fitting
/fɪtɪŋ/ · verb
Meaning
- To be suitable for.
- To conform to in size and shape.
- To be of the right size and shape
- (with to) To make conform in size and shape.
- To be in agreement with.
- To adjust.
- To suffer a fit.
- A small part, especially a standardized or detachable part of a device or machine.
- A tube connector; a standardized connecting part of a piping system to attach sections of pipe together, such as a coupling
- The act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit.
- The process of fitting up; especially of applying craft methods such as skilled filing to the making and assembling of machines or other products.
- (often plural) A removable item in a house or other building, which can be taken with one when one moves out, such as a moveable piece of furniture, a carpet, picture, etc.; US furnishing; compare fixture.
- The action or condition of having fits in the sense of seizures or convulsions.
- Ready, appropriate, suitable, or in keeping
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