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bird

გამოთქმა: /bəːd/

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Universal
  • 1a warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate animal distinguished by the possession of feathers, wings, a beak, and typically by being able to fly: [as modifier]:the valley is teeming with bird life
    • Class Aves; birds probably evolved in the Jurassic period from small dinosaurs that may already have been warm-blooded
  • a bird that is hunted for sport or used for food:carve the bird and arrange on a warmed serving plate
  • informal, chiefly North American an aircraft, spacecraft, or satellite.
  • Class Aves; birds probably evolved in the Jurassic period from small dinosaurs that may already have been warm-blooded
  • 2 informal a person of a specified kind or character:she’s a sharp old bird
  • 3British informal a young woman or a man’s girlfriend.

the bird has flown

the person one is looking for has escaped or left.

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

proverb it’s better to be content with what you have than to risk losing everything by seeking to get more.

the birds and the bees

informal basic facts about sex and reproduction, as told to a child.

birds of a feather flock together

proverb people of the same sort or with the same tastes and interests will be found together: these health professionals sure were birds of a feather

do (one's) bird

British informal serve a prison sentence.
[bird from rhyming slang birdlime 'time']

flip someone the bird (or flip the bird)

US informal stick one’s middle finger up at someone as a sign of contempt or anger.

(strictly) for the birds

informal not worthy of consideration.

get the bird

British informal be booed or jeered at.

give someone the bird

British informal boo or jeer at someone.
North Americananother way of saying flip someone the bird .

have a bird

North American informal be very shocked or agitated.

a little bird told me

humorous used to indicate that the speaker knows something but chooses to keep the identity of their informant secret:a little bird told me it was your birthday

bird-like

adjective

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