Standard Lemma guide

baring

name · noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɛə.ɹɪŋ/
  • General-American: /ˈbɛɹɪŋ/
  • rhymes with -ɛəɹɪŋ
  • homophone: Baring
  • homophone: bearing
  • CMU ARPABET: B EH1 R IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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2

name

Meaning 2

A minor city in Knox County, Missouri, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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3

name

Meaning 3

A census-designated place in King County, Washington, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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4

name

Meaning 4

A community in south-east Saskatchewan, Canada.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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5

name

Meaning 5

A locality near Patchewollock, Rural City of Mildura, north-west Victoria, Australia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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6

name

Meaning 6

A barangay of Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, Philippines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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7

noun

Meaning 7

The act by which something is laid bare.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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8

verb

Meaning 8

present participle and gerund of bare

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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9

noun

Meaning 9

the removal of covering

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: denudation, stripping, uncovering, husking

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: removal, remotion

Narrower terms: deforestation, disforestation, cornhusking

History

Etymology

Possibly related to Bering.

Borrowed from Cebuano Baring.