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- [burd]
- /bɜrd/
- /bɜːd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [burd]
- /bɜrd/
Definitions of bird word
- countable noun bird A bird is a creature with feathers and wings. Female birds lay eggs. Most birds can fly. 3
- countable noun bird Some men refer to young women as birds. This use could cause offence. 3
- noun bird any warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate of the class Aves, characterized by a body covering of feathers and forelimbs modified as wings. Birds vary in size between the ostrich and the humming bird 3
- noun bird a person (usually preceded by a qualifying adjective, as in the phrases rare bird, odd bird, clever bird) 3
- noun bird a girl or young woman, esp one's girlfriend 3
- noun bird prison or a term in prison (esp in the phrase do bird; shortened from birdlime, rhyming slang for time) 3
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Origin of bird
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English byrd, bryd, Old English brid(d) young bird, chick
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Bird
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bird popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
bird usage trend in Literature
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