ing

Definition of ing

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river; water meadow.

“Ings, glens, and fens of the Highlands.”
“Bill for dividing and inclosing certain open common fields, ings, common pastures, and other commonable lands.”
“[There] lay an extent of meadow grounds, in ings, to afford a supply of hay.”

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noun

A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river; water meadow.

“Ings, glens, and fens of the Highlands.”
“Bill for dividing and inclosing certain open common fields, ings, common pastures, and other commonable lands.”
“[There] lay an extent of meadow grounds, in ings, to afford a supply of hay.”
The letter for the ng sound /ŋ/ in Pitman shorthand.

name

A surname

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Etymology

From Middle English ing, ynge, enge, from Old English ing, *eng (“a meadow; ing”), from Proto-Germanic *angijō (“meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énkos (“a bend; curve; bowl; hollow; dell; glen”), from *h₂enk-…

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From Middle English ing, ynge, enge, from Old English ing, *eng (“a meadow; ing”), from Proto-Germanic *angijō (“meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énkos (“a bend; curve; bowl; hollow; dell; glen”), from *h₂enk- (“to bend; curve; bow”). Cognate with Scots eng (“ing; meadow”), Dutch eng (“pasture; farmland”), Danish eng (“meadow”), Swedish äng (“meadow; field”), Norwegian eng (“meadow”), Faroese ong (“grassland; meadow; pasture”), Icelandic eng (“a meadow”), Icelandic engi (“a meadow; meadowland”).

Anagrams of ing

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Words you can make from ing

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2-letter words

2 words

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A single letter you can add to ing to make another valid word.