borning

See also: børning

English

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɔːnɪŋ/

Verb

borning

  1. present participle of born

Adjective

borning (not comparable)

  1. In the process of being born.
    • 1967, William Styron, The Confessions of Nat Turner, Vintage 2004, p. 332:
      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.

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