Definition of getting

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Getting (n.) That which is got or obtained; gain; profit.

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Manoeuvre :: Manoeuvre (n.) To perform a movement or movements in military or naval tactics; to make changes in position with reference to getting advantage in attack or defense.
Progeneration :: Progeneration (n.) The act of begetting; propagation.
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..
Lumbering :: Lumbering (n.) The business of cutting or getting timber or logs from the forest for lumber.
Miss :: Miss (v. t.) To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing, hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one shoots at; to miss the train by being late; to miss opportunites of getting knowledge; to miss the point or meaning of something said..
Procreation :: Procreation (n.) The act of begetting; generation and production of young.
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..
Mammonish :: Mammonish (a.) Actuated or prompted by a devotion to money getting or the service of Mammon.
Generation :: Generation (n.) The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals..
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..
Begetting :: Begetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bege.
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..
Getting :: Getting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ge.
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..
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..
Surreption :: Surreption (n.) The act or process of getting in a surreptitious manner, or by craft or stealth..
Bridge :: Bridge (v. t.) To find a way of getting over, as a difficulty; -- generally with over..
Recovery :: Recovery (n.) The getting, or gaining, of something not previously had..
Scrape :: Scrape (v. i.) To occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich..
Impetrative :: Impetrative (a.) Of the nature of impetration; getting, or tending to get, by entreaty..
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