applying

The act of applying; an application.

Noun

  1. The act of applying; an application.
    • The League felt that no benefit could arise from meek and gentle applyings to Parliament […] - 1881, Charles Stewart Parnell, Report of the Trial of the Queen:
    • A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place. Applying a force tangential...

Forms

applyings

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of apply