What part of speech is dissecting?

Dissecting can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. dissecting is a verb, gerund of dissect (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does dissecting mean?

Definitions

Verb

dissect - cut open or cut apart; "dissect the bodies for analysis"
dissect - make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; "analyze a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical compound"

Examples of dissecting

#   Sentence  
1. verb Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog: Few people are interested, and the frog dies.
2. verb He enjoys engaging in macabre activities such as dissecting animal corpses and stalking people on the street at night.
3. verb After all, he was a scientist, but mostly he liked dissecting innocent animals.
4. verb Sometimes he spent his day at the chemical laboratory, sometimes in the dissecting rooms, and occasionally in long walks, which appeared to take him into the lowest portions of the city.
5. verb Sami was very good at dissecting people's heads and he wanted to be a psychologist.
6. verb Sami and his classmates were dissecting a mouse.
7. verb One of my required classes in college included dissecting the entire dorsal cavity of a pig. It was disgusting.
8. verb Mary refused to participate in any labs that involved dissecting animals.
9. verb I was never any good at dissecting, and I didn't like it, either.
10. verb The linguist delights in dissecting sentences the way That One Kid In School delighted in dissecting frogs, and the results can be just as gruesome.
11. verb Dissect the bodies for analysis.
12. verb Teachers dissect frogs to teach students their anatomy.
13. verb Mrs. Jackson, can we not dissect rabbits this year?
14. verb French students do not dissect frogs. They eat them!
15. verb Teachers dissect frogs to teach students their anatomy.
Sentence  
verb
Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog: Few people are interested, and the frog dies.
He enjoys engaging in macabre activities such as dissecting animal corpses and stalking people on the street at night.
After all, he was a scientist, but mostly he liked dissecting innocent animals.
Sometimes he spent his day at the chemical laboratory, sometimes in the dissecting rooms, and occasionally in long walks, which appeared to take him into the lowest portions of the city.
Sami was very good at dissecting people's heads and he wanted to be a psychologist.
Sami and his classmates were dissecting a mouse.
One of my required classes in college included dissecting the entire dorsal cavity of a pig. It was disgusting.
Mary refused to participate in any labs that involved dissecting animals.
I was never any good at dissecting, and I didn't like it, either.
The linguist delights in dissecting sentences the way That One Kid In School delighted in dissecting frogs, and the results can be just as gruesome.
Dissect the bodies for analysis.
Teachers dissect frogs to teach students their anatomy.
Mrs. Jackson, can we not dissect rabbits this year?
French students do not dissect frogs. They eat them!
Teachers dissect frogs to teach students their anatomy.

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