Inking
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Inking is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of ink.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of ink.
More Meanings
- An application of ink.
- Work done by an inker, one kind of commercial artist
- Inputting text or drawings into a computer, tablet, or similar apparatus using a stylus.
- A defensive activity where ink is released by squids, cuttlefish, etc.
Example Sentences
In a rotary printing-machine, a cylinder carrying a single relief design, means for imparting successive complete inkings to said design […]
Mucus-rich ink is supposedly a dangerous or annoying substance that interferes with fish gills and some cephalopods react adversely to their own inkings in small containers or in the lab. The blue-ringed octopus Hapalochlaena lunulata has tetrodotoxin, the deadly toxin it also releases in a bite, in their ink but the concentrations and effect in inking are not known.
Word Forms
- inkings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tint, dye, inkdot, inkline, intaglio, tattoo.
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