ming
see also: Ming
Pronunciation
Ming
Pronunciation
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see also: Ming
Pronunciation
- (British, America) IPA: /mɪŋ/
ming (mings, present participle minging; past and past participle minged)
- (now rare) To mix, blend, mingle.
- 1562, William Turner, Baths:
- 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.
- 1562, William Turner, Baths:
- (obsolete) To bring (people, animals etc.) together; to be joined, in marriage or sexual intercourse.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.ii:
- the old man [...] him brought into a secret part, / Where that false couple were full closely ment / In wanton lust and lewd embracement [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.ii:
- (UK, dialectal) To produce through mixing; especially, to knead.
- (to mix) bemingle, combine, mang, meddle; see also Thesaurus:mix
- (to have sex) do it, get it on, meddle; see also Thesaurus:copulate
ming (plural mings)
Verbming (mings, present participle minging; past and past participle minged)
- (British, slang) To be unattractive (person or object).
- (British, slang) To be foul-smelling.
ming (mings, present participle minging; past and past participle minged)
Ming
Pronunciation
- IPA: /mɪŋ/
- A former dynasty in China, reigning from the end of the Yuan to the beginning of the Qing
- A former empire in China, occupying the eastern half of modern China, as well as parts of Russia and northern Vietnam
- The era of Chinese history during which the dynasty reigned
- The pottery of the era, famed for its high quality
- Surname
- A male given name
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