| annoying | (noun) the act of troubling or annoying someone | Synonyms: annoyance, irritation, vexation |
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| bricklaying | (noun) the craft of laying bricks | - |
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| bullying | (noun) the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something | Synonyms: intimidation |
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| burying | (noun) concealing something under the ground | Synonyms: burial |
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| buying | (noun) the act of buying | Synonyms: purchasing |
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| conveying | (noun) act of transferring property title from one person to another | Synonyms: conveyance, conveyance of title, conveyancing |
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| copying | (noun) an act of copying | - |
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| crying | (noun) the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds) | Synonyms: tears, weeping |
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| dairying | (noun) the business of a dairy | Synonyms: dairy farming |
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| dirtying | (noun) the act of soiling something | Synonyms: soiling, soilure |
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| dying | (noun) the time when something ends | Synonyms: death, demise |
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| emptying | (noun) the act of removing the contents of something | Synonyms: evacuation, voidance |
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| falsifying | (noun) the act of determining that something is false | Synonyms: disproof, falsification, refutal, refutation |
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| ferrying | (noun) transport by boat or aircraft | Synonyms: ferry |
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| flying | (noun) an instance of traveling by air | Synonyms: flight |
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| frying | (noun) cooking in fat or oil in a pan or griddle | Synonyms: sauteing |
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| haying | (noun) the season for cutting and drying and storing grass as fodder | Synonyms: haying time |
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| (noun) the harvesting of hay | - |
| hurrying | (noun) changing location rapidly | Synonyms: speed, speeding |
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| inventorying | (noun) making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand | Synonyms: inventory, stock-taking, stocktaking |
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| journeying | (noun) the act of traveling from one place to another | Synonyms: journey |
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| laying | (noun) the production of eggs (especially in birds) | Synonyms: egg laying |
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| lying | (noun) the deliberate act of deviating from the truth | Synonyms: fabrication, prevarication |
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| minelaying | (noun) laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment | Synonyms: mining |
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| naysaying | (noun) the act of saying no to a request | - |
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| playing | (noun) the action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation | - |
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| (noun) the act of playing a musical instrument | - |
| (noun) the performance of a part or role in a drama | Synonyms: acting, performing, playacting |
| portraying | (noun) a representation by picture or portraiture | Synonyms: depicting, depiction, portrayal |
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| prying | (noun) offensive inquisitiveness | Synonyms: nosiness, snoopiness |
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| qualifying | (noun) success in satisfying a test or requirement | Synonyms: pass, passing |
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| (noun) the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase | Synonyms: limiting, modification |
| quarrying | (noun) the extraction of building stone or slate from an open surface quarry | - |
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| rallying | (noun) the act of mobilizing for a common purpose | - |
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| (noun) the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort | Synonyms: rally |
| readying | (noun) the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose | Synonyms: preparation |
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| reburying | (noun) the act of burying again | Synonyms: reburial |
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| rigidifying | (noun) the process of becoming stiff or rigid | Synonyms: rigidification, stiffening |
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| roleplaying | (noun) acting a particular role (as in psychotherapy) | - |
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| saying | (noun) a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations | Synonyms: expression, locution |
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| slaying | (noun) unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being | Synonyms: execution, murder |
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| solidifying | (noun) the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization | Synonyms: curing, hardening, set, solidification |
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| soothsaying | (noun) the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means | Synonyms: divination, foretelling, fortune telling |
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| spaying | (noun) neutering a female by removing the ovaries | - |
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| spraying | (noun) the application of a liquid in the form of small particles ejected from a sprayer | - |
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| (noun) the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft) | Synonyms: crop-dusting |
| (noun) a quantity of small objects flying through the air | Synonyms: spray |
| spying | (noun) the act of keeping a secret watch for intelligence purposes | Synonyms: undercover work |
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| (noun) keeping a secret or furtive watch | - |
| (noun) the act of detecting something; catching sight of something | Synonyms: catching, detection, espial, spotting |
| studying | (noun) reading carefully with intent to remember | Synonyms: perusal, perusing, poring over |
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| supplying | (noun) the activity of supplying or providing something | Synonyms: provision, supply |
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| surveying | (noun) the practice of measuring angles and distances on the ground so that they can be accurately plotted on a map | - |
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| toying | (noun) playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest | Synonyms: coquetry, dalliance, flirt, flirtation, flirting |
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| tying | (noun) the act of tying or binding things together | Synonyms: ligature |
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| untying | (noun) loosening the ties that fasten something | Synonyms: undoing, unfastening |
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| worrying | (noun) the act of harassing someone | Synonyms: badgering, bedevilment, torment |
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| (noun) the act of moving something by repeated tugs or pushes | - |