Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of sire
nounsiring (plural sirings)
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
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with siring
requiringhiringwiringfiringinspiringretiringaspiringdesiringexpiringinquiringadmiringtiringconspiringenquiringuninspiringrewiringuntiringquiringperspiringmisfiringrehiringattiringprehiringrefiring
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APA
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“siring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/siring. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “siring,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/siring.
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