present participle of mean

Having a (specified) intention. / Expressing some intention or significance; meaningful.

The denotation, referent, or idea connected with a word, expression, or symbol. / The connotation associated with a word, expression, or symbol.

plural of meaning

(archaic, music) The middle voice of a three-voice polyphonic musical composition.

plural of meanness

(Ireland, UK regional) To lament.

Having the mean (see noun below) as its value; average. / (obsolete) Middling; intermediate; moderately good, tolerable.

(now chiefly in the plural) A method or course of action used to achieve some result. / (obsolete, in the singular) An intermediate step or intermediate steps.

(transitive) To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention. / (intransitive) To have as intentions of a given kind.