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Definition: Hitchings

Part of Speech Definition
Adverb 1. Adverbial inflection of the verb-based adjective hitching.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adjective Base
(Hitching)		 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb hitch.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(hitch)		 1. To hook or entangle.[Wordnet].
2. Walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury.[Wordnet].
3. Jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched.[Wordnet].
4. Travel by getting free rides from motorists.[Wordnet].
5. Connect to a vehicle: "hitch the trailer to the car".[Wordnet].
6. To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.[Websters].
7. To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of something obstructed or impeded.[Websters].
8. To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.[Websters].
9. To hook; to catch or fasten as by a hook or a knot; to make fast, unite, or yoke; as, to hitch a horse, or a halter.[Websters].
10. To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer.[Websters].
11. Base verb from the following inflections: hitching, hitched, hitches, hitcher, hitchers, hitchingly and hitchedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "Hitchings" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1898. (references)

Common Expressions: Hitchings

Expressions Definition
George H. Hitchings George H. Hitchings (1905-1998) shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Sir James Black and Gertrude Elion "for their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment," Hitchings specifically for his work on chemotherapy. (references)
George Herbert Hitchings United States biochemist noted for developing drugs to treat leukemia and gout (1905-1998). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Henry Hitchings Henry Hitchings (born 11 December 1974) is an author and journalist. Educated at Christ Church, Oxford and University College London, he has written for the Financial Times, the New Statesman, The Guardian and the Times Literary Supplement, among many other publications. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Topics by Level of Interest: Hitchings

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
George H. Hitchings 20     George H. Hitchings 20
Henry Hitchings 4     Henry Hitchings 4

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Synonyms: Hitchings
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Noun

 hitches.
Consider also: couplings, attachments, linkages, falters, hitchers, hobblers, hobbles.

Verb

 staggers, stumbles.

Expression

 George Herbert Hitchings.
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Computed Synonyms: hitchings

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   9.1093   hitchings     attachments     bonds, adhesions, devotions, seizures, tags   
 2   8.1092   hitchings     linkages     combinations, linkings, articulations, conjugations, knots   
 3   4.4095   hitchings     lockings     closings, latches, interlocks, lockouts, bars   
 4   4.1091   hitchings     couplers     pairers, uniters, maters, bracers, attachers   
 5   4.1091   hitchings     connections     bindings, gatherings, connection, groupings, pacts   
 6   4.1090   hitchings     engagements     employments, businesss, betrothals, bonds, actions   
 7   3.4095   hitchings     dockings     moorings, ties, couplings, lugs, lashes   
 8   3.4092   hitchings     interlockings     locks, meshes, interlacings, entanglements, latches   
 9   3.1192   hitchings     hooks     claws, grapnels, pegs, grips, hitches   
 10   3.1094   hitchings     latches     pawls, pins, hangers, hasps, dogs   
 11   3.1093   hitchings     junctions     intersections, nodes, forks, branches, crossroads   
 12   3.1093   hitchings     clutches     snatches, grapples, pinches, captures, clenches   
 13   3.1092   hitchings     bonds     bindings, couplings, engagements, pledges, joins   
 14   2.4095   hitchings     lacings     laces, ties, bindings, strings, binds   
 15   2.4094   hitchings     spellings     spells, orthographies, charms, sorceries, glamours   
--------------------     144 synonyms ranked from 16 to 159 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Translations: Hitchings

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Deutsch Züge (platoons, rifling, trains, traits, gulps). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, Hitchings. (volunteer & more translations)
German Züge (platoons, rifling, trains, traits, gulps). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, Hitchings. (volunteer & more translations)
High German Züge (platoons, rifling, trains, traits, gulps). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, Hitchings. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch Züge (platoons, rifling, trains, traits, gulps). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, Hitchings. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese つなぐこと (couplings, Hitchings). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, Hitchings. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish ata (fasten, fastens, hitches, Hitchings). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, Hitchings. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: Hitchings

Language Translations for “Hitchings” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Pig Latin Itchingshay (Hitchings). Additional references: Pig Latin, Hitchings. (volunteer)
Terran B Zuge (Hitchings). Additional references: Terran B, Hitchings. (volunteer)
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