ming – Wiktionary

See also: Ming, míng, mǐng, mìng

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Míng

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English mingen, mengen, from Old English mengan (“to mix, combine, unite, associate with, consort, cohabit with, disturb, converse”), from Proto-West Germanic *mangijan (“to mix, knead”), from Proto-Indo-European *menk- (“to rumple, knead”). Cognate with Dutch mengen (“to mix, blend, mingle”), German mengen (“to mix”), Danish mænge (“to rub”), Old English ġemang (“mixture, union, troop, crowd, multitude, congregation, assembly, business, cohabitation”). More at among.

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ming (third-person singular simple present mings, present participle minging, simple past and past participle minged or meint or ment or meynt)

Noun

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ming (plural mings)

1. (

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   A mixture.

2. (

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   Lincolnshire

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   land

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   The state of being under mixed ownership; land under mixed ownership, particularly without physical demarcations designating ownership.

   • 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.

Etymology 2

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Backformation from minging.

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ming (third-person singular simple present mings, present participle minging, simple past and past participle minged)

1. (

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   To be unattractive (person or object).

2. (

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   To be foul-smelling.

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Etymology 3

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From Middle English mingen, mengen, mungen, muneȝen, from Old English myngian, mynegian, ġemynegian (“to bring to mind, have in mind”), from myne (“mind”), from ġemunan (“to remember”), from Proto-Germanic *munaną (“to think”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Merged in Middle English with Old English ġemyndgian (“to remember, be mindful, remind, intend, commemorate, mention, exhort, impel, warn, demand payment”). More at mind.

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ming (third-person singular simple present mings, present participle minging, simple past and past participle minged)

1. (

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   To speak of, to mention.

2. Can we

   Can we verify this sense?)

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   To speak; tell; talk; discourse.

Etymology 4

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From Chinese 命 (mìng, “destiny, fate; luck”).

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ming (uncountable)

Mandarin

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ming

1. míng

   Nonstandard spelling of

2. mǐng

   Nonstandard spelling of

3. mìng

   Nonstandard spelling of

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• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Scots

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From Middle English mengen (“to mix”), mynge et al., from Old English mengan (“to mix”). In sense “to stink” probably derived from the specialized sheep-smearing sense.

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ming (plural mings)

1. (

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   The ingredients mixed with or substituted for tar in sheep-smearing.

2. (

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   Human feces, excrement.

3. A bad smell.

Verb

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ming (third-person singular simple present mings, present participle mingin, simple past mingt, past participle mingt)

1. (

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   To mix, mingle, mingconfuse.

2. (

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   To mix tar for sheep-smearing.

3. (

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   To be malodorous, to stink.

4. (

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   Disgusting; bad.

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