siring

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪəɹɪŋ

Verb

siring

1. present participle and gerund of sire

Noun

siring (plural sirings)

1. An act of procreation, especially between animals.
   • 1972, Animal behavior monographs, volume 5, page 94:

     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.

Anagrams

• Rising, rising

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiɾiŋ/, [ˈsi.ɾiŋ]
• Hyphenation: si‧ring

Adjective

síring (plural siriring, Basahan spelling ᜐᜒᜍᜒᜅ᜔)

1. similar; like

   Synonyms: arog, agid, pareho

Preposition

síring (Basahan spelling ᜐᜒᜍᜒᜅ᜔)

1. such as

   Synonym: arog

Noun

síring (Basahan spelling ᜐᜒᜍᜒᜅ᜔)

1. resemble, likening

   Synonym: arog

2. mimicry, imitation, apeing

   Synonym: arog-arog

Derived terms

• magsiring
• pasiring
• siringon

 

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsirɪŋ]
• Hyphenation: si‧ring

Etymology 1

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Noun

siring (first-person possessive siringku, second-person possessive siringmu, third-person possessive siringnya)

1. rattan scoop for catching small fish, crustacean, etc.

Etymology 2

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Noun

siring (first-person possessive siringku, second-person possessive siringmu, third-person possessive siringnya)

1. border, edge (of cloth)

   Synonym: tepi

2. gutter, drain, ditch

   Synonyms: got, selokan

Further reading

• “siring” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.