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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
marking
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
black
▪ This is a slim bodied fish of an orange-gold colour, often with black markings on its head.
▪ The basic color is green with black vertical markings that form rectangles.
▪ Originally described: 1775 Colour: The body is predominantly yellow and white with black markings reminiscent of an off-centre chevron.
▪ These black markings can be in the form of small black spots or larger markings.
▪ But, as far as his memory went, the black markings were new.
white
▪ The only other white markings on the upper body are two spots on the back of the ears.
▪ Originally described: 1775 Colour: The body is predominantly yellow and white with black markings reminiscent of an off-centre chevron.
■ VERB
see
▪ The Government's examination advisers have already been told to see to it that marking is stricter next year.
▪ Percival Lowell, another experienced canal-watcher, saw linear markings.
▪ With a sharp rise in the number of horse thefts in the region, owners see marking as vital protection.
▪ They show that we can see patterns of similar markings.
▪ The car was a wide-bodied machine, and he thought he could see the unmistakable markings of a Mercedes.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be marking time
▪ Parkinson's Disease seems to be marking time at the moment.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a black box with no markings
▪ Minnie is a Holstein cow with black markings that look like Mickey Mouse on her side.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ At the same time due consideration must always be given to the visual effect of the grain markings.
▪ Disqualifications Any base colour other than black; absence of all markings.
▪ For exact determination the pellucid markings in the leaves can be used.
▪ Much attention has been paid to detail - the makers' plates bear the markings of the Midland Carriage Works.
▪ Near the head and along its side, it had some markings that were the color of nicotine.
▪ They are resistant to cleaning agents and chemicals and allow cylinder markings to be easily read.
▪ To hide their clear outlines they need some kind of disruptive markings.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Marking

Marking \Mark"ing\, n. The act of one who, or that which, marks; the mark or marks made; arrangement or disposition of marks or coloring; as, the marking of a bird's plumage.

Marking ink, indelible ink, because used in marking linen.

Marking nut (Bot.), the nut of the Semecarpus Anacardium, an East Indian tree. The shell of the nut yields a blackish resinous juice used for marking cotton cloth, and an oil prepared from it is used for rheumatism.

Marking

Mark \Mark\ (m[aum]rk), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marked (m[aum]rkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Marking.] [OE. marken, merken, AS. mearcian, from mearc. See Mark the sign.]

  1. To put a mark upon; to affix a significant mark to; to make recognizable by a mark; as, to mark a box or bale of merchandise; to mark clothing.

  2. To be a mark upon; to designate; to indicate; -- used literally and figuratively; as, this monument marks the spot where Wolfe died; his courage and energy marked him for a leader.

  3. To leave a trace, scratch, scar, or other mark, upon, or any evidence of action; as, a pencil marks paper; his hobnails marked the floor.

  4. To keep account of; to enumerate and register; as, to mark the points in a game of billiards or cards.

  5. To notice or observe; to give attention to; to take note of; to remark; to heed; to regard; as, mark my words. ``Mark the perfect man.'' --Ps. xxxvii. 37. To mark out.

    1. To designate, as by a mark; to select; as, the ringleaders were marked out for punishment.

    2. To obliterate or cancel with a mark; as, to mark out an item in an account.

      To mark time (Mil.), to keep the time of a marching step by moving the legs alternately without advancing.

      Syn: To note; remark; notice; observe; regard; heed; show; evince; indicate; point out; betoken; denote; characterize; stamp; imprint; impress; brand.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
marking

Old English mearcung "action of making marks, branding; mark, pattern of marks, characteristic; constellation," verbal noun from mark (v.). Related: Markings.

Wiktionary
marking

n. (context uncountable English) The action of the verb ''to mark''. vb. (present participle of mark English)

WordNet
marking
  1. n. a distinguishing symbol; "the owner's mark was on all the sheep" [syn: marker, mark]

  2. a pattern of marks

  3. evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score; "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do" [syn: grading, scoring]

  4. the act of making a visible mark on a surface

Wikipedia
Marking (association football)

In association football, marking is an organized defensive strategy which aims to prevent a member of the opposing team (usually a striker) from taking control of the ball. Several marking strategies exist in football, and they mostly differ to each other according to duties assigned to defenders, positioning and off-the-ball style.

Marking

Marking may refer to:

  • An annotation
  • A perforation
  • Card marking
  • Direct part marking (DPM)
  • Photographic film markings
  • Postal marking
  • Grading (education)
  • Road surface marking, such as lines or words, or the stripes of a zebra crossing on a road surface
  • Sail Class Markings
  • Sole markings
  • Trail blazing
  • UID-marking
  • Vägmärken (Markings), a book by Dag Hammarskjold
  • Jehovah's Witnesses "marking", withdrawing of close association from a congregant according to Thessalonians 3:14

Usage examples of "marking".

Although some would like to believe the lines represent prehistoric runways for ancient astronauts, we now know them to be astronomically aligned, marking the positions of the winter solstice, the equinox, the constellation of Orion, and perhaps other heavenly bodies as yet unbeknownst to us.

I examined them and positively identified the blister markings of a submarine exactly like the Barracuda and the Bluefin, and placed them in my office safe .

August 1 a line of scorched and smoking ruins replaced the lately-occupied huts, and along the Foyle went a long column of pikes and standards, marking the retreat of the besieging army.

Under the brassy cacophony, Sharina heard the faint, rhythmic music of a double flute being played in the stern of each vessel, marking time for the rowers.

The men wore brimless, straight-sided, round, dark, flat-topped hats, with strange markings in light colors that looked to have been painted on with fingers.

He was plainly clad, in burnished helmet and breastplate, his gray silk coat alone marking him out from the eighty-one Saldaean lancers arrayed around the hilltop.

True, a bloke from Radio Metropole was coming to talk to the media studies course, but no way could he be described as a head hunter, he was just marking their card on job prospects in radio and that.

Beyond the bridge, the cavern stretched away to a high, arched alcove of polished stone, scrolled in some ancient markings and opening into daylight and the green of a misted valley.

Griffin said to the crew, marking, surely, how direly tired Gawain and Modred looked.

Her staff was very good at taking the product of a computer, which would simply substitute rough morpheme equivalents in bundles, with various feature and intonation markings attached, and turning these chunks of raw language into suitable vehicles for communication.

By the time the cleric took to the air, Alicia had already gone to gather the sergeants, while the wizard watched the final departure of Parell Hyath, the trailing cloud of sparks marking the path of the chariot as the horses lunged into the sky.

Hawk stands two foot taller than most, a black giant with Maori markings on his phiz and a young tart on his arm with a magpie nested in her hat.

The modified prokaryote, however, bore no identifications of laboratories of origin, licensing, or patent markings.

Closer now, they could see the mind-rending markings of other dimension writing on the hulls of the glowing Shern vessels.

Walker said little, letting the garrulous shipbuilder carry the conversation, marking the looks that passed between the three, and taking mental notes on the way they interacted with one another.