Antonyms for adding

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ad

Phonetic Transcription : æd

Definition of adding

Origin : late 14c., "to join or unite (something to something else)," from Latin addere "add to, join, attach, place upon," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + -dere comb. form meaning "to put, place," from dare "to give" (see date (n.1)). Meaning "to do sums, do addition" also is from late 14c. Related: Added; adding. To add up "make sense" is from 1942.

verb simple arithmetical process of increase; accumulation
verb adjoin, increase; make further comment

Example sentences :

Then stir in the graham flour, adding the nuts while kneading.
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 1 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

So called from its habit of adding funeral outlays to the other expenses of living.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

Pound the veal also in a mortar, adding butter to it by degrees.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

It will keep the better for adding to it a wine glass of brandy.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

By adding to it lemon juice, you may make what is called negus.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

It will be the better for adding a glass of currant wine also.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

He wrung his hand, only adding, 'Blind leaders of the blind, Pancks!
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

Work all together into a paste, adding a spoonful of brandy.
Extract from : « The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; » by Charlotte Campbell Bury

Then she introduced the two men, adding, "Billy knows all about you already."
Extract from : « People of Position » by Stanley Portal Hyatt

Let us go out, if you, indeed, persist in adding to the pain of both of us.
Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for adding

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