birdnoun [ C ]
uk/bɜːd/us/bɝːd/bird noun [ C ] (CREATURE)
A1 a creature with feathers and wings, usually able to fly:
caged/wild birds
wading birds
Most birds lay eggs in the spring.
Penguins and ostriches are flightless birds (= they cannot fly).
We watched a flock of birds fly over the field.
See also
dicky bird
hummingbird
songbird
More examples
- The poor bird couldn't fly because it had a broken wing.
- In September, these birds migrate 2,000 miles south to a warmer climate.
- We were woken early by the sound of the birds singing.
- The noise of the car startled the birds and the whole flock flew up into the air.
- Cuckoos are famous for laying their eggs in the nests of other birds.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Birds - general words
- avian
- bird of passage
- bird of prey
- birdie
- birdlike
- covey
- dicky bird
- fledgling
- flightless
- fowl
- nestling
- seabird
- songbird
- waterfowl
bird noun [ C ] (PERSON)
informal a particular type of person:
He's a tough old bird.
UK slang a young woman:
Is that Lee's new bird?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
People in general
- beggar
- body
- breed
- bugger
- coot
- creature
- devil
- fellow man/men
- man
- mankind
- number
- party
- peeps
- person
- quarter
- rogue
- sort
- soul
- stiff
- the human race
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Idiom(s)
be (strictly) for the birds
the bird has flown
a bird in the hand (is worth two in the bush)
the birds and the bees
a bird's eye view
birds of a feather
birds of a feather flock together
do bird
flip/give sb the bird
(as) free as a bird