1. [verb] Present participle of mark
2. [noun] (uncountable) The action of the verb to mark.
3. [noun] A mark
4. [noun] The characteristic colouration and patterning of an animal
5. [noun] A distinguishing symbol; 'the owner's mark was on all the sheep'.
6. [noun] A pattern of marks.
7. [noun] Evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score; 'what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do'.
8. [noun] The act of making a visible mark on a surface.
