ming
/mɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.54 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To bring (people, animals etc.) together; to be joined, in marriage or sexual intercourse.
Obsolete
noun
The state of being under mixed ownership; land under mixed ownership, particularly without physical demarcations designating ownership.
British usage; Obsolete
Example Sentences
- "I founde here and there litle peces of marquesites and stones, menged with copper, but I could by no sense or wit perceyue, that the bathes had any notable qualitie thereof."
- "the old man [...] him brought into a secret part, / Where that false couple were full closely ment / In wanton lust and lewd embracement [...]."
- "17 September 1811, [Description of] Counterpart of Demise from John Thorold to John Wilson of Grantham, Lincolnshire Archives, Ref. Thor 1/2/ZA25/4 Published by The National Archives, Accessed 19 June 2022. Property: 1. 6 acres of land in ming with a meadow of Glebe land of the rectory of Grayingham."
- "[…]the Chineſe having got the upper-hand under Hong vou, Founder of the Ming Dynaſty, the Lamas were drove out with the reſt of the Tartars."
- "CHWEN, King of Korea, having by his Ambaſſadors paid Homage to the Emperor Hong-vû, Founder of the Ming Dynaſty in 1368, was, by that Monarch, created King of Kau-li, preſented with a Silver Seal, and veſted with the ancient Privileges of ſacrificing to the Gods of the Rivers and Mountains of Korea."
- "The Comet of 1385 was discovered in China by the astronomers of the Ming dynasty, on October 23 (period Houng-wou eighteenth year, ninth moon, day Wou-yn): it was then on the borders of Thai-wei (a constellation of stars in Leo and Virgo, surrounding β Leonis); it touched β Virginis, and left Thai-wei by what the Chinese termed the "great gate," i.e. between β and n Virginis."
Etymology
From 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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /mɪŋ/
- British English: /mɪŋ/