1. bird - Noun
2. bird - Adjective
3. bird - Verb
4. Bird - Proper noun
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 dictionaryA man 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