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borning

UK/ˈbɔːnɪŋ/

borning adjective: in the process of being born.

Adjective

borning (not comparable)

  1. In the process of being born.
    • While yanking a borning calf from its mother's womb Moore suffered a bizarre and fatal accident: the cord arted abruptly, sending my owner in a sprawl backward until his head fetched up against a post and cracked open like a melon.1967, William Styron, The Confessions of Nat Turner, Vintage, published 2004, page 332

Questions about borning

What does borning mean?
Borning means in the process of being born.
What part of speech is borning?
Borning is an adjective.
How do you pronounce borning?
Borning is pronounced /ˈbɔːnɪŋ/ (UK).

Words near borning in the dictionary

  1. Bornholm
  2. Bornholm disease
  3. Bornholmsk
  4. Bornian
  5. bornin
  6. borning
  7. bornite
  8. bornites
  9. bornitic
  10. bornivore
  11. bornivores

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