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PRONUNCIATION OF OYSTERING

oystering  [ˈɔɪstərɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OYSTERING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Oystering is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OYSTERING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

oystering

Oystering

Oystering or oyster veneer is a decorative form of veneering, a type of parquetry. This technique is using thin slices of wood branches or roots cut in cross-section, usually from small branches of walnut, olive, kingwood and less commonly laburnum, yew and cocus. The resulting circular or oval pieces of veneer are laid side by side in furniture to produce various decorative patterns. Because the shape formed resembles an oyster shell the technique acquired the name of oyster veneering. Detail of the chest...

Definition of oystering in the English dictionary

The definition of oystering in the dictionary is the activity of dredging for, gathering, or raising oysters.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OYSTERING


blistering
ˈblɪstərɪŋ
blustering
ˈblʌstərɪŋ
bolstering
ˈbəʊlstərɪŋ
catering
ˈkeɪtərɪŋ
factoring
ˈfæktərɪŋ
flattering
ˈflætərɪŋ
fostering
ˈfɒstərɪŋ
glittering
ˈɡlɪtərɪŋ
Kettering
ˈkɛtərɪŋ
lettering
ˈlɛtərɪŋ
mentoring
ˈmɛntərɪŋ
monitoring
ˈmɒnɪtərɪŋ
monstering
ˈmɒnstərɪŋ
motoring
ˈməʊtərɪŋ
plastering
ˈplɑːstərɪŋ
scattering
ˈskætərɪŋ
schoolmastering
ˈskuːlˌmɑːstərɪŋ
tutoring
ˈtjuːtərɪŋ
watering
ˈwɔːtərɪŋ
westering
ˈwɛstərɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OYSTERING

oyster
oyster bank
oyster bed
oyster crab
oyster cracker
oyster farm
oyster farming
oyster mushroom
oyster park
oyster pink
oyster plant
oyster shell
oyster stew
oyster white
oyster-pink
oyster-white
oystercatcher
oysterer
oysterman
oystermen

WORDS THAT END LIKE OYSTERING

bring
civil engineering
considering
covering
electrical engineering
empowering
engineering
fingering
flowering
gathering
hovering
lowering
mechanical engineering
offering
ordering
recovering
rendering
steering
suffering
wandering
wondering

Synonyms and antonyms of oystering in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «oystering» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OYSTERING

Find out the translation of oystering to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of oystering from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «oystering» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

oystering
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

oystering
570 millions of speakers

English

oystering
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

oystering
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بالنعام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

oystering
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

oystering
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

oystering
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ostréiculture
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Oystering
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

oystering
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カキ採取
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Oystering
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

oystering
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

oystering
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनैतिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

oystering
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

oystering
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

oystering
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

oystering
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

oystering
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

oystering
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oystering
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

oystering
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

oystering
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of oystering

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OYSTERING»

The term «oystering» is normally little used and occupies the 147.615 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OYSTERING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «oystering» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «oystering» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about oystering

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OYSTERING»

Discover the use of oystering in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to oystering and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Nonnative Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay
For Maryland watermen, oystering is second in economic importance to crabbing. Prior to the 1980s, oystering was the most important fishery on the bay, with watermen hard crabbing (or farming) in the summer mainly to provide income in ...
Committee on Nonnative Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay, National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, 2004
2
Acts Passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of ...
... When citizens of Norfolk may oyster, No limit to taking planted oysters, Extent of jurisdiction of Norfolk county, Reciprocal privilege of oystering extended to Princess Anne and Norfolk counties, When oysters may be taken in York or Poquosin ...
Virginia, 1849
3
Unionville: Race, Time, Place and Memory in Talbot County, ...
Some blacks on the Neck tried their hand at oystering and seafood work after emancipation. Free to try oystering but not free from white harassment, their boats were sabotaged by whites who punched holes in them late at night. The blacks ...
Bernard Demczuk, 2008
4
Oyster Wars and the Public Trust: Property, Law, and Ecology ...
WaddelVs Lessee (1842), were about property rights in oysters in the Raritan River and Bay region, the early center of oystering (to be replaced in importance by the Delaware Bay as the nineteenth century went on). This was also the area of ...
Bonnie J. McCay, 1998
5
Tangier Island: Place, People, and Talk
Apart from those who are involved in tourism or in the several shops and stores that serve the Island, about 90 percent of the men follow the water — traditionally meaning oystering, fishing, and crabbing, but presently, essentially only the last.
David L. Shores, 2000
6
Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia
... 72 Penalty for resisting his authority, 72 Oystering, except for planting or for family use, unlawful in certain months, 72 Penalty on ofl'enders, 72 Nonresidents how dealt with, 72 Masters when liable for acts of slaves, 72 Oystering with illegal  ...
Virginia, 1847
7
The Question of the Commons: The Culture and Ecology of ...
And yet, restricted access can result in sharp social discrimination, as in beaches reserved for the wealthy and, as briefly described below, submarine acreage taken up by the few Oystering and the Enclosure of the Commons The history of ...
Bonnie J. McCay, James M. Acheson, 1990
8
The Fishermen of the Lowcountry: Memories from Home
OYSTERING. Oysters are picked in the cool of the year—as the saying goes: those months whose names have an r in them. Since the local oyster grounds have been heavily harvested, the oyster crew often tows three hours down the inland ...
‎2007
9
Home: Portraits from the Carolina Coast
Oystering. Oysters are picked in the cool of the year—as the saying goes: those months whose names have an r in them. Since the local oyster grounds have been heavily harvested, the oyster crew often tows three hours down the inland ...
V. Elizabeth Turk, William P. Baldwin, 2006
10
A History of the Greenwich Waterfront: Tod's Point, Great ...
10. OYSTERING. During the late 1800s, nearly three-quarters of the entire oyster export to Europe came from Connecticut, with Norwalk being the major contributor. During that era, there was said to be, on average, an amazing 160,000 ...
Karen Jewell, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OYSTERING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term oystering is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Hancock Co. fisherman fighting to save legs speaks out
He went shrimping, oystering and crabbing for more than 45 years and never contracted what doctors confirmed was the aggressive Vibrio ... «WLOX, Jul 15»
2
Salisbury center to help children 'do their part' for bay
Oystering and fishing is a way of life, he explained. He usually brings in a weathered waterman, someone with decades of experience, to talk to ... «mySanAntonio.com, Jul 15»
3
The List: Exploring the Inhabited Islands of the Garden State
First settled in the 1700s as a site for clamming and oystering, tourism has been the biggest industry ever since the construction of the Atlantic ... «NJ Spotlight, Jul 15»
4
William B. Cronin
In the course of his research, he became an expert on the log canoes and pungeys that watermen once used for oystering, and historic vessels ... «Baltimore Sun, Jul 15»
5
Find the perfect southeastern beach escape for you
According to the island's website, "Most native residents of Daufuskie are descendants of freed slaves, who have made their living oystering ... «Access Atlanta, Jul 15»
6
Celebrate, remember the Clamshell Railroad
The railroad created a reliable route for the area's major industries: oystering, logging and cranberry farming. A tide table, not a time table, ... «Coast Weekend, Jul 15»
7
Mother and son's burlap bow-tie business honors Lowcountry's …
Share. Mother and son's burlap bow-tie business honors Lowcountry's oystering tradition. Warren L. Wise Email Facebook @warrenlancewise. «Charleston Post Courier, Jul 15»
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PORT LAVACA - Cecileo Morales, 38, of Seadrift, to two years probation on June 18 after pleading guilty to oystering in a restricted area with a ... «Victoria Advocate, Jul 15»
9
Izaak Walton League awards scholarships
Jones plans to study the effects of farming, fishing, oystering, crabbing and land development on the water, flora and fauna of the Bay. «The Star Democrat, Jul 15»
10
Once an industrial hub, New Haven struggles to place residents in …
It was an oystering powerhouse for a couple of centuries, starting in colonial days. In 1878, Alexander Graham Bell established the first ... «Free Speech Radio News, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Oystering [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/oystering>. Apr 2024 ».
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