RUINING
Verb
ruining
present participle of ruin
Noun
ruining (plural ruinings)
The act or process by which something is ruined.
Anagrams
• inuring, urginin, urining
Source: Wiktionary
RUIN
Ru"in, n. Etym: [OE. ruine, F. ruine, fr. L. ruina, fr. ruere, rutum,
to fall with violence, to rush or tumble down.]
1. The act of falling or tumbling down; fall. [Obs.] "His ruin
startled the other steeds." Chapman.
2. Such a change of anything as destroys it, or entirely defeats its
object, or unfits it for use; destruction; overthrow; as, the ruin of
a ship or an army; the ruin of a constitution or a government; the
ruin of health or hopes. "Ruin seize thee, ruthless king!" Gray.
3. That which is fallen down and become worthless from injury or
decay; as, his mind is a ruin; especially, in the plural, the remains
of a destroyed, dilapidated, or desolate house, fortress, city, or
the like.
The Veian and the Gabian towers shall fall, And one promiscuous ruin
cover all; Nor, after length of years, a stone betray The place where
once the very ruins lay. Addison.
The labor of a day will not build up a virtuous habit on the ruins of
an old and vicious character. Buckminster.
4. The state of being dcayed, or of having become ruined or
worthless; as, to be in ruins; to go to ruin.
5. That which promotes injury, decay, or destruction.
The errors of young men are the ruin of business. Bacon.
Syn.
– Destruction; downfall; perdition; fall; overthrow; subversion;
defeat; bane; pest; mischief.
Ru"in, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ruined;p. pr. & vb. n. Ruining.] Etym:
[Cf. F. ruiner, LL. ruinare. See Ruin, n.]
Definition: To bring to ruin; to cause to fall to pieces and decay; to make
to perish; to bring to destruction; to bring to poverty or
bankruptcy; to impair seriously; to damage essentially; to overthrow.
this mortal house I'll ruin. Shak.
By thee raised, I ruin all my foes. Milton.
The eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us. Franklin.
By the fireside there are old men seated, Seeling ruined cities in
the ashes. Longfellow.
Ru"in, v. i.
Definition: To fall to ruins; to go to ruin; to become decayed or
dilapidated; to perish. [R.]
Though he his house of polished marble build, Yet shall it ruin like
the moth's frail cell. Sandys.
If we are idle, and disturb the industrious in their business, we
shall ruin the faster. Locke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition