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bioneering

bioneering is the present participle and gerund of bioneer.

Meaning of bioneer

Verb

bioneer (third-person singular simple present bioneers, present participle bioneering, simple past and past participle bioneered)

  1. (neologism) To pioneer biologically.
    • The only thing you can truly say, and I think this is a very safe statement, is if you can't figure out how to bioneer, bioneer with a b, you're not going anywhere.2006, John Logan, NASA physician, at the Space Frontier Foundation's "New Space Return to the Moon Conference" (2006): Panel SFF1484 at 1:15:25
  2. To engineer biologically.
    • Lost beneath her abundant flesh was a vestigial skeleton which floated disconnected and unmoving in a gelatinous sea. Her bioneered organs were swollen to immense proportions and hundreds of liters of blood pumped through her extensive circulatory system.1975, Thomas F. Monteleone, edited by Roger Elwood, Dystopian visions, page 3

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Questions about bioneering

What is bioneering the present participle and gerund of?
Bioneering is the present participle and gerund of bioneer.

Words near bioneering in the dictionary

  1. bionectriaceous
  2. bioneedle
  3. bioneedles
  4. bioneer
  5. bioneered
  6. bioneering
  7. bioneers
  8. bionematicidal
  9. bionematicide
  10. bionematicides
  11. bioneogenesis

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