| BACKGROUND | • background adj. Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system. • background n. One’s social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past. • background n. A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context. |
| OUTBARKING | • outbarking v. Present participle of outbark. • OUTBARK v. to surpass in barking. |
| BACKGROUNDS | • backgrounds n. Plural of background. • backgrounds v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background. • BACKGROUND v. to provide with background. |
| KOURBASHING | • kourbashing v. Present participle of kourbash. • KOURBASH v. (Arabic) to whip with a hide whip, also KURBASH. |
| OUTBREAKING | • outbreaking n. The act of breaking out. • outbreaking n. That which bursts forth. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • outbreaking v. Present participle of outbreak. |
| BACKGROUNDED | • backgrounded v. Simple past tense and past participle of background. • backgrounded adj. Moved to the background. • backgrounded adj. (Computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive. |
| BACKGROUNDER | • backgrounder n. (Chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives… • backgrounder n. A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon. • backgrounder n. A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation. |
| BACKGROUNDERS | • backgrounders n. Plural of backgrounder. • BACKGROUNDER n. an off the record briefing for reporters. |
| BACKGROUNDING | • backgrounding v. Present participle of background. • backgrounding n. The act by which something is backgrounded, in any sense. • backgrounding n. An intermediate stage in cattle production, between weaning and placement in a feedlot, during which… |
| GROUNDBREAKER | • groundbreaker n. First person to do, make or fight for something. A pioneer; a seminal person. • GROUNDBREAKER n. one that innovates. |
| HOUSEBREAKING | • housebreaking n. The act of breaking into another person’s house with unlawful intent. • housebreaking v. (Animal training) present participle of housebreak. • HOUSEBREAKING n. the act of breaking into a house for the purpose of stealing. |
| TROUBLEMAKING | • troublemaking adj. Causing trouble. • troublemaking n. Causing trouble; acting in a disruptive way. • TROUBLEMAKING n. the act of making trouble. |
| GROUNDBREAKERS | • groundbreakers n. Plural of groundbreaker. • GROUNDBREAKER n. one that innovates. |
| GROUNDBREAKING | • groundbreaking adj. Innovative; new, different; doing something that has never been done before. • groundbreaking n. The point at which construction begins, by digging into the ground. • groundbreaking n. A ceremony to mark the beginning of construction. |
| HOUSEBREAKINGS | • housebreakings n. Plural of housebreaking. • HOUSEBREAKING n. the act of breaking into a house for the purpose of stealing. |
| TROUBLEMAKINGS | • troublemakings n. Plural of troublemaking. • TROUBLEMAKING n. the act of making trouble. |
| GROUNDBREAKINGS | • groundbreakings n. Plural of groundbreaking. • GROUNDBREAKING n. the breaking of ground at the beginning of a construction project. |