composing meaning

• Noun: composing  kum'powzing
  1. The spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole
     - composition 
  2. Musical creation
     - composition
  Verb: compose  kum'powz
  1. Form the substance of
     "Greed and ambition composed his personality" 
  2. Write music
     "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"
     - write 
  3. Produce a literary work
     "She composed a poem"
     - write, pen, indite [archaic] 
  4. Put together out of existing material
     - compile 
  5. Calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet
     "She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult" 
  6. Make up plans or basic details for
     - frame, draw up

  Derived forms: composings

  See also: component, composer, composition, compositor, composure

  Type of: arrangement, be, calm, calm down, comprise, constitute, create, create verbally, creating by mental acts, lull, make, make up, placement, plan, quiet, quieten, represent, still, tranquilize [N. Amer], tranquillise [Brit], tranquillize

  Encyclopedia: Compose

  Composing

• composing room:     noun  A ...
• composing stick:     noun (printing)&n ...

Examples

1. he should be now glad to compose himself a little.
2. the sea is mainly composed of water and salt ...
3. they were aloof, self-assured, composed.
4. i walked to the window to compose myself.
5. water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen.