Antonyms for lamping

Grammar : Verb

Spell : lamp

Phonetic Transcription : læmp

Definition of lamping

Origin : c.1200, from Old French lampe "lamp, lights" (12c.), from Latin lampas "a light, torch, flambeau," from Greek lampas "torch, lamp, beacon, meteor, light," from lampein "to shine," from nasalized form of PIE root *lap- "to shine" (cf. Lithuanian lope "light," Old Irish lassar "flame"). Replaced Old English leohtfæt "light vessel." To smell of the lamp "be a product of laborious night study" is from 1570s.

As in observe : verb see, notice
As in goggle : verb gaze
As in gaze : verb stare at

Example sentences :

He could not tell how the day went, as he had no light but the lamping of Lina's eyes.
Extract from : « The Princess and Curdie » by George MacDonald

Every place we go he wanders around for hours lamping the denizens of the burg.
Extract from : « Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager » by Burt L. Standish

Almost under our feet, shot up the head of an enormous snake, with a lamping wallowing glare in its eyes.
Extract from : « Lilith » by George MacDonald

Then the moon rose; a regular conventional Italian moon, chequering the path like sunshine, lamping the cypresses and campaniles.
Extract from : « Ruskin Relics » by W. G. Collingwood

Synonyms for lamping

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