parting

5 definitions • 8 examples

done while leaving or separating:

a parting glance/remark

a time when you are separated from another person, often for a long time:

They'd had an amicable parting.

The pain of parting had lessened over the years.

a line on someone's head, usually from front to back, made by brushing the hair in two different directions:

centre parting He had long, greasy hair with a centre parting.

side parting She has short brown hair and a side parting.

To easily refresh your hairstyle, try changing your parting.

the act of leaving or of moving apart:

[ C ] It was a sad parting, because we knew it was the last time we would see each other.

showing that you are leaving a person or place:

She gave him a parting wave.