Overview of noun parting

The noun parting has 2 senses

• farewell, leave, leave-taking, parting -- (the act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow")


• part, parting -- (a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions; "his part was right in the middle")

Overview of verb part

The verb part has 5 senses

• separate, part, split -- (go one's own way; move apart; "The friends separated after the party")


• separate, part, split up, split, break, break up -- (discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up")


• depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off -- (leave; "The family took off for Florida")


• separate, divide, part -- (come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated")


• separate, disunite, divide, part -- (force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea")