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Sharing   /ʃˈɛrɪŋ/   Listen
Sharing

noun
1.
Using or enjoying something jointly with others.
2.
Having in common.
3.
Sharing thoughts and feelings.  Synonym: communion.
4.
A distribution in shares.  Synonym: share-out.
adjective
1.
Unselfishly willing to share with others.



Share

verb
(past & past part. shared; pres. part. sharing)
1.
Have in common.  "The two countries share a long border"
2.
Use jointly or in common.
3.
Have, give, or receive a share of.  Synonyms: partake, partake in.
4.
Give out as one's portion or share.  Synonyms: apportion, deal, divvy up, portion out.
5.
Communicate.



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"Sharing" Quotes from Famous Books



... and leaped ashore. I did not betray Mr. Kurtz—it was ordered I should never betray him—it was written I should be loyal to the nightmare of my choice. I was anxious to deal with this shadow by myself alone,—and to this day I don't know why I was so jealous of sharing with anyone the peculiar blackness of ...
— Heart of Darkness • Joseph Conrad

... locations which form their winter dwellings. But in summer they journey over the great plains in search of the best pasturage for their flocks and herds. They are consequently exceedingly difficult to reach by any other method than that of sharing their roving tent life. In the southeastern district of Mongolia there are large numbers of agricultural Mongols who speak both Chinese and Mongolian. The towns in this part are almost ...
— James Gilmour of Mongolia - His diaries, letters, and reports • James Gilmour

... next came in the sudden appearance of a person called "Milly"—I've forgotten her surname—whom I found in his room one evening, simply attired in a blue wrap—the rest of her costume behind the screen—smoking cigarettes and sharing a flagon of an amazingly cheap and self-assertive grocer's wine Ewart affected, called "Canary Sack." "Hullo!" said Ewart, as I came in. "This is Milly, you know. She's been being a model—she IS a model really.... (keep calm, ...
— Tono Bungay • H. G. Wells

... dining-hall. The number of persons now in the house does not, I believe, exceed eighty, and everybody is lamenting the smallness of the company, and the consequent dullness of the place; and I am perpetually called upon to sympathize with regrets which I am so far from sharing, that I wish, instead of eighty, we had only eight fellow-lodgers.... The general way of life is very disagreeable to me. I cannot, do what I will, find anything but constraint and discomfort in the perpetual presence of a crowd of strangers. The bedrooms are ...
— Records of Later Life • Frances Anne Kemble

... were within a gunshot of the coast of Saint-Honorine, d'Ache himself made the signals agreed upon, which were quickly answered by the coast guard on shore. An hour afterwards David the Intrepid's boat hailed the English brig, and before daybreak d'Ache was back at Mandeville, sharing with his hosts the joy he felt at the success of his voyage. They began to make plans immediately. It was decided on the spot that the Chateau de Monfiquet should shelter the King during the first few ...
— The House of the Combrays • G. le Notre


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