bird
An animal of the clade (traditionally class) 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.
Noun 3 meanings
An animal of the clade (traditionally class) 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.
“Ducks and sparrows are birds.”
Booing and jeering, especially as done by an audience expressing displeasure at a performer.
“to give the bird”
The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.
“to flip the bird”
Verb 4 meanings
To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment.
To catch or shoot birds; to hunt birds.
To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
To transmit via satellite.
Adjective 1 meaning
Able to be passed with very little work; having the nature of a bird course.
Etymology
From Middle English bird, brid, from Old English bridd (“chick, fledgling, chicken”), of uncertain origin (see Old English bridd for more). Originally from a term used of birds that could not fly (chicks, fledglings, chickens) as opposed to the general Old English term for flying birds, fugol (modern fowl).
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BIRD at a glance
BIRD has 4 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (B 3 + I 1 + R 1 + D 2) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,274 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with bird
All rhymes- THIRD9
- WEIRD9
- LAIRD6
- MOCKINGBIRD23
- HUMMINGBIRD22
- BLACKBIRD20
- BLUEBIRD13
- THUNDERBIRD18
- SONGBIRD12
- FIREBIRD14
- LADYBIRD15
- SEABIRD10
One letter away
- BIND7
- BARD7
- BORD7
- BIRO6
- BIRK10
- GIRD6
- BURD7
- BIRR6
- JIRD12
- BIRL6
- YIRD8
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