Summing

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sum \Sum\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Summed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Summing}.] [Cf. F. sommer, LL. summare.]
     1. To bring together into one whole; to collect into one
        amount; to cast up, as a column of figures; to ascertain
        the totality of; -- usually with up.
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              The mind doth value every moment, and then the hour
              doth rather sum up the moments, than divide the day.
                                                    --Bacon.
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     2. To bring or collect into a small compass; to comprise in a
        few words; to condense; -- usually with up.
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              "Go to the ant, thou sluggard," in few words sums up
              the moral of this fable.              --L'Estrange.
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              He sums their virtues in himself alone. --Dryden.
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     3. (Falconry) To have (the feathers) full grown; to furnish
        with complete, or full-grown, plumage.
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              But feathered soon and fledge
              They summed their pens [wings].       --Milton.
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     {Summing up}, a compendium or abridgment; a recapitulation; a
        r['e]sum['e]; a summary.
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     Syn: To cast up; collect; comprise; condense; comprehend;
          compute.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sum
       n 1: a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount
            he had in cash was insufficient" [syn: {sum of money}, {amount},
             {amount of money}]
       2: a quantity obtained by addition [syn: {amount}, {total}]
       3: the final aggregate; "the sum of all our troubles did not
          equal the misery they suffered" [syn: {summation}, {sum
          total}]
       4: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some
          idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's
          argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party";
          "the nub of the story" [syn: {kernel}, {substance}, {core},
           {center}, {essence}, {gist}, {heart}, {heart and soul}, {inwardness},
           {marrow}, {meat}, {nub}, {pith}, {nitty-gritty}]
       5: the whole amount [syn: {total}, {totality}, {aggregate}]
       6: the basic unit of money in Uzbekistan
       7: a set containing all and only the members of two or more
          given sets; "let C be the union of the sets A and B" [syn:
           {union}, {join}]
       v 1: be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in
            the paper" [syn: {summarize}, {summarise}, {sum up}]
       2: determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to
          those of the neighboring town" [syn: {total}, {tot}, {tot
          up}, {sum up}, {summate}, {tote up}, {add}, {add together},
           {tally}, {add up}]
       [also: {summing}, {summed}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  summing
       See {sum}