writing

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. The act of one who writes.
2. n. Written form: Put it in writing.
3. n. Handwriting; penmanship.
4. n. Something written, especially:
5. n. Meaningful letters or characters that constitute readable matter.
6. n. A written work, especially a literary composition.
7. n. The occupation or style of a writer.
8. n. Bible The third of the three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures, composed of Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles. See Table at Bible.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The recording of words or sounds in significant characters; in the most general sense, any use of or method of using letters or other conventional symbols of uttered sounds for the visible preservation or transmission of ideas; specifically, as distinguished from printing, stamping, incision, etc., the act or art of tracing graphic signs by hand on paper, parchment, or any other material, with a pen and ink, style, pencil, or any other instrument; also, the written characters or words; handwriting; chirography.
2. n. The state of being written; recorded form or expression: as, to put a proposition in writing; to commit one's thoughts to writing. In law the expressions in writing and written are often construed to include printed matter as well as manuscript.
3. n. That which is written, or in a written state; a record made by hand in any way; a paper or instrument wholly or partly in manuscript; an inscription.
4. n. A production of the pen in general; a literary or other composition; any expression of thought in visible words; a scripture.
5. n. The expression of thought by written words; the use of the pen in conveying ideas; literary production.

Wiktionary

1. v. present participle of write.
2. n. uncountable Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.
3. n. uncountable Something written, such as a document, article or book.
4. n. uncountable The process of representing a language with symbols or letters.
5. n. countable A work of an author.
6. n. countable The style of writing of a person.
7. n. as a modifier Intended for or used in writing.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. The act or art of forming letters and characters on paper, wood, stone, or other material, for the purpose of recording the ideas which characters and words express, or of communicating them to others by visible signs.
2. n. Anything written or printed; anything expressed in characters or letters.
3. n. Any legal instrument, as a deed, a receipt, a bond, an agreement, or the like.
4. n. Any written composition; a pamphlet; a work; a literary production; a book.
5. n. An inscription.
6. n. Handwriting; chirography.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. the act of creating written works
2. n. (usually plural) the collected work of an author
3. n. letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language
4. n. the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect)
5. n. the activity of putting something in written form