe, infusing, refining, sniffing, unfixing, unifying. | |
+3 letters: coffining, confiding, confining, finagling, financing, finessing, fingering, finicking, finishing, flinching, friending, fulmining, ignifying, infalling, infecting, inferring, infesting, infirming, inflaming, inflating, infolding, informing, infringed, infringer, infringes, ingulfing, minifying, nazifying, nidifying, niffering, notifying, refinding, sniffling, tiffining, unfailing, unfitting, vinifying. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 49 4E 49 4E 47 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .. -. .. -. --. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01001001 01001110 01001001 01001110 01000111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F I N I N G |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0049 004E 0049 004E 0047 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)404348434841 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Bible Trace 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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