part

/pɐːt/

noun

Meaning

A portion; a component.
Duty; responsibility.
"to do one’s part"
The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
"The part of his hair was slightly to the left."
In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.

Synonyms

chelek,

component,

element,

piece,

portion,

faction,

party,

parting,

shed,

shoad,

shode,

position,

role

verb

Meaning

To leave the company of.
To cut hair with a parting; shed.
To divide in two.
"to part the curtains"
To be divided in two or separated; shed.
"A rope parts. His hair parts in the middle."
To divide up; to share.
To have a part or share; to partake.
To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
To hold apart; to stand or intervene between.
To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
"to part gold from silver"
To leave; to quit.
To leave (an IRC channel).

adjective

Meaning

Fractional; partial.
"Fred was part owner of the car."

adverb

Meaning

Partly; partially; fractionally.
"Part finished"