siring
siring is the present participle and gerund of sire.
Meaning of sire
Verb
sire (third-person singular simple present sires, present participle siring, simple past and past participle sired)
- To father; to beget.
- In these travels, my father sired thirteen children in all, four boys and nine girls.1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 6
- To turn (another person) into a vampire.
- “Do you think they were wannabes, then? Groupies who found a willing vamp to sire them?”2008, Yasmine Galenorn, Darkling, page 34
Noun
siring (plural sirings)
- An act of procreation, especially between animals.
- As the gestation length of horses and ponies is on average 336 days with a range of 315 to 365 days (Rossdale 1967), foals resulting from late May and early June sirings would be born throughout May the following year.1972, Animal behavior monographs, volume 5, page 94
Forms of siring
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Words that rhyme with siring
Questions about siring
- What does siring mean?
- Siring means an act of procreation, especially between animals.
- What is siring the present participle and gerund of?
- Siring is the present participle and gerund of sire.
- What part of speech is siring?
- Siring is a noun.
- What is the plural of siring?
- The plural of siring is sirings.
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