linking

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪŋkɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋkɪŋ
• Hyphenation: link‧ing

linking (not comparable)

1. Serving to connect other things together.

   Conjunctions frequently function as linking words in a sentence.

linking (plural linkings)

1. Linkage.
   • 1986, Douglas Pulleyblank, Tone in Lexical Phonology, page 11:

     […] I will assume that multiple linkings of tones to a single tone-bearing unit come about only by language-specific rules.

linking

1. present participle and gerund of link

   The yard manager is linking the sections of the train together.

• inkling, kilning, klining