baring

name

Etymology: Borrowed from Cebuano Baring.

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

noun

1. The act by which something is laid bare.

   “These woods loom large in my history — they were the site of two clumsy first kisses, one heart-crushing breakup, and countless whispered barings of the soul — but they are even more solidly a part of my present.”

verb

1. present participle and gerund of bare