Definition of Maneuvering

1. Verb. (American English) (present participle of maneuver) ¹

2. Noun. (US gerund of maneuver) An act in which something or someone maneuvers ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Maneuvering

1. maneuver [v] - See also: maneuver

Lexicographical Neighbors of Maneuvering

manehs
manele
maneless
manelessness
manelike
manent
manequin
manerial
manes
maneuver
maneuverability
maneuverable
maneuvered
maneuverer
maneuverers
maneuvering (current term)
maneuverings
maneuvers
maneuvrability
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maneuvreability
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manfriend
manful
manfully
manfulness
manfulnesses

Literary usage of Maneuvering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Problem of Space Travel: The Rocket Motor by Hermann Noordung, Ernest Stuhlinger, J. D. Hunley, Jennifer Garland (1995)
"maneuvering in the Gravitational Fields of Outer Space Two basic possibilities exist in order to escape the gravitational effect of the Earth or of another ..."

2. Technique of Modern Tactics: A Study of Troop Leading Methods in the by Paul Stanley Bond, Michael Joseph McDonough (1916)
"... needs a maneuvering zone. If it is cramped by being too close to the advance guard it will be difficult to maneuver, and confusion and even disaster may ..."

3. A History of the United States: For Families and Libraries by Benson John Lossing (1857)
"After much maneuvering, the Serapis and Richard came alongside of each other, their rigging intermingling, and in this position they poured heavy broadsides ..."

4. The Improvement of Rivers: A Treatise on the Methods Employed for Improving by Benjamin Franklin Thomas, David Alexander Watt (1913)
"... maneuvering Boat at Dam No. 2, Ohio River, raising a fallen wicket, (The dam has just been raised and the pool is filling.) Raising the Pass Wickets at ..."

5. Our Sister Republic: a Gala Trip Through Tropical Mexico in 1869-70 by Albert S. Evans (1871)
"After much diligent inquiry, Mr. Fitch elicited the statement, that the maneuvering FOB A PIG-SKIN. skins are taken off by allowing the pigs to fast twenty ..."

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