different between liming vs liking

English

Alternative forms

• limin'
• lyming

Etymology

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The word is associated with sitting under a lime tree, or having nothing more demanding to do than squeezing limes. It is also thought to originate from "limey", a slang term meaning a British serviceman during World War II (noted for hanging around bars and drinking).

Verb

liming

1. present participle of lime
2. (Caribbean, Jamaican, Trinidad and Tobago, slang) hanging around, usually in a public place with friends, enjoying the scene.

   "No Liming or Loitering - No Shouting or Loud Noise" (written on a sign in Port of Spain shopping mall).

Quotations

• Lionel Ritchie. All Night Long (pop song, verse 2):

  We're going to party, liming, Fiesta, forever

  Come on and sing along.

Noun

liming (plural limings)

1. An application of lime (calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide).

   The land required frequent limings.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?la?k??/
• Rhymes: -a?k??

Etymology 1

From Middle English likinge, likinde, likende, likande, licande, from Old English l?ciende, l?ci?ende, from Proto-Germanic *l?k?ndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *l?k?n?, equivalent to like +? -ing.

Verb

liking

1. present participle of like

Etymology 2

From Middle English likinge, from Old English l?cung (“pleasing; pleasure; gratification; liking”), equivalent to like +? -ing.

Noun

liking (countable and uncountable, plural likings)

1. A like; a predilection.
   • 1859, John Stuart Mill, On Liberty

     The likings and dislikings of society, or of some powerful portion of it, are thus the main thing which has practically determined the rules laid down for general observance, under the penalties of law or opinion.

2. (archaic) Approval.

   goods bought on liking

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:predilection

Derived terms

• for one's liking
• to one's liking
• take a liking to

Translations

Sambali

Noun

likíng

1. side