siring
present participle ofsire
sire
verb[T]
uk/saɪər/us/saɪr/tobecomethemaleparentof ananimalor thefatherof achild:
Thefoalwas sired by a cup-winningracehorse.
old useorhumorousAt theageof 70, hemarrieda muchyoungerwoman and went on to sire two morechildren.
Synonyms
begetold use
father
Breeds & breeding
- beget
- breeder
- breeding
- breeding ground
- brood mare
- crossbred
- heritage
- heritage breed
- inbred
- inbreeding
- interbreed
- pedigree
- pedigreed
- puppy farm
- puppy mill
- purebred
- sire
- teaser
- thoroughbred
- well bred
Examplesofsiring
siring
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Their odds were improved greatly bysiringoffspring before the sister or in greater numbers.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, it is important to recognize that this analysis assumes that post-pollination mechanisms play no significant role in influencingsiringsuccess, as they would in a species with heteromorphic incompatibility.
From theCambridge English Corpus
But nobody has said that it is wrong to take the risk ofsiringor begetting illegitimate children.
From the
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He was fifth in the winning sires' list of 1920,siringoffspring with combined earnings of 146,000.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Instead, the top ranking males in the groups have an approximately equal share ofsiringall offspring born to females within the group.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He has proved to be an excellent breeding stallion,siringwinners of major races over a wide range of distances.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He was much sought after from the start of his stud career and proved successful,siringthe winners of more than 700 races.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Such a decoupling would provide a significant reproductive advantage through increased pollinator visitation andsiringsuccess.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Exceptionally modern for the times, aftersiring3 sons he sired only daughters thereafter and insisted on formal education for all of them.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.On her marriage her husband took over the administration of her inheritance, but he died in early 1220 withoutsiringany children.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Under simulated competition environments, 94% ofsiringoccurred by wild-type salmon, while only 5.4% was attributed to genetically modified salmon.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He met with only modest success,siringsix stakes winners.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He met with little success as a stallion,siringjust seven stakes race winners from 268 foals.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He was known forsiringboth racehorses and hunters.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He died early in 2008 from heart failure at the age of seven, aftersiringthree foal crops.
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