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Bird

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Noun

1. bird

warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

2. bird, fowl

the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food

3. bird, chick, dame, doll, skirt, wench

informal terms for a (young) woman

4. bird, boo, bronx cheer, hiss, hoot, raspberry, razz, razzing, snort

a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

5. bird, birdie, shuttle, shuttlecock

badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers

Verb

6. bird, birdwatch

watch and study birds in their natural habitat

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bird

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noun
1. 
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
▶ Related adjectives: avian, ornithic
2. informal
a person (usually preceded by a qualifying adjective, as in the phrases rare bird, odd bird, clever bird)
3. slang, mainly British
a girl or young woman, esp one's girlfriend
4. slang
prison or a term in prison (esp in the phrase do bird; shortened from birdlime, rhyming slang for time)
5.  a bird in the hand
6.  the bird has flown
7.  the birds and the bees
8.  birds of a feather
9.  get the bird
10.  give someone the bird
11.  kill two birds with one stone
12.  like a bird
13.  a little bird
14.  for the birds
noun
nickname of (Charlie) Parker

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Bird

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noun
1. 
any of a class (Aves) of warmblooded, two-legged, egg-laying vertebrates with feathers and wings
2. 
a small game bird
see also waterfowl
3. 
a clay pigeon in trapshooting
4. 
a shuttlecock
5.  US, Informal
a person, esp. a mildly eccentric one
6.  Slang
a sound of disapproval made by vibrating the lips
7.  Slang
a rocket or guided missile
8.  British, Slang
a young woman
verb intransitive
9. 
to shoot or catch birds
10. 
to engage in bird-watching

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bird

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n.
1.
a. Any of various warm-blooded egg-laying feathered vertebrates of the class Aves, having forelimbs modified to form wings.
b. Such an animal hunted as game.
c. Such an animal, especially a chicken or turkey, used as food: put the bird in the oven.
2. See clay pigeon.
3. Sports See shuttlecock.
4. Slang A rocket, guided missile, satellite, or airplane.
5. Slang A person, especially one who is odd or remarkable: a sly old bird.
6. Chiefly British Slang A young woman.
7. Slang
a. A loud sound expressing disapproval; a raspberry.
b. Discharge from employment: lost a big sale and nearly got the bird.
8. An obscene gesture of anger, defiance, or derision made by pointing or jabbing the middle finger upward.
intr.v. bird·ed, bird·ing, birds
1. To observe and identify birds in their natural surroundings.
2. To trap, shoot, or catch birds.
American basketball player and coach. As a forward for the Boston Celtics (1979-1992), he helped lead the team to three world championships between 1981 and 1986 and was named the NBA's most valuable player three times.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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