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baring

UK/ˈbɛə.ɹɪŋ/US/ˈbɛɹɪŋ/

baring is the present participle and gerund of bare.

Meaning of bare

Verb

bare (third-person singular simple present bares, present participle baring, simple past and past participle bared)

  1. (figuratively, sometimes, transitive) To uncover; to reveal.
    • She bared her teeth at him.

See all 20 meanings of bare

Noun

baring (plural barings)

  1. The act by which something is laid bare.
    • These woods loom large in my history — they were the site of two clumsy first kisses, one heart-crushing breakup, and countless whispered barings of the soul — but they are even more solidly a part of my present.2008, Carolyn Arends, Wrestling with Angels: Adventures in Faith and Doubt, page 90

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Baring

Baring (countable and uncountable, plural Barings)

  1. (countable) A surname.
  2. A minor city in Knox County, Missouri, United States.
  3. A census-designated place in King County, Washington, United States.
  4. A community in south-east Saskatchewan, Canada.
  5. A locality near Patchewollock, Rural City of Mildura, north-west Victoria, Australia.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Baring

Baring

  1. A barangay of Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, Philippines.

Forms of baring

Noun
pluralbarings
Proper noun
pluralBarings

Origin of baring

Possibly related to Bering.

Borrowed from Cebuano Baring.

Phrases with baring

Words that rhyme with baring

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Questions about baring

What does baring mean?
Baring means the act by which something is laid bare.
What is baring the present participle and gerund of?
Baring is the present participle and gerund of bare.
What part of speech is baring?
Baring can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce baring?
Baring is pronounced /ˈbɛə.ɹɪŋ/ (UK).
What is the plural of baring?
The plural of baring is barings.

Words near baring in the dictionary

  1. Bariloche
  2. Barilović
  3. Barils
  4. barin
  5. Barinas
  6. baring
  7. baring all
  8. baring it all
  9. baring one's breast
  10. baring one's heart
  11. baring one's soul

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Adapted from Wiktionary: baring (page history and authors); Baring (page history and authors); bare (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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