BIRD
\bˈɜːd], \bˈɜːd], \b_ˈɜː_d]\
Definitions of BIRD
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).
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A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings. See Aves.
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Fig.: A girl; a maiden.
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To catch or shoot birds.
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Hence: To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
By Oddity Software
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Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).
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A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings. See Aves.
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Fig.: A girl; a maiden.
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To catch or shoot birds.
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Hence: To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
By Noah Webster.
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A warm-blooded, feathered, egg-laying animal, with wings; any small bird shot by a gunner, as distinguished from a waterfowl.
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To shoot or catch birds.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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