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PASTING

Definition: PASTING

PASTING

Personal pronoun & verb & noun

1. Of Paste

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "PASTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1830. (references)



Specialty Definitions: PASTING

DomainDefinitions

Electrical Engineering

The application of active pastes to lead grids. Source: European Union. (references)

Industry

Joining of one or more sheets or webs of paper, board or other material to the whole surface of another sheet or web of paper or board by the application of an adhesive paste. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

The operation of mudcapping or plaster shooting whereby rock is blasted without drilling. An explosive is placed on top of the rock and covered bya cap of mud or similar material. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: PASTING

English words defined with "PASTING": pasteboard, plaster. (references)
Specialty definitions using "PASTING": case and paste, CUT-AND-PRINT-MACHINE OPERATORGeneral Recursion Theorem, grid-pasting-machine operatorPASTE MIXER, pasted board, pasted paper, PASTER SUPERVISOR, PASTING INSPECTOR, PASTING-MACHINE OPERATOR, PLATE SLITTER-AND-INSPECTOR, PRODUCTION MANAGER, ADVERTISING. (references)

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Modern Usage: PASTING

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Pat's Pasting Ways (1916)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: PASTING

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Photo Album: PASTING

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Woodrow Wilson pasting up sign "Wanted: men for Uncle Sam's service" while "politician" pastes up sign "Wanted: jobs for political henchmen".Credit: Library of Congress.

Pasting labels on hampers of beans in the packing plant of Deerfield, Florida.Credit: Library of Congress.

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Usage Frequency: PASTING

"PASTING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "PASTING" is used about 30 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)66.67%2078,262
Noun (singular)23.33%7133,076
Adjective (general or positive)10%3202,518
                    Total100.00%30N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translations: PASTING

Language Translations for "PASTING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏وجه له ضربات, ‏ضرب (batter, battery, beat, beat off, belabour, biff, buffet, chastise, connect, curry, description, drub, drubbing, fib, flap, flapping, form, galvanize, genre, go getter, grain, hit, hitting, impact, jabbing, kidney, kind, lace, lace into smb., lam, larrup, let out, lock out, manner, multiplication, multiply, order, overtake, paddle, paste, patter, poke, pommel, pound, pummel, slash, slosh, sock, sort, stamp, strike, stripe, tan, tanning, thrash, thrashing, thresh, variety, wallop, whip), ‏جلد (belabour, belt, birch, curry, cut, drub, drubbing, endurance, flagellation, flog, flogging, fortitude, gladiatorial, hide, integument, lacing, lambaste, lash, lashing, leather, licking, patience, scourge, self control, skin, slash, slashing, stamina, sting, sufferance, switch, tan, thrash, thump, toleration, trounce, whip, whipping). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

粘贴 (Pasted). (various references)

   

Danish

  

limning (glue, glueing, size, sizing), klistring. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

plakken (abide, glue, soldering, stick, sticking, sticking together, to glue), het aanbrengen van pasta. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

sivellys, liisteröinti, liisteröiminen. (various references)

   

French

  

raclée, contrecollage. (various references)

   

German

  

Pastieren, Kleben (adhere, bonding, cleave, cleft, cling, cloven, glue, gum, hang, hanging, paste, soldering, splice, splicing, stick, sticking, sticking mark, stuck, tape, to glue, to paste, to splice, to stick), Anteigen. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μάλαξη (massage, mastication, mollification), ζύμωμα (mastication, wedging), επικόλληση. (various references)

   

Italian

  

incollatura (adhesion, bonding, glue, glueing, size, sizing), accoppiatura (laminating, lamination). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

貼付 (appending, paste). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

て"ぷ (annex, appendage, appended, appending, attached, attachment, deep scholarship, endowment, fertile land, Heavenly Father, natural gift, natural talent, paste), ちょうふ (appending, paste). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

' . (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

astingpay

   

Portuguese

  

contracolagem. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

pap (paste), mamã de bãtaie (lick), lipit (agglutinate, clinging, coherent), lipire (adhesion, agglutination, stick), lipici (glair, glue), clei (cerumen, fish glue, glue, gum, paste, thick), chelfãnealã (dressing, dusting, licking, spanking, thrashings, whipping), încleiere. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

склеивать склеивание. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

paliza (bashing, basting, beating, beating up, drubbing, flogging, hammering, hiding, leathering, licking, plastering, punishment, slap, smacking, thrashing, walloping, whack), laminado (laminar, laminate, laminated, lining, rolling, sheeting), empastado, contracolado (lining). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

infogande (inserting). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

склеювання (adhesion, agglutination, conglutination), намазування. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: PASTING

LanguageDateSourceExodus Chapter 2, Verse 3
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintEpei de ouk hdunanto auto eti kruptein elaben autw h mhthr autou qibin kai katecrisen authn asfaltopissh kai enebalen to paidion eiV authn kai eqhken authn eiV to eloV para ton potamon
Latin405VulgateCumque iam celare non posset sumpsit fiscellam scirpeam et linivit eam bitumine ac pice posuitque intus infantulum et exposuit eum in carecto ripae fluminis
Middle English1395WyclifAnd whanne he myyte hide hym no lenger, he tok a ionket of resshen, and glewide it withe glewishe cley, and with picche, and putte the litil faunt with ynne, and sette out hym in the flaggi place of the brinke of the flode, his sister stondynge afer,
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd whe she coude no longer hyde him, she toke a basket of bulrusshes ad dawbed it with slyme ad pytche, ad layde the childe therin, ad put it in the flagges by the riuers brynke.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd when she was no longer able to keep him secret, she made him a basket out of the stems of water-plants, pasting sticky earth over it to keep the water out; and placing the baby in it she put it among the plants by the edge of the Nile.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: PASTING

LanguageExodus Chapter 2, Verse 3
BulgarianНо понеже не можеше вече да се крие, взе му рогозен ковчежец и намаза го със смола и катран, тури детето в него и го положи в тръстиката край брега на реката.
CebuanoUg sa wala na siya makahimo sa pagtago kaniya sa dugay, mikuha siya ug usa ka takupis nga banban, ug iyang gibulit ug balaw ug asfalto; ug iyang gipahaluna niini ang bata, ug gibutang niya sa usa ka kabugangan sa daplin sa suba.
Chinese後 來 不 能 再 藏 、 就 取 了 一 個 ' 草 箱 、 抹 上 石 漆 ' 石 油 、 將 孩 子 " 在 裡 、 把 箱 子 " 在 河 邊 的 蘆 荻 中 。
CroatianKad ga nije mogla više sakrivati, nabavi košaricu od papirusove trstike, oblijepi je smolom i paklinom, u nju stavi dijete i položi ga u trstiku na obali Rijeke.
Danishog da hun ikke længer kunde holde ham skjult, tog hun en Kiste af Papyrusrør, tættede den med Jordbeg og Tjære, lagde drengen i den og satte den hen mellem Sivene ved Nilens Bred.
DutchDoch als zij hem niet langer verbergen kon, zo nam zij voor hem een kistje van biezen, en belijmde het met lijm en met pek; en zij leide het knechtje daarin, en leide het in de biezen, aan den oever der rivier.
FinnishMutta kun hän ei voinut sitä enää salata, otti hän kaisla-arkun, siveli sen maapihkalla ja piellä, pani lapsen siihen ja laski sen kaislikkoon Niilivirran rantaan.
FrenchNe pouvant plus le cacher, elle prit une caisse de jonc, qu`elle enduisit de bitume et de poix; elle y mit l`enfant, et le déposa parmi les roseaux, sur le bord du fleuve.
GermanUnd da sie ihn nicht länger verbergen konnte, machte sie ein Kästlein von Rohr und verklebte es mit Erdharz und Pech und legte das Kind darein und legte ihn in das Schilf am Ufer des Wassers.
Haitian CreoleMen, li pa t' kapab kache l' pi lontan pase sa. Se konsa, li pran yon panyen jon, li badijonnen l' byen badijonnen ak goudwon ansanm ak gonm bwapen. Li mete ti pitit la ladan l'. Lèfini, li mete panyen an ak tout pitit la ladan l' nan mitan yon touf wozo, sou bò gwo larivyè a.
HungarianDe mikor tovább nem rejtegetheté, szerze annak egy gyékény-ládácskát, és bekené azt gyantával és szurokkal s belétevé a gyermeket és letevé a folyóvíz szélén a sás közé.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariTetapi bayi itu tak dapat disembunyikannya lama-lama. Maka ibu itu mengambil sebuah keranjang dari rumput gelagah, dan melapisinya dengan ter supaya jangan kemasukan air. Bayi itu diletakkannya di dalam keranjang itu, lalu dibawanya ke Sungai Nil dan ditaruh di tengah-tengah rumpun gelagah di tepi sungai itu.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaTetapi sebab tiada lagi dapat disembunyikannya, diambilnya akan dia sebuah peti dari pada buluh rantik, disapukannya minyak keruwing dan gala-gala, lalu dibaringkannya kanak-kanak itu di dalamnya, diletakkannya dalam kercut pada tepi sungai.
ItalianMa non potendo tenerlo nascosto più oltre, prese un cestello di papiro, lo spalmò di bitume e di pece, vi mise dentro il bambino e lo depose fra i giunchi sulla riva del Nilo.
Korean" 숨 길 수 없 이 되 매 그 를 위 하 여 갈 상 자 를 가 다 가 역 청 과 나 무 진 을 하 아 이 를 거 기 담 아 하 숫 가 갈 대 사 이 에 두
MaoriA, te ahei ia te huna tonu i a ia, ka tango ia i tetahi aaka kakaho mona, pani rawa ki te uku, ki te ware, a whaowhina ana te tamaiti ki roto; whakatakotoria iho ki roto ki nga wiwi i te pareparenga o te awa.
Modern GreekΜη δυναμενη δε να κρυπτη αυτον πλεον, ελαβε δι' αυτον κιβωτιον σπαρτινον και κατεχρισεν αυτο με ασφαλτον και πισσαν και ενεβαλε το παιδιον εις αυτο και εθεσεν εις το ελωδες μερος παρα το χειλος του ποταμου.
NorwegianMen da hun ikke lenger kunne skjule ham, tok hun en kiste til ham av rør og smurte den over med jordbek og tjære, og hun la gutten i den og satte den i sivet ved elvebredden.
PortugueseNão podendo, porém, escondê-lo por mais tempo, tomou para ele uma arca de juncos, e a revestiu de betume e pez; e, pondo nela o menino, colocou-a entre os juncos a margem do rio.   
RumanianNe mai putknd sq -l ascundq, a luat un sicriaw de papurq, pe care l -a uns cu lut wi cu smoalq; a pus copilul kn el, wi l -a awezat kntre trestii, pe malul rkului.
RussianОП ОЕ НПЗЫЙ "ПМЕЕ УЛТЩЧБФШ ЕЗП, ЧЪСМБ ЛПТЪЙОЛХ ЙЪ ФТПУФОЙЛБ Й ПУНПМЙМБ ЕЕ БУЖБМШФПН Й УНПМПА Й, ПМПЦЙЧ Ч ОЕЕ НМБ"ЕО"Б, ПУФБЧЙМБ Ч ФТПУФОЙЛЕ Х 'ЕТЕЗБ ТЕЛЙ,
SpanishNo pudiendo ocultarlo más tiempo, tomó una arquilla de juncos y la recubrió con asfalto y brea. Colocó en ella al niño y lo puso entre los juncos a la orilla del Nilo.
SwedishMen när hon icke längre kunde dölja honom, tog hon en kista av rör, beströk den med jordbeck och tjära och lade barnet däri och satte den så i vassen vid stranden av Nilfloden.
Thaiครั้นนางจะซ่อนทารกต่อไปอีกไม่ไ"้แล้วก็เอาตะกร้าสาน"้วยต้นกก ยา"้วยยางมะตอยและชัน เอาทารกใส่ลงในตะกร้า แล้วนางนำไปวางไว้ที่กอปรือริมแม่น้ำ
UkrainianТа не могла його більше ховати. І взяла йому папірусову скриньку, і виасфальтувала її асфальтом та смолою, і положила до неї дитину, та й поклала в очереті на березі ічки.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: PASTING

Derivations

Words ending with "PASTING": impasting, prepasting, repasting. (additional references)


Misspellings

"PASTING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Astengo, asting, Kasting, pacting, pactting, Paktong, pansying, Pascin, Paskin, pasteing, pastina, pastine, pastings, Pastino, Pastten, Patong, pauting, Pestano, Piesting, Pustyn. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "PASTING"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "PASTING" (pronounced pā"sting)
5-ā" s t i ngHasting, lambasting, tasting, wasting.
4-s t i ngaccosting, adjusting, arresting, assisting, attesting, besting, blacklisting, blasting, boasting, boosting, breasting, broadcasting, bursting, busting, casting, coasting, coexisting, composting, consisting, contesting, contrasting, costing, cresting, defrosting, delisting, digesting, disgusting, divesting, dusting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, everlasting, exhausting, existing, fasting, feasting, forecasting, frosting, gusting, harvesting, hoisting, hosting, ingesting, insisting, interesting, investing, jousting, lasting, listing, lusting, manifesting, molesting, nesting, ousting, persisting, posting, preexisting, protesting, readjusting, recasting, reinvesting, requesting, resisting, resting, retesting, roasting, rusting, suggesting, testing, thrusting, toasting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, uninteresting, vesting, wresting.
3-t i ngabating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, associating, attempting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, betting, biting, bitting, blanketing, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boating, bolting, booting, boycotting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coating, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contracting, contradicting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, faulting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, homeporting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lamenting, laminating, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, malting, mandating, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, rerouting, resenting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, thermosetting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, writing, yachting.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: PASTING

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-g-i-n-p-s-t"

-1 letter: gainst, giants, paints, patins, pintas, ptisan, sating, taping.

-2 letters: agist, angst, antis, aping, gains, gaits, giant, gnats, inapt, nipas, pains, paint, pangs, pants, patin, pians, pinas, pings, pinta, pints, pitas, saint, satin, spait, spang, staig, stain, stang, sting, tains, tangs, tapis, tings.

-3 letters: agin, ains, aits, anis, anti, ants, gain, gait, gaps, gasp, gast, gats, gins, gips, gist, gits, gnat, nags, naps, nipa, nips, nits, pain, pang, pans, pant, past, pats, pian, pias, pigs, pina, ping, pins, pint, pita, pits, sain, sang, sati, sign, sing, snag, snap, snip, snit, span, spat, spin, spit, stag, tags, tain, tang, tans, taps, ting, tins, tips.

-4 letters: ain, ais, ait, ani, ant, apt, asp, gan, gap, gas, gat, gin, gip, git, ins, its, nag, nap, nip, nit, pan, pas, pat, pia, pig, pin, pis, pit, psi, sag, sap, sat, sin, sip, sit, spa, tag, tan, tap, tas, tin, tip, tis.

-5 letters: ag, ai, an, as, at, in, is, it, na, pa, pi, si, ta, ti.

 Words containing the letters "a-g-i-n-p-s-t"
 

+1 letter: paganist, partings, platings, spatting, stamping, stapling, tappings.

 

+2 letters: baptising, egyptians, impasting, nightcaps, paganists, paginates, paintings, pastoring, pasturing, plaitings, plantings, pulsating, repasting, splatting, strapping, traipsing, trapesing, trappings, upcasting, upstaging, upstaring.

 

+3 letters: appetising, asperating, asphalting, aspirating, autopsying, carpetings, disparting, misparting, outpassing, panegyrist, parentings, plastering, playthings, postdating, postmating, practising, precasting, prepasting, pretasting, ptarmigans, purgations, restamping, separating, spangliest, spattering, speciating, spectating, spoliating, sprattling, springtail, stampeding, strappings, sulphating, supergiant, supinating, upstanding, upstarting.

 

+4 letters: angioplasty, antiplagues, despatching, dispatching, displanting, dissipating, empathising, greasepaint, impregnants, impregnates, juxtaposing, lightplanes, misadapting, mispainting, mispatching, misplanting, outspanning, outspeaking, pacesetting, pageantries, paginations, painstaking, palletising, panegyrists, passivating, patronising, patternings, pedestaling, personating, phantasying, pharyngitis, plaistering, plasterings, playactings, postlanding, postmarking, postulating, postweaning, prestamping, privatising, prognathism, prostrating, protagonist, pugnacities, salpingitis, spaghettini, speculating, splattering, sporulating, springtails, springwater, stipulating, supergiants, supplanting, suppurating, syncopating, tapestrying, transpiring, transposing, trapnesting, trespassing, typecasting, unstrapping.

 

+5 letters: antispending, apostatising, apostatizing, asphyxiating, backstopping, bespattering, capitalising, compensating, constipating, earsplitting, exasperating, expurgations, greasepaints, haptoglobins, impregnators, inspissating, interspacing, meatpackings, outsparkling, outspreading, painstakings, palynologist, parasitising, parasitizing, pasteurising, pasteurizing, pathfindings, pathogenesis, pedestalling, peregrinates, photostating, plantigrades, plasticizing, platemakings, playwritings, predesignate, printmakings, prognathisms, propagandist, propagations, prorogations, protagonists, replastering, sandpainting, scapegoating, scintigraphy, snapshotting, spaghettinis, speedboating, springwaters, stenographic, straphanging, superheating, supplicating, sympathising, sympathizing, transhipping, transporting, transshaping, trapshooting.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: PASTING


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 41 53 54 49 4E 47

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.--.    .-    ...    -    ..    -.    --.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01000001 01010011 01010100 01001001 01001110 01000111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#65 &#83 &#84 &#73 &#78 &#71

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0041 0053 0054 0049 004E 0047

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

50355354434841

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Usage Frequency
7. Translations: Modern
8. Bible Trace
9. Derivations
10. Rhymes
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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