bird
IPA: bˈɝd
noun
- A member of the class of animals Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs.
- (cooking, slang) A chicken or turkey used as food.
- (slang) A man, fellow.
- (UK, Ireland, slang) A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.
- (UK, Ireland, slang) A girlfriend.
- (slang) An aircraft.
- (slang) A satellite.
- (obsolete) A chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling.
- (UK, with definite article, especially in expressions such as 'give someone the bird') Booing and jeering, especially as done by an audience expressing displeasure at a performer.
- (with definite article) The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.
- A yardbird.
- (slang, US) A kilogram of cocaine.
- (slang, Canada, Philippines) A penis.
- (UK, slang) Jailtime; time in prison.
- (slang) A prison sentence.
- A surname.
- (jazz) Charlie Parker (1920–1955), Jazz saxophonist.
verb
- (intransitive) To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment.
- (intransitive) To catch or shoot birds; to hunt birds.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
- (transitive, television) To transmit via satellite.
- (transitive, slang) To bring into prison, to roof.
adjective
- (Canada, colloquial, of a school or university course) Able to be passed with very little work; having the nature of a bird course.
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Examples of "bird" in Sentences
- Birds were twittering in the forest.
- Are birds the only species that are volant
- Each plant and bird species is very lifelike.
- A variety of colorful birds live in the forest of the Park.
- Many of the bird species are uncommon or rare in the region.
- Moose, marmot, game birds and more were hunted in the forests.
- A particularly noted bird species is the Black faced Spoonbill.
- One species, the Cattle Egret, was historically an African bird.
- This is a common and confiding bird of primary and secondary forest.
- The forest growth provides enough sustenance to the migratory birds.
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