bird

Speech parts

1. bird - Noun

2. bird - Adjective

3. bird - Verb

4. Bird - Proper noun

Meaning

Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).

A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings. See Aves.

Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird.

Fig.: A girl; a maiden.

To catch or shoot birds.

Hence: To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fowl dame birdie avian chick raspberry boo wench guy shuttle shuttlecock snort razz broad girl
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Antonyms

wan lassie colleen little girl wench human
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Hypernyms

miss missy call meat girl observe

Hyponyms

eagle secretary crane raptor duck chicken

Phrases with the word

bird in a nest early bird bird of passage eat like a bird bird's eye view a little bird told me

Anagrams

brid drib IBRD

Examples

Intelligence without ambition is like a bird without wings. Salvador Dalí

No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings. William Blake

When you have shot one bird flying you have shot all birds flying. They are all different and they fly in different ways but the sensation is the same and the last one is as good as the first. Ernest Hemingway

Smart bird gets trapped in its beak. Azerbaijani Proverb

Every bird sings as it is beaked. Dutch Proverb

A good bird begins chirping while in the egg. Greek Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Birchy Bay North Birckbichler Bircotes bird admirer bird advocate bird app