"visiting" in the noun sense
1. visiting
the activity of making visits
"the purpose was to promote homes, clubs, visiting, and other services"
"visiting" in the verb sense
1. visit, see
go to see a place, as for entertainment
"We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning"
2. travel to, visit
go to certain places as for sightseeing
"Did you ever visit Paris?"
3. visit, call in, call
pay a brief visit
"The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens"
4. visit, inspect
come to see in an official or professional capacity
"The governor visited the prison"
"The grant administrator visited the laboratory"
5. inflict, bring down, visit, impose
impose something unpleasant
"The principal visited his rage on the students"
6. chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit
talk socially without exchanging too much information
"the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
7. visit
stay with as a guest
"Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month"
8. visit
assail
"He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly"
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