-ing

-ing ¹

suff.

1. Used to form the present participle of verbs: seeing.

2. Used to form adjectives resembling present participles but not derived from verbs: swashbuckling.

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[Middle English, alteration (influenced by -inge, noun or gerund suff.; see -ing²) of -ende, -inde, from Old English -ende, present participle suff.]

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-ing ²

suff.

1.

a. Action, process, or art: dancing.

b. An instance of an action, process, or act: a gathering.

2. An action or process connected with a specified thing: berrying.

3.

a. Something necessary to perform an action or process: mooring.

b. The result of an action or process: a drawing.

c. Something connected with a specified thing or concept: siding; offing.

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[Middle English, from Old English -ung, -ing.]

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-ing ³

suff.

One having a specified quality or nature: sweeting.

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[Middle English, from Old English, belonging to, descended from.]

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-ing¹

suffix forming nouns

1. (Linguistics / Grammar) (from verbs) the action of, process of, result of, or something connected with the verb coming meeting a wedding winnings

2. (Linguistics / Grammar) (from other nouns) something used in, consisting of, involving, etc. tubing soldiering

3. (from other parts of speech) an outing

[Old English -ing, -ung]

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-ing²

suffix

1. (Linguistics / Grammar) forming the present participle of verbs walking believing

2. (Linguistics / Grammar) forming participial adjectives a growing boy a sinking ship

3. (Linguistics / Grammar) forming adjectives not derived from verbs swashbuckling

[Middle English -ing, -inde, from Old English -ende]

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-ing³

suffix forming nouns

(Linguistics / Grammar) a person or thing having a certain quality or being of a certain kind sweeting whiting

[Old English -ing; related to Old Norse -ingr]