How to pronounce bird

Say it like this: /ˈbɜːd/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.

American/ˈbɜːd/

What does bird mean?

nounAn animal of the clade (traditionally class) Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eg

“Ducks and sparrows are birds.”

Any winged animal.

A young bird, a nestling.

“That ungentle gull, the cuckoo's bird.”

verbTo observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment.

To catch or shoot birds; to hunt birds.

To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.

“MAMMON: These day-owls. SURLY: That are birding in men's purses”

adjAble to be passed with very little work; having the nature of a bird course.

“SOC100 isn’t bird at all lol. But ANT101 is super easy & the prof (Dr. Sherry Fukuzawa) is amazing.”

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