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beringing

beringing is the present participle and gerund of bering.

Meaning of bering

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

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What is beringing the present participle and gerund of?
Beringing is the present participle and gerund of bering.

Words near beringing in the dictionary

  1. Beringer
  2. Beringers
  3. Beringia
  4. Beringian
  5. Beringians
  6. beringing
  7. Beringland
  8. beringleted
  9. beringletted
  10. berings
  11. Berinmadhoo

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