-ing¹ /-ing/

1. Forming: (1) the present participle of verbs, as in jumping, waiting, talking
2. (2) adjectives from participles, as in a crying baby, a moving vehicle
3. (3) adjectives not derived from verbs, as in sodding, swashbuckling

-ing² /-ing/

1. Forming: (1) nouns, signifying something consisting of, made from, or used in making, as in wiring, matting, scaffolding
2. (2) sing and pl nouns from verbs, signifying a result of an action or process, as in etching(s), drawing(s)
3. (3) nouns, signifying an activity or area of activity as a whole, as in skiing, banking, mining, engineering

-ing³ /-ing/

Forming nouns, denoting a person or thing of a specified quality or kind, as in sweeting (see also -ling¹)

ing /ing/ (dialect, esp N Eng; often in pl)

A meadow, esp one beside a river

• lectureship
• lectureships
• lecturing
• lecturn
• lecythi
• Lecythidaceae
• lecythidaceous
• Lecythis
• lecythus
• led
• LED
• led captain
• led captains
• ledden
• leddens
• lederhosen
• ledge
• ledged
• ledger
• ledger bait
• ledgered
• ledgering
• ledger line
• ledger lines
• ledgers