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luting

luting is the present participle and gerund of lute.

Noun

luting (countable and uncountable, plural lutings)

  1. lute (a kind of sticky clay or cement)
  2. The process of cementing or bonding dental restorations, such as crowns, bridges, inlays, onlays, and veneers, to the natural tooth structure or dental implant abutments.

Meaning of lute

Verb (1)

lute (third-person singular simple present lutes, present participle luting, simple past and past participle luted)

  1. To play on a lute, or as if on a lute.
    • Knaves are men / That lute and flute fantastic tenderness.1847, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page number, or |part=Prologue, I to VII, or conclusion)”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC

Verb (2)

lute (third-person singular simple present lutes, present participle luting, simple past and past participle luted)

  1. To fix or fasten something with lute.
    • To protect everything till it dried, a man […] luted a big blue paper cap from a cracker, with meringue-cream, low down on Jevon's forehead.1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘A Friend's Friend’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society, published 2005, page 179

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Proper noun capitalized: Luting

Luting

  1. (alternative) Alternative spelling of Luding.
    • Originally, planks had been laid across the nine chains, and the whole bridge, suspended between two cliffs, swayed like a cradle with the motions of the person walking upon it. Now the planks were gone, having been taken by the enemy into Luting City. All that remained were the black hanging...1971, Dick Wilson, “The Bridge of Iron Chains”, in The Long March 1935: The Epic of Chinese Communism's Survival, New York: Viking Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 168
    • It is about 90 kms from Shihmien [translating 石棉 (Shímián)] to the famous Luting Iron-Chain Bridge in Luting County.1975, “Changes Along the Tatu [translating 大渡 (Dàdù)]”, in China Pictorial, number 5, Peking: China Pictorial, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 25, column 1

Forms of luting

plurallutings

Questions about luting

What does luting mean?
Luting means lute (a kind of sticky clay or cement).
What is luting the present participle and gerund of?
Luting is the present participle and gerund of lute.
What part of speech is luting?
Luting can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of luting?
The plural of luting is lutings.

Words near luting in the dictionary

  1. luticolous
  2. lutidiene
  3. lutidine
  4. lutidines
  5. lutidinic acid
  6. luting
  7. lutings
  8. lutino
  9. lutinos
  10. lutinoside
  11. lutinosides

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