Loving

//ˈlʌv.ɪŋ// adj, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Expressing a large amount of love to other people; affectionate.

    "his loving wife, her loving husband"

  2. 2
    Euphemistic form of fucking. US, attributive, euphemistic, form-of, slang

    "I want you to have every loving brother’s sister’s cousin’s child downstairs and standing at attention at six o’clock."

Adjective
  1. 1
    feeling or showing love and affection wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A placename; A village in Eddy County, New Mexico, United States. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A placename; An unincorporated community in Oklahoma, United States. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A placename; An unincorporated community in Young County, Texas, United States. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A placename; Ellipsis of Loving County. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
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  1. 6
    Ellipsis of Loving v. Virginia, a 1967 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized interacial marriage under the Equal Protection and Due Process; and reaffirmed the existence of a right to privacy under due process following the 14th Amendment. US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    The action of the verb to love. uncountable, usually

    "all natural lovings and longings"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of love form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English lovyng(e) (“love”), inherited from Old English lufung. By surface analysis, love + -ing.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle English lovyng(e) (“love”), inherited from Old English lufung. By surface analysis, love + -ing.

Etymology 3

Inherited from Middle English lovyng(e) (“love”), inherited from Old English lufung. By surface analysis, love + -ing.

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