"casing" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkeɪsɪŋ/ Forms: casings [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪsɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} casing (plural casings)
  1. That which encloses or encases. Translations (that which encloses or encases): обви́вка (obvívka) (Bulgarian), опако́вка (opakóvka) (Bulgarian), coberta [feminine] (Catalan), kotelo (Finnish), kuori (Finnish), Gehäuse [neuter] (German), Überzug [masculine] (German), Hülle [feminine] (German), Ummantelung [feminine] (German), Schale [feminine] (German), Verschalung [feminine] (German), Hülse [feminine] (German), cásáil [feminine] (Irish), involucro [masculine] (Italian), carcasă [feminine] (Romanian), кожу́х (kožúx) [masculine] (Russian), обши́вка (obšívka) [feminine] (Russian), футля́р (futljár) [masculine] (Russian), оболо́чка (obolóčka) (Russian), опра́ва (opráva) (english: rim of spectacles) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-casing-en-noun-iPuOXeGJ Disambiguation of 'that which encloses or encases': 96 1 2 2
  2. (architecture) The decorative trim around a door or window. Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-casing-en-noun-UawyFt2F Topics: architecture
  3. (oil industry) A metal pipe used to line the borehole of a well. Categories (topical): Oil industry
    Sense id: en-casing-en-noun-z8-w8izq
  4. (uncountable, computing) The state of letter case across a whole phrase or whole lines of text; the collective state/arrangement of uppercase and lowercase letters. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-casing-en-noun-D~AQGj5g Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: casing bead, casing hanger, casing string, sausage casing

Verb

IPA: /ˈkeɪsɪŋ/
Rhymes: -eɪsɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} casing
  1. present participle and gerund of case Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: case
    Sense id: en-casing-en-verb-UlySNjd7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 4 3 25 47 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 17 5 4 30 43

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "that which encloses or encases",
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      "word": "Schale"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "that which encloses or encases",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Verschalung"
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      "sense": "that which encloses or encases",
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      "links": [
        [
          "case",
          "case#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkeɪsɪŋ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪsɪŋ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "casing"
  ],
  "word": "casing"
}

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