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birds

bird
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [burd]
    • /bɜrd/
    • /bɜːd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [burd]
    • /bɜrd/

Definitions of birds word

  • noun birds a comedy (414 b.c.) by Aristophanes. 1
  • verb without object birds to catch or shoot birds. 1
  • verb without object birds to bird-watch. 1
  • idioms birds a little bird, Informal. a secret source of information: A little bird told me that today is your birthday. 1
  • idioms birds bird in the hand, a thing possessed in fact as opposed to a thing about which one speculates: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Also, bird in hand. 1
  • idioms birds birds of a feather, people with interests, opinions, or backgrounds in common: Birds of a feather flock together. 1
See all 11 definitions of birds

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Origin of birds

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 Birds

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Birds

birds 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".

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Synonyms for birds

noun birds

  • airships — Plural form of airship.
  • capons — Plural form of capon.
  • fellers — Plural form of feller.
  • hens — the female of the domestic fowl.
  • mallards — Plural form of mallard.
All 5 Synonyms of birds

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Related words

  • aviary

    An aviary is a large cage or covered area in which birds are kept.

  • crow

    A crow is a large black bird which makes a loud, harsh noise.

  • down

    from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.

  • magpie

    either of two corvine birds, Pica pica (black-billed magpie) of Eurasia and North America, or P. nuttalli (yellow-billed magpie) of California, having long, graduated tails, black-and-white plumage, and noisy, mischievous habits.

  • shrike

    any of numerous predaceous oscine birds of the family Laniidae, having a strong, hooked, and toothed bill, feeding on insects and sometimes on small birds and other animals: the members of certain species impale their prey on thorns or suspend it from the branches of trees to tear it apart more easily, and are said to kill more than is necessary for them to eat.

  • tinamou

    any of several birds of the family Tinamidae, of South and Central America, related to the ratite birds but superficially resembling the gallinaceous birds.
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