ming
To produce through mixingTo produce through mixing; especially, to knead.
» Tom broke Mary's expensive Chinese Ming vase.
Tom hat Marias teure chinesische Mingvase zu Bruch gehen lassen.
Том разбил Мэрину дорогую китайскую вазу эпохи Мин.
Meaning
6 senses(Ireland, UK, dialectal)To produce through mixing; especially, to knead.
(Ireland, UK, slang)To be unattractive (person or object).
(Ireland, UK, slang)To be foul-smelling.
(archaic)To mix, blend, mingle.
(obsolete)To bring (people, animals etc.) together; to be joined, in marriage or sexual intercourse.
(obsolete, transitive)To speak of, to mention.
Examples
19 sentencesTom broke Mary's expensive Chinese Ming vase.
ruТом разбил Мэрину дорогую китайскую вазу эпохи Мин. — Wezel
deTom hat Marias teure chinesische Mingvase zu Bruch gehen lassen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Chih-ming’s insane — he always wins the last round in mahjong.
Ming called her friend yesterday evening.
Ming called her friend last night.
Did Ming's father play tennis yesterday?
Origin
From Middle English mingen, mengen, from Old English mengan (“to mix, combine, unite, assoFrom 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.
Backformation from minging.
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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Forms
mings, minging, minged, mingedSynonyms
15 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle