Plumbing Definition–noun | 1. | the system of pipes and other apparatus for conveying water, liquid wastes, etc., as in a building. | | 2. | the work or trade of a plumber. | | 3. | act of a person who plumbs, as in ascertaining depth. | |
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Part Definition–noun | 1. | a portion or division o
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f a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together. | | 2. | an essential or integral attribute or quality: a sense of humor is part of a healthy personality. | | 3. | a section or division of a literary work. | | 4. | a portion, member, or organ of an animal body. | | 5. | any of a number of more or less equal quantities that compose a whole or into which a whole is divided: Use two parts sugar to one part cocoa. | | 6. | an allotted portion; share. | | 7. | Usually,
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parts. | a. | a region, quarter, or district: a journey to foreign parts. | | b. | a quality or attribute establishing the possessor as a person of importance or superior worth: Being both a diplomat and a successful businesswoman, she is widely regarded as a woman of parts. | | | 8. | either of the opposing sides in a contest, question, agreement, etc. | | 9. | the dividing line formed in separating the hair of the head and combing it in different directions. | | 10. | a constituent piece of a machine or tool either included at the time of manufacture or set in place as a replacement for the original piece. | | 11. | Music. | a. | the written or printed matter extracted from the score that a single performer or section uses in the performance of concerted music: a horn part. | | b. | a section or division of a composition: the allegro part of the first movement. | | | 12. | participation, interest, or concern in something; role: The neighbors must have had some part in planning the surprise party. | | 13. | a person's share in or contribution to some action; duty, function, or office: You must do your part if we're to finish by tonight. | | 14. | a character or role acted in a play or sustained in real life. | –verb (used with object) | 15. | to divide (a thing) into parts; break; cleave; divide. | | 16. | to comb (the hair) away from a dividing line. | | 17. | to divide into shares; distribute in parts; apportion. | | 18. | to put or keep apart; separate: They parted the calves from the herd. | | 19. | Metallurgy. | a. | to separate (silver) from gold in refining. | | b. | to cut (one part) away from a piece, as an end from a billet. | | c. | to keep the surface of (a casting) separate from the sand of the mold. | | –verb (used without object) | 21. | to be or become divided into parts; break or cleave: The oil tanker parted amidships. | | 22. | to go or come apart; separate, as two or more things. | | 23. | to go apart f
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rom or leave one another, as persons: We'll part no more. | | 24. | to be or become separated from something else (usually fol. by from). | | 25. | Nautical. to break or become torn apart, as a cable. | –adjective | 28. | partial; of a part: part owner. | –adverb | 29. | in part; partly: part black. | —Verb phrase | 30. | part with, to give up (property, control, etc.); relinquish: to part with one's money. | —Idioms | 31. | for one's part, as far as concerns one: For my part, you can do whatever you please. | | 32. | for the most part, with respect to the greatest part; on the whole; generally; usually; mostly: They are good students, for the most part. | | 33. | in good part, | a. | without offense; in a good-natured manner; amiably: She was able to take teasing in good part. | | b. | to a great extent; largely: His success is in good part ascribable to dogged determination. | | | 34. | in part, in some measure or degree; to some extent; partly; partially: The crop failure was due in part to unusual weather conditions. | | 35. | on the part of, | a. | so far as pertains to or concerns one: He expressed appreciation on the part of himself and his colleagues. | | b. | as done or manifested by: attention on the part of the audience. | Also, on one's part. | | 36. | part and parcel, an essential, necessary, or integral part: Her love for her child was part and parcel of her life. | | 37. | part company, | a. | to bid farewell or go separate ways; leave one another. | | b. | to dissolve a personal affiliation, relationship, etc., esp. bec
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ause of irreconcilable differences. | | | 38. | take part, to participate; share or partake: They refused to take part in any of the activities of the community. | | 39. | take someone's part, to align oneself with; support; defend: His parents took his part, even though he was obviously in the wrong. | |
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