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THINKING - / ˈθɪŋkɪŋ NAmE / noun, adjective ■ noun 1.

THINKING - n (14c) 1: the action of using one's mind to produce thoughts 2.

noun the act of thinking mode of thinking imagination cogitation judgment.

ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …

ting ) Etymology: Middle English putten akin to Old English putung instigation, Middle Dutch ….

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary : the action of using one's mind to produce thoughts 2. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather … Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary thoughtful reflective: Any thinking person … rational reasoning: People are thinking animals. Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary ) The act of thinking mode of thinking imagination cogitation judgment.

THINKING - (n.) The act of thinking mode of thinking imagination cogitation judgment.

(|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, … |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān akin to Old High German ein one, Old … Webster's New International English Dictionary

noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English thenkinge, from gerund of thenken to think 1. THINKING - or thought Action of using one's mind to produce thoughts, or covert symbolic responses to stimuli.To think hard and long about some problem or question. PUT ON ONE`S THINKING CAP - think hard and long about something I will put on my thinking cap and try and decide what to do ….PUT ON ONE'S THINKING CAP - To think hard and long about some problem or question.PUT ON ONE'S THINKING CAP - informal meditate on a problem.PUT ON ONE'S THINKING CAP - think very deeply, meditate on.More meanings of this word and English-Russian, Russian-English translations for the word «PUT ON ONE'S THINKING CAP» in dictionaries. Place an india-rubber cap over the plugged mouth of the tube of all but one of these cultures and paint the cap with Canada balsam or shellac varnish, dry, and replace in the hot incubator. This cap is made of soft rubber, the lower part, dome-shaped with thin walls, being slipped over the neck of the bottle (Fig.įOOTNOTES: This rubber cap has been made for me by the Holborn Surgical Instrument Co. Spencer's father is doing research into the melting of the polar ice cap in the Arctic.Įach 'plate' consists of a pair of circular discs of glass with sharply upturned edges, thus forming shallow dishes, one of slightly greater diameter than the other, and so, when inverted, forming a cover or cap for the smaller.ħ0), the cavity of which is shaped like an inverted cone, and is provided with a safety funnel (so that the oil does not escape if the bottle is accidentally overturned) and a dust cap of boxwood fitted with a wooden rod with which the drop of oil is applied to the cover-glass or lens. He took off his cap in front of the entrance. Gerry wore a baseball cap to hide the fact that he was going bald. Remove the cap from the ink refill bottle, fill the dropper with ink, and drip an appropriate amount onto the marker's core.

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