"mereing" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: mereings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English, from Old English mǣre (“boundary, limit”), from Proto-Germanic *mēriją (“boundary”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to fence”). Cognate with Dutch meer (“a limit, boundary”), Icelandic mærr (“borderland”), Swedish landamäre (“border, borderline, boundary”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{inh|en|ang|mǣre||boundary, limit}} Old English mǣre (“boundary, limit”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*mēriją||boundary}} Proto-Germanic *mēriją (“boundary”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*mey-||to fence}} Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to fence”), {{cog|nl|meer||a limit, boundary}} Dutch meer (“a limit, boundary”), {{cog|is|mærr||borderland}} Icelandic mærr (“borderland”), {{cog|sv|landamäre||border, borderline, boundary}} Swedish landamäre (“border, borderline, boundary”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} mereing (plural mereings)
  1. (cartography) An administrative or property boundary on a map. Categories (topical): Cartography
    Sense id: en-mereing-en-noun-eiOgiVSp Topics: cartography, geography, natural-sciences
  2. The process of deciding upon the boundary's position.
    Sense id: en-mereing-en-noun-LscTNg-d Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mere

Inflected forms

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