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voiding

voiding is the present participle and gerund of void.

Noun

voiding (plural voidings)

  1. An act by which something is voided, such as urination.
    • the annulling or voiding of marriages, made unlawfully1649, Joseph Hall, Resolutions and Decisions of Divers Practicall cases of Conscience
  2. That which is voided; that which is ejected or evacuated; a remnant; a fragment.
    • Oh! bestow
      Some poor Remain, the voiding of thy Table,
      A Morsel to support my famish'd soul1714, Nicholas Rowe, The Tragedy of Jane Shore

Meaning of void

Verb

void (third-person singular simple present voids, present participle voiding, simple past and past participle voided)

  1. (transitive) To make invalid or worthless.
    • Near-synonym: nullify
    Synonyms:
    nullify, annul, cancel
  2. (transitive) Synonym of empty (verb).
    • void one’s bladder
    Synonyms:
    empty, evacuate
  3. To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge.
    • to void excrement
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) To withdraw; to depart.
    • BY than come in to the feld kynge Ban as fyers as a lyon[…]/ Ha a said kyng Lot we must be discomfyte / for yonder I see the moste valyaunt knyght of the world / and the man of the most renoume / for suche ij bretheren as is kyng Ban & kyng bors ar not lyuynge / wherfore we must nedes voyde or deye1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xvj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book I
  5. (obsolete, transitive) To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave.
    • to void a table

See all 24 meanings of void

Forms of voiding

pluralvoidings

Words formed from voiding

Phrases with voiding

Questions about voiding

What does voiding mean?
Voiding means an act by which something is voided, such as urination.
What is voiding the present participle and gerund of?
Voiding is the present participle and gerund of void.
What part of speech is voiding?
Voiding is a noun.
What is the plural of voiding?
The plural of voiding is voidings.

Words near voiding in the dictionary

  1. voidens
  2. voider
  3. voiders
  4. voidest
  5. voideth
  6. voiding
  7. voiding cystourethrographies
  8. voiding cystourethrography
  9. voiding knife
  10. voiding knives
  11. voidings

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