Clues for the word "PARTING"
We've had 12 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 12 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Quick crossword on June 09, 2024.
Definition of parting
- p. pr. & vb. n. - of Part
- v. - Serving to part; dividing; separating.
- v. - Given when departing; as, a parting shot; a parting salute.
- v. - Departing.
- v. - Admitting of being parted; partible.
- n. - The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation.
- n. - A separation; a leave-taking.
- n. - A surface or line of separation where a division occurs.
- n. - The surface of the sand of one section of a mold where it meets that of another section.
- n. - The separation and determination of alloys; esp., the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
- n. - A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
- n. - The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.
- n. - Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.
Referring Clues
- It's "such sweet sorrow"
- Separation
- Splitting hairs
- See 19- and 54-Across and 11- and 41-Down
- Splitting hairs in divorce
- Aggressive remarks on leaving (from a 20?)
- Hairline fracture?
- Death produced by coma, we hear?
- Dividing line of combed hair
- Kind of shot or gift
- With 58-Across, what this puzzle's circled letters are ... or what they're doing
- Occasion to say 3-Down
Last Seen In
- Daily Quick - June 09, 2024
- LA Times - February 04, 2023
- Daily Quick - June 09, 2022
- New York Times - January 31, 2022
- New York Times - November 06, 2014
- Guardian Cryptic - January 06, 2012
- LA Times - May 17, 2008
- Guardian Quick - June 23, 2007
- New York Times - November 27, 2006
- Netword - October 07, 2006
- Guardian Cryptic - May 05, 2006
- Guardian Prize - August 10, 2002