ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. An application of ink.
  2. Work done by an inker, one kind of commercial artist
  3. Inputting text or drawings into a computer, tablet, or similar apparatus using a stylus.
  4. 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

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tint, dye, inkdot, inkline, intaglio, tattoo.

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