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WOOING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)

Example:

its was a brief and intense courtship

Synonyms:

courting; courtship; suit; wooing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("wooing" is a kind of...):

appeal; entreaty; prayer (earnest or urgent request)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wooing"):

bundling (a onetime custom during courtship of unmarried couples occupying the same bed without undressing)

Derivation:

woo (make amorous advances towards)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb woo

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 Context examples: 

He couldn't have got himself up with more care if he'd been going a-wooing, said Jo to herself, and then a sudden thought born of the words made her blush so dreadfully that she had to drop her ball, and go down after it to hide her face.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)