Definition of getting

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Getting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ge.

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Progeniture :: Progeniture (n.) A begetting, or birth..
Cast :: Cast (v. i.) To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh.
Getting :: Getting (n.) That which is got or obtained; gain; profit.
Forgettingly :: Forgettingly (adv.) By forgetting.
Bridge :: Bridge (v. t.) To find a way of getting over, as a difficulty; -- generally with over..
Lumbering :: Lumbering (n.) The business of cutting or getting timber or logs from the forest for lumber.
Puberty :: Puberty (n.) The earliest age at which persons are capable of begetting or bearing children, usually considered, in temperate climates, to be about fourteen years in males and twelve in females..
Secure :: Secure (v. t.) To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping; as, to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship..
Virile :: Virile (a.) Having the nature, properties, or qualities, of an adult man; characteristic of developed manhood; hence, masterful; forceful; specifically, capable of begetting; -- opposed to womanly, feminine, and puerile; as, virile age, virile power, virile organs..
Forgetting :: Forgetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forge.
Surreption :: Surreption (n.) The act or process of getting in a surreptitious manner, or by craft or stealth..
Generation :: Generation (n.) The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals..
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) Act of removing, or getting rid of, an obligation, liability, etc.; fulfillment, as by the payment of a debt, or the performance of a trust or duty..
Retrogenerative :: Retrogenerative (a.) Begetting young by retrocopulation.
Stationary :: Stationary (a.) Not improving or getting worse; not growing wiser, greater, better, more excellent, or the contrary..
Capture :: Capture (n.) The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal..
Scrape :: Scrape (v. i.) To occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich..
Fineer :: Fineer (v. i.) To run in dept by getting goods made up in a way unsuitable for the use of others, and then threatening not to take them except on credit..
Miner :: Miner (n.) One who mines; a digger for metals, etc.; one engaged in the business of getting ore, coal, or precious stones, out of the earth; one who digs military mines; as, armies have sappers and miners..
Getting :: Getting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ge.
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