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part    Audio Help   (pärt)  Pronunciation Key  n.   A portion, division, piece, or segment of a whole. Any of several equal portions or fractions that can constitute a whole or into which a whole can be divided: a mixture of two parts flour to one part sugar. A division of a literary work: a novel in three parts. (used with a pl. v.) An organ, member, or other division of an organism: A tail is not a part of a guinea pig. parts The external genitals. The music or score for a particular instrument, as in an orchestra. One of the melodic divisions or voices of a contrapuntal composition. A component that can be separated from or attached to a system; a detachable piece: spare parts for cars. A role: He has the main part in the play. One's responsibility, duty, or obligation; share: We each do our part to keep the house clean. Individual endowment or ability; talent. Often used in the plural. A region, area, land, or territory. Often used in the plural: "Minding your own business is second nature in these parts" (Boston). The line where the hair on the head is parted. Music The music or score for a particular instrument, as in an orchestra. One of the melodic divisions or voices of a contrapuntal composition. v.   part·ed, part·ing, parts v.   tr. To divide or break into separate parts. To break up (a relationship) by separating the elements involved: parted company. To put or keep apart: No one could part the two friends. To comb (hair, for example) away from a dividing line, as on the scalp. Archaic To divide into shares or portions. v.   intr. To become divided or separated: The curtain parted in the middle. To go apart from one another; separate: They parted as friends. They were forced to part from one another. See Synonyms at separate. To separate or divide into ways going in different directions: The road parts about halfway into the forest. To go away; depart. To disagree by factions: The committee parted over the issue of pay raises for employees. Archaic To die. adv.   Partially; in part: part yellow, part green. adj.   Not full or complete; partial: a part owner of the business. Phrasal Verb(s): part with To give up or let go of; relinquish. Idiom(s): for (one's) part So far as one is concerned. Idiom(s): for the most part To the greater extent; generally or mostly. Idiom(s): in good part Good-naturedly or with good grace; without taking offense: take a joke in good part. Idiom(s): in part To some extent; partly. Idiom(s): on the part of Regarding or with respect to (the one specified): Brilliant strategy on the part of Confederate forces ensured their victory at Chancellorsville. Idiom(s): part and parcel A basic or essential part: Working overtime is part and parcel of my job. Idiom(s): take part To join in; participate: She took part in the celebration. Idiom(s): take (someone's) part To side with in a disagreement; support. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin pars, part-; see perə-2 in Indo-European roots.]

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part·ing    Audio Help   (pär'tĭng)  Pronunciation Key  n.   The act or process of separating or dividing. The state of being separated or divided. A departure or leave-taking. adj.   Given, received, or done on departing or separating: a parting gift.

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parting
noun
1.	the act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow" [syn: farewell]
2.	a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions; "his part was right in the middle" [syn: part]

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ˈparting1 noun
ˈparting2 noun
See also: partly, part-time, in part, part, part company, part of speech, part with, take in good part, take part in, take someone's part, "parting" in any language

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Cleav"age\, n. 1. The act of cleaving or splitting.

2. (Crystallog.) The quality possessed by many crystallized substances of splitting readily in one or more definite directions, in which the cohesive attraction is a minimum, affording more or less smooth surfaces; the direction of the dividing plane; a fragment obtained by cleaving, as of a diamond. See Parting.

3. (Geol.) Division into lamin[ae], like slate, with the lamination not necessarily parallel to the plane of deposition; -- usually produced by pressure.

Basal cleavage, cleavage parallel to the base of a crystal, or to the plane of the lateral axes.

Cell cleavage (Biol.), multiplication of cells by fission. See Segmentation.

Cubic cleavage, cleavage parallel to the faces of a cube.

Diagonal cleavage, cleavage parallel to ta diagonal plane.

Egg clavage. (Biol.) See Segmentation.

Lateral cleavage, cleavage parallel to the lateral planes.

Octahedral, Dodecahedral, or Rhombohedral, {cleavage, cleavage parallel to the faces of an octahedron, dodecahedron, or rhombohedron.

Prismatic cleavage, cleavage parallel to a vertical prism.

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Part\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parted; p. pr. & vb. n. Parting.] [F. partir, L. partire, partiri, p. p. partitus, fr. pars, gen. partis, a part. See Part, n.]

1. To divide; to separate into distinct parts; to break into two or more parts or pieces; to sever. "Thou shalt part it in pieces." --Lev. ii. 6.

There, [celestial love] parted into rainbow hues. --Keble.

2. To divide into shares; to divide and distribute; to allot; to apportion; to share.

To part his throne, and share his heaven with thee. --Pope.

They parted my raiment among them. --John xix. 24.

3. To separate or disunite; to cause to go apart; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.

The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me. --Ruth i. 17.

While he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. --Luke xxiv. 51.

The narrow seas that part The French and English. --Shak.

4. Hence: To hold apart; to stand between; to intervene betwixt, as combatants.

The stumbling night did part our weary powers. --Shak.

5. To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion; as, to part gold from silver.

The liver minds his own affair, . . . And parts and strains the vital juices. --Prior.

6. To leave; to quit. [Obs.]

Since presently your souls must part your bodies. --Shak.

To part a cable (Naut.), to break it.

To part company, to separate, as travelers or companions.

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