awing
/əˈwɪŋ/
awing adverb: on the wing; flying; fluttering. Also the present participle and gerund of awe.
Adverb
awing (not comparable)
- On the wing; flying; fluttering.
- Close upon the window-glass pressed our eager faces—
Hearts and torches all aflare, frame on frame of laces,
Wreathing roses all abloom, Cupids all awing,
Valentines—and valentines! swung along the string,1918, Margaret Widdemer, The Old Road to Paradise, Once When We Bought Valentines
- Close upon the window-glass pressed our eager faces—
Also used as
awing is also the present participle and gerund of awe.
Forms of awing
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Origin of awing
From a- + wing.
Phrases with awing
Words that rhyme with awing
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- sling
- bring
- jing
- ding
- cling
- unstring
- ming
- bing
- ching
- fingerling
- something
- zing
- Byng
- Beijing
- bling
- cha-ching
- ling
- Peking
- peng ting
- Singh
- thring
- Tring
- upswing
- abstinence ring
- aswing
- badelynge
- bering
- Chongqing
- conserving
- ging
- hang gliding
- hing
- ing
- Jingning
- Jining
- ka-ching
- kerching
- Kunming
- mis-sing
- morphling
- pling
- png
- qing
- Southern Ming
- submitting
- tang ping
- ting
- tinkering
Questions about awing
- What does awing mean?
- Awing means on the wing; flying; fluttering.
- What part of speech is awing?
- Awing is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce awing?
- Awing is pronounced /əˈwɪŋ/.
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