"childing" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃaɪldɪŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-childing.wav
Etymology: From late Middle English childing (“pregnant”), from childen (“to give birth to a child”) + -ing, -inge (suffix forming the present participles of verbs, which were often used as adjectives); equivalent to child (verb) + -ing (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having a specified characteristic, nature, or quality’, and forming the present participles of verbs). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|childing|t=pregnant}} Middle English childing (“pregnant”), {{sup|2}} ², {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|present}} present, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{glossary|verb}} verb, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{suf|en|child|ing|id2=participial|pos1=verb|pos2=suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having a specified characteristic, nature, or quality’, and forming the present participles of verbs}} child (verb) + -ing (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having a specified characteristic, nature, or quality’, and forming the present participles of verbs) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} childing (not comparable)
  1. (archaic)
    Able to bear children; fertile; also, pregnant, or in the process of childbirth, or having just given birth to a child.
    Tags: archaic, not-comparable Categories (topical): Babies Synonyms: fecund, fruitful, in delivery, in labour, postnatal (english: one sense), postpartal, postpartum, post-partural
    Sense id: en-childing-en-adj-UKZeJPBM Disambiguation of Babies: 76 6 1 6 12
  2. (archaic)
    (horticulture) Of a flowering plant: producing younger florets around an older flower.
    Tags: archaic, not-comparable Categories (topical): Horticulture
    Sense id: en-childing-en-adj-KTH6Cip~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing (participial), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 53 2 4 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (participial): 31 43 6 6 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 41 54 0 1 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 39 55 0 1 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 53 0 1 4 Topics: agriculture, business, horticulture, lifestyle
  3. (obsolete, figuratively) Fruitful; productive. Tags: figuratively, not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-childing-en-adj-YhSwK3SH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃaɪldɪŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-childing.wav
Etymology: From Middle English childing, childinge [and other forms], from childen (“to give birth to a child”) + -ing, -inge (suffix forming gerunds from verbs). Equivalent to child + -ing. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gel-}}, {{inh|en|enm|childing}} Middle English childing, {{nb...|childeng, childenge, childingue, childinke, childyng, childynge, chilting, chiltting, chiltyng, chyldinge, chyldyng, chyldynge, shilding, shyldyng|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|gerund}} gerund, {{glossary|verb}} verb, {{af|en|child|-ing|id2=gerund noun}} child + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} childing (uncountable)
  1. (archaic) gerund of child: the act or process of childbearing or childbirth. Tags: archaic, form-of, gerund, uncountable Form of: child (extra: the act or process of childbearing or childbirth) Synonyms: delivery, parturition
    Sense id: en-childing-en-noun-AKf9wE30 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃaɪldɪŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-childing.wav
Etymology: From late Middle English childing (“pregnant”), from childen (“to give birth to a child”) + -ing, -inge (suffix forming the present participles of verbs, which were often used as adjectives); equivalent to child (verb) + -ing (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having a specified characteristic, nature, or quality’, and forming the present participles of verbs). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|childing|t=pregnant}} Middle English childing (“pregnant”), {{sup|2}} ², {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|present}} present, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{glossary|verb}} verb, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{suf|en|child|ing|id2=participial|pos1=verb|pos2=suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having a specified characteristic, nature, or quality’, and forming the present participles of verbs}} child (verb) + -ing (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having a specified characteristic, nature, or quality’, and forming the present participles of verbs) Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} childing
  1. present participle and gerund of child Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: child
    Sense id: en-childing-en-verb-1NST2kMT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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          "text": "When Zalzer is grown up, and leaves the nest, the Simorg gives him one of her feathers, telling him, whenever he is in great distress, to burn it, and she will immediately come to his assistance. Zalzer marries Rodahver, who is likely to die in childing; he then burns the feather, and the Simorg appears and orders the Cæsarean operation to be performed.",
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          "text": "[page 323] Bellis minor hortenſis prolifera. Double double Daiſies or childing Daiſies. […] The chiefeſt variety conſiſteth in this, that is beareth many ſmall double flowers, ſtanding vpon very ſhort ſtalkes round about the middle flower, […] [page 324] The French call them Paſquettes, and Marguerites, and the Fruitfull ſort, or thoſe that beare ſmall flowers about the middle one, Margueritons: our Engliſh women call them Iacke an Apes on horſe-backe, as they doe Marigolds before recited, or childing Daiſies: but the Phyſitians and Apothecaries doe in generall call them, eſpecially the ſingle or Field kindes, Conſolida minor.",
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          "text": "When Zalzer is grown up, and leaves the nest, the Simorg gives him one of her feathers, telling him, whenever he is in great distress, to burn it, and she will immediately come to his assistance. Zalzer marries Rodahver, who is likely to die in childing; he then burns the feather, and the Simorg appears and orders the Cæsarean operation to be performed.",
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          "text": "[page 323] Bellis minor hortenſis prolifera. Double double Daiſies or childing Daiſies. […] The chiefeſt variety conſiſteth in this, that is beareth many ſmall double flowers, ſtanding vpon very ſhort ſtalkes round about the middle flower, […] [page 324] The French call them Paſquettes, and Marguerites, and the Fruitfull ſort, or thoſe that beare ſmall flowers about the middle one, Margueritons: our Engliſh women call them Iacke an Apes on horſe-backe, as they doe Marigolds before recited, or childing Daiſies: but the Phyſitians and Apothecaries doe in generall call them, eſpecially the ſingle or Field kindes, Conſolida minor.",
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