bird

(noun, verb)

noun

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

Definition categories: animal, craniate, vertebrate

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

Similar word(s): fowl

Definition categories: food, meat

3. informal terms for a (young) woman

Similar word(s): chick, dame, doll, skirt, wench

Definition categories: person, fille, girl, miss, missy

4. a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

Similar word(s): boo, hiss, hoot, raspberry, razz, razzing, snort

Definition categories: communication, call, cry, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell

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

Similar word(s): birdie, shuttle, shuttlecock

Definition categories: man–made

Sentences with bird as a noun:

- Ducks and sparrows are birds.

- Mike went out with his bird last night.

- He’s doing bird.

verb

1. watch and study birds in their natural habitat

Similar word(s): birdwatch

Definition categories: competition, observe