borning

See also: børning

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːnɪŋ/

Verb

borning

1. present participle and gerund of born

Adjective

borning (not comparable)

1. In the process of being born.
   • 1967, William Styron, The Confessions of Nat Turner, Vintage, published 2004, page 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.

Anagrams

• bring on