EGAVE

castling

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun An abortion, or a premature birth.
  2. noun The second or third swarm of bees which leaves a hive in a season.
  3. noun A miniature cast or mould.
  4. noun One that is cast.
  5. noun A move in which the king moves two squares towards a rook, and the rook moves to the other side of the king; the action of the verb to castle.
  6. noun The act of constructing a defense structure in Japanese chess in which the king (玉) is positioned in a certain way so that it is protected by pawns (歩) and silver general(s) (銀) and/or gold general(s) (金) often with an additional knight (桂) and lance (香車).
  7. verb present participle and gerund of castle

Similar words

abortment abort aborsement embryoctony coffin birth accouchement gravidation excreation watch-birth cacation

Often followed by

is on and move in

Word family

castle castled castles

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