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bering

Syllables: be·ringUK/bɪˈɹɪŋ/

bering verb: to encircle (something) with a ring or some other circular object (such as a shackle).

Verb

bering (third-person singular simple present berings, present participle beringing, simple past and past participle beringed)

  1. (ambitransitive, dated) To encircle (something) with a ring or some other circular object (such as a shackle).
    • [A]n elephant was captured for a time by the king's hunters and, ere he broke free, beringed with a grievous leg-iron.1900 December – 1901 October, Rudyard Kipling, chapter IX, in Kim, London: Macmillan and Co., published 1901, →OCLC, page 235

Proper noun capitalized: Bering

Bering

  1. An element of various place names in the geographical region between the northeastern extreme of Russia and the U.S. state of Alaska.

Forms of bering

third-person singular presentberings
present participleberinging
past participleberinged
pastberinged

Origin of bering

From be- (prefix forming verbs from adjectives or nouns, usually with the sense ‘to make, become, or cause to be [like the adjective or noun]’) + ring.

Derived from the surname of Vitus Bering, a Danish-born navigator in the service of the Russian Navy, known for his two explorations of the north-eastern coast of the Asian continent and from there the western coast on the North American continent.

Words formed from bering

Phrases with bering

Words that rhyme with bering

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Questions about bering

What does bering mean?
Bering means to encircle (something) with a ring or some other circular object (such as a shackle).
What part of speech is bering?
Bering can be a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce bering?
Bering is pronounced /bɪˈɹɪŋ/ (UK).
What is the past tense of bering?
The past tense of bering is beringed.

Words near bering in the dictionary

  1. berimed
  2. berimes
  3. beriming
  4. berine
  5. berines
  6. bering
  7. Bering Sea
  8. Bering Strait
  9. Bering Straits
  10. Bering Time
  11. Bering's Strait

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