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Definition of 'bird'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) bird
any warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate of the class Aves, having feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, and a beak.

2.  bird
a fowl or game bird.

3.  bird
a shuttlecock.

4.  bird
Slang. a person, esp. one having some peculiarity:
He's an odd bird.

5.  bird
Informal. an aircraft, spacecraft, or guided missile.

6.  bird
a thin piece of meat rolled around a stuffing and braised:
veal birds.

7.  bird
Chiefly Brit. Slang. a girl or young woman.

8.  bird
Slang.

9.  bird
hissing, booing, etc., to show disapproval.

10.  bird
a gesture of contempt made by raising the middle finger.

11.  bird
Archaic. the young of any fowl.

12. (v.i.) bird
to catch or shoot birds.

13.  bird
to bird-watch.

14.  bird
birds of a feather, people with similar attitudes, interests, or experience.

15.  bird
Informal. worthless; not to be taken seriously.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME byrd, bryd, OE brid(d) young bird)

Definition of 'bird'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) bird
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

2. (noun) bird, fowl
the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food

3. (noun) dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird
informal terms for a (young) woman

4. (noun) boo, hoot, Bronx cheer, hiss, raspberry, razzing, razz, snort, bird
a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

5. (verb) shuttlecock, bird, birdie, shuttle
badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers

6. (verb) bird, birdwatch
watch and study birds in their natural habitat

Definition of 'bird'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) bird
an animal with feathers, wings, and a beak

Definition of 'bird'

Webster Dictionary

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

2. (noun) bird
a warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings. See Aves

3. (noun) bird
specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird

4. (noun) bird
fig.: A girl; a maiden

5. (verb) bird
to catch or shoot birds

6. (verb) bird
hence: To seek for game or plunder; to thieve

Translation of 'bird'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a two-legged feathered creature, with a beak and two wings, with which most can fly Kiwis and ostriches are birds which cannot fly.
Afrikaans: voël	Arabic: طائِر	Bulgarian: птица
Brazilian: pássaro	Czech: pták	German: der Vogel
Danish: fugl	Greek: πτηνό, πουλί	Spanish: ave, pájaro
Estonian: lind	Farsi: پرنده	Finnish: lintu
French: oiseau	Hebrew: צִיפּוֹר	Hindi: चिड़िया
Croatian: ptica	Hungarian: madár	Indonesian: burung
Icelandic: fugl	Italian: uccello	Japanese: 鳥
Korean: 새	Lithuanian: paukštis	Latvian: putns
Malay: burung	Dutch: vogel	Norwegian: fugl
Polish: ptak	Persian: پرنده	Portuguese: pássaro
Romanian: pasăre	Russian: птица	Slovak: vták
Slovenian: ptič	Serbian: ptica	Swedish: fågel
Thai: นก	Turkish: kuş	Taiwanese: 鳥
Ukrainian: птах	Urdu: پرندہ ، پکھیرو	Vietnamese: con chim
Chinese: 鸟
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