divining
present participle ofdivine
divine
verb
formaluk/dɪˈvaɪn/us/dɪˈvaɪn/divineverb(GUESS)
[T]
toguesssomething:
[+ that]I divinedfromhisgrimexpressionthatthenewswas not good.
to guess
- guessGuess who called yesterday?
- estimateThey estimate that the work will take at least ten weeks.
- divineMum had divined my state of mind rather shrewdly.
- surmiseFrom the expression on his face, she surmised that something bad had happened.
- conjectureIt would be reasonable to conjecture that lack of exercise contributed to his obesity.
- speculateA spokesperson declined to speculate on the cause of the plane crash.
Guessing, supposing and suspecting
- approximate
- as muchidiom
- call
- conjecture
- consider
- deem
- fall
- hypothesize
- jump
- jump to conclusionsidiom
- mark
- marksomeonedown assomething
- misjudge
- misjudgment
- presume
- smell
- speculate
- surmise
- think
- think ofsomething
divineverb(SEARCH)
[IorT]
tosearchforwaterormineralsundergroundbyholdinghorizontally inyourhandsa Y-shapedrodorstick, the end of whichsuddenlypointsdownslightlywhenwaterormineralsare below it:
a diviningrod
Searching
- -seeking
- beachcomb
- beachcomber
- beachcombing
- body search
- bounty hunter
- divine
- keepyour/aneye out forsomeone/somethingidiom
- leave no stone unturnedidiom
- manhunt
- mudlark
- mudlarking
- nose
- scout
- scratch
- seeksomeone/somethingout
- seeker
- shake
- shakesomeonedown
- shakedown
Examplesofdivining
divining
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But most of all they teach the work of judicial astrology and all thediviningarts.
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Bad houses and spoons which do not perform their functions would be useless indiviningthe ideal house or the ideal spoon.
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Projecting the geometric physiognomy of a building or city was a prophetic act, a form of conjuring anddiviningthat involved much more than the personal will of the author.
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Indeed, the impossibility ofdiviningfrom scratch the meanings that another person attaches to their words is more striking on the surface than comparable arguments for syntax.
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Perhaps a flood of amusement at seeing mediviningwater might be permitted.
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The 93/95 programme was certainly problematic as was exemplified by the probing consultant's reportdiviningits entrails.
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I do not think that that office can be much more helpful at present than the waterdiviningapproach that has been mentioned.
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Today we have heard many helpful and thoughtful speeches which will help us indiviningthe way forward.
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I have no means ofdiviningits collective will.
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We have no method ofdiviningthese things.
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I wonder about the future of those who possess the quality of waterdivining.
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National security is not simply a matter of preventing the agents of enemies and potential enemies fromdiviningour secrets or damaging our safety in more positive ways.
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He continued the routine, correctlydiviningand locating the personal object, which was a puffer necklace.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Adiviningcup was supposed to be able to detect poison.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The program teaches students to use science and critical thinking to investigate claims of the paranormal, such as waterdivining, spoon bending, and firewalking.
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- beat-generation
- be a thing
- be-a-thing
- beat-hollow
- beatific
- beatifically
- beatification
- beatified
- beatify
- beatifying
- beating
- be at it
- beat it!
- be-at-it
- beat-it
- be at it again
- be-at-it-again
- beatitude
- beat-kick-knock-the-stuffing-out-of
- beat/kick/knock the stuffing out of sb
- beat-kick-knock-the-stuffing-out-of-sb
- beat/kick/knock the stuffing out of someone
- beat-knock-whale-the-tar-out-of
- beat/knock/whale the tar out of sb
- beat-knock-whale-the-tar-out-of-sb