Definition of getting

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Getting (n.) The act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition.

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Concentrate :: Concentrate (v. t.) To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense; as, to concentrate acid by evaporation; to concentrate by washing; -- opposed to dilute..
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..
Lumbering :: Lumbering (n.) The business of cutting or getting timber or logs from the forest for lumber.
Stationary :: Stationary (a.) Not improving or getting worse; not growing wiser, greater, better, more excellent, or the contrary..
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) A game at cards in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes..
Surreption :: Surreption (n.) The act or process of getting in a surreptitious manner, or by craft or stealth..
Forgetting :: Forgetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forge.
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..
Getting :: Getting (n.) That which is got or obtained; gain; profit.
Getting :: Getting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ge.
Lumberer :: Lumberer (n.) One employed in lumbering, cutting, and getting logs from the forest for lumber; a lumberman..
Bridge :: Bridge (v. t.) To find a way of getting over, as a difficulty; -- generally with over..
Money-maker :: Money-maker (n.) One who accumulates money or wealth; specifically, one who makes money-getting his governing motive..
Oblivion :: Oblivion (n.) The act of forgetting, or the state of being forgotten; cessation of remembrance; forgetfulness..
Completion :: Completion (n.) The act or process of making complete; the getting through to the end; as, the completion of an undertaking, an education, a service..
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..
Pony :: Pony (n.) A translation or a key used to avoid study in getting lessons; a crib.
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..
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..
Nestle :: Nestle (v. i.) To move about in one's place, like a bird when shaping the interior of her nest or a young bird getting close to the parent; as, a child nestles..
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