/bɜːd/
Translation
An animal with wings and feathers that can usually fly.
Word origin
From Old English bridd, which first meant a young bird.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- bridd
Grammar
Examples
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"Bird" means an animal with wings and feathers.
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"Birds" is the plural, meaning more than one bird.
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Here "bird" means the little flying animal we watched.
A "bird" is an animal with wings and feathers that can usually fly. Birds lay eggs, and many of them sing. A small bird might sit in a tree, while a large one flies high in the sky.
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