Ming

/mɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

(now rare) To mix, blend, mingle..

Definitions by Sense

1. (now rare) To mix, blend, mingle.
2. (obsolete) To bring (people, animals etc.) together; to be joined, in marriage or sexual intercourse.
3. (UK, Ireland, dialectal) To produce through mixing; especially, to knead.
4. (UK, Ireland) A mixture.
5. (UK, Lincolnshire, obsolete, land) The state of being under mixed ownership; land under mixed ownership, particularly without physical demarcations designating ownership.
6. (UK, Ireland, slang) To be unattractive (person or object).
7. (UK, Ireland, slang) To be foul-smelling.
8. (transitive, obsolete) To speak of, to mention.

Example Sentences

I founde here and there litle peces of marquesites and stones, menged with copper, but I could by no sense or wit perceyue, that the bathes had any notable qualitie thereof.

the old man [...] him brought into a secret part, / Where that false couple were full closely ment / In wanton lust and lewd embracement [...].

17 September 1811, [Description of] Counterpart of Demise from John Thorold to John Wilson of Grantham, Lincolnshire Archives, Ref. Thor 1/2/ZA25/4 Published by The National Archives, Accessed 19 June 2022. Property: 1. 6 acres of land in ming with a meadow of Glebe land of the rectory of Grayingham.

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• mings
• minging
• minged
• meint
• ment
• meynt
• minge
• meng

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