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barning

barning is the present participle and gerund of barn.

Meaning of barn

Verb

barn (third-person singular simple present barns, present participle barning, simple past and past participle barned)

  1. (transitive) To lay up in a barn.
    • But like still-pining Tantalus he sits / And useless barns the harvest of his wits1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC, line 859
    Synonyms:
    imbarn

See all 8 meanings of barn

Questions about barning

What is barning the present participle and gerund of?
Barning is the present participle and gerund of barn.

Words near barning in the dictionary

  1. barnier
  2. barnies
  3. barniest
  4. barnight
  5. barnights
  6. barning
  7. Barningham
  8. barnless
  9. barnlike
  10. barnmate
  11. barnmates

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