Ings (plural Ingses)
A surname.
• IGNs, NGIs, Sing, Sing., gins, nigs, sign, sing, sing., snig
ings
plural of ing
• IGNs, NGIs, Sing, Sing., gins, nigs, sign, sing, sing., snig
Source: Wiktionary
-ing.
1. Etym: [For OE. -and, -end, -ind, AS. -ende; akin to Goth. -and-, L. -ant-, -ent-, Gr.
Definition: A suffix used to from present participles; as, singing, playing.
2. Etym: [OE. -ing, AS. -ing, -ung.]
Definition: A suffix used to form nouns from verbs, and signifying the act of; the result of the act; as, riding, dying, feeling. It has also a secondary collective force; as, shipping, clothing.
Note: The Old English ending of the present participle and verbal noun became confused, both becoming -ing.
3. Etym: [AS. -ing.]
Definition: A suffix formerly used to form diminutives; as, lording, farthing.
Ing, n. Etym: [AS. ing.]
Definition: A pasture or meadow; generally one lying low, near a river. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 May 2025
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
