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Bird   /bərd/   Listen
Bird

noun
1.
Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings.
2.
The flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food.  Synonym: fowl.
3.
Informal terms for a (young) woman.  Synonyms: chick, dame, doll, skirt, wench.
4.
A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt.  Synonyms: boo, Bronx cheer, hiss, hoot, raspberry, razz, razzing, snort.
5.
Badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers.  Synonyms: birdie, shuttle, shuttlecock.
verb
1.
Watch and study birds in their natural habitat.  Synonym: birdwatch.



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"Bird" Quotes from Famous Books



... interest in the prospective pleasures on which Lady Halifax expatiated was slight; she was obliged to speculate upon its rising, which she did with all the confidence she could command. She declined absolutely to read Bryce's "American Commonwealth," or Miss Bird's account of the Rocky Mountains, or anybody's travels in the Orient, upon all of which Miss Halifax had painstakingly fixed her attention; but one afternoon she ordered a blue serge travelling-dress and refused one or two literary, engagements for the present, and the next day ...
— A Daughter of To-Day • Sara Jeannette Duncan (aka Mrs. Everard Cotes)
... put in a private room; this ward is so full already, and there'll be more coming right along. A boy who wears velvet and feathers must belong to some rich family, who'll gladly pay for every attention. Poor, little, bedraggled bird of paradise!" ...
— Divided Skates • Evelyn Raymond
... imprisoned bird in his grasp, but he held it with a pressure which sent the blood tingling sharply to the ends of her fingers. His strength hurt her and yet she found a curious pleasure in the very acuteness ...
— The Wheel of Life • Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
... recommends the use of a hook for their removal, or a snare for those that cannot be removed with that instrument. His instructions for the removal of objects from the external ear are interestingly practical. He advises the use of bird lime on the end of a sound to which objects will cling, or, where they are smaller, suction through a silver or copper canula. Hooks and pincettes are also suggested. Insects should be removed with a hook, ...
— Old-Time Makers of Medicine • James J. Walsh
... One bird, growing annoyed at the prolonged quiet, flies from the open window to the back of Miss Penelope's chair, and settles there with an indignant flutter and a suppressed but angry note. This small suggestion of a living world destroyes the spell that for the last few minutes ...
— Rossmoyne • Unknown


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