childing

Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃaɪldɪŋ/

The English word “childing” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

Able to bear children; fertile; also, pregnant, or in the process of childbirth, or having just given birth to a child.
Of a flowering plant: producing younger florets around an older flower.
Fruitful; productive.

Etymology

From Middle English childynge, childinge [and other forms], from childen (“to give birth to a child”) + -ynge, -ynge (suffix forming gerunds from verbs). Equivalent to child + -ing.

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