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Meaning of "bird-like" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BIRD-LIKE

bird-like  [ˈbɜːdˌlaɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BIRD-LIKE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bird-Like is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BIRD-LIKE


beadlike
ˈbiːdˌlaɪk
boardlike
ˈbɔːdˌlaɪk
childlike
ˈtʃaɪldˌlaɪk
cordlike
ˈkɔːdˌlaɪk
diamond-like
ˈdaɪəməndˌlaɪk
glandlike
ˈɡlændˌlaɪk
godlike
ˈɡɒdˌlaɪk
handlike
ˈhændˌlaɪk
herdlike
ˈhɜːdˌlaɪk
hoodlike
ˈhʊdˌlaɪk
island-like
ˈaɪləndˌlaɪk
lardlike
ˈlɑːdˌlaɪk
lordlike
ˈlɔːdˌlaɪk
reedlike
ˈriːdˌlaɪk
rodlike
ˈrɒdˌlaɪk
seedlike
ˈsiːdˌlaɪk
steedlike
ˈstiːdˌlaɪk
swordlike
ˈsɔːdˌlaɪk
wandlike
ˈwɒndˌlaɪk
weedlike
ˈwiːdˌlaɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BIRD-LIKE

bird pepper
bird sanctuary
bird spider
bird strike
bird table
bird-brained
bird-catcher tree
bird-catching tree
bird-dog
bird-foot
bird-nesting
bird-of-paradise flower
bird-spotter
bird-watcher
bird´s foot
bird´s nest
bird´s-eye
bird´s-eye chilli
bird´s-eye primrose
bird´s-eye speedwell

WORDS THAT END LIKE BIRD-LIKE

cell-like
cloth-like
daughter-like
dislike
garden-like
guitar-like
human-like
jelly-like
jewel-like
like-for-like
metal-like
oil-like
scale-like
shell-like
soul-like
stone-like
summer-like
tail-like
virus-like
water-like
woman-like

Synonyms and antonyms of bird-like in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bird-like» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BIRD-LIKE

Find out the translation of bird-like to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bird-like from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bird-like» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

鸟样
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de pájaro
570 millions of speakers

English

bird-like
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पक्षी की तरह
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مثل الطيور
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

по-птичьи
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bird -like
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাখি মত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

comme un oiseau
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Seperti burung
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

wie ein Vogel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

鳥のような
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

새 처럼
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kaya manuk
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giống loài chim
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பறவை போன்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पक्षी-सारखे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kuşa benzeyen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bird -like
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jak ptak
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

по -пташиному
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

- pasăre ca
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πουλί που μοιάζει με
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voël -agtige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fågel -liknande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fuglelignende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bird-like

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BIRD-LIKE»

The term «bird-like» is quite widely used and occupies the 48.965 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BIRD-LIKE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bird-like» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bird-like» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bird-like

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BIRD-LIKE»

Discover the use of bird-like in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bird-like and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Concordance to the Poems of Robert Browning
1036.28 Album 3.83 Bird-like. Alone. Does she still sing alone, bird-like, 33.66 Paracelsus 3.28 Bird-like about his brow? We saw — we heard? 264.35 Druses 1.138 And bird-like buzzed her wings round Ouido's brow, 665.34 R. and B. 1.1268 ...
2
The Hartford Collection of Classical Church Music: ...
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Eli Roberts, 1812
3
The Handy Dinosaur Answer Book
What is the bird-like animal named Shuvuuia deserti? The 80 million-year-old fossil remains of Shuvuuia deserti—derived from the Mongolian word for “bird” and the Latin for “desert”—were found in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia. This was the ...
Patricia L. Barnes-Svarney, Thomas E. Svarney, 2010
4
May Bird and the Ever After: Book One
Here, towns glow blue beneath zipping stars and the people—are they really people?—walk through walls. Here, the Book of the Dead holds the answers to everything in the universe.
Jodi Lynn Anderson, 2012
5
Popular Science
The neck was long and arched, and the head small and bird-like in shape ; but the jaws are armed with sharp and powerful teeth, as in the pterodactyls. Altogether, compsognathus must have looked in outward appearance not at all unlike ...
6
Private Fire: Robert Francis's Ecopoetry and Prose
In the novel's opening sequence, the second paragraph finds Mrs. Bemis nidified at her “bird window,” as bird-like in appearance but paradoxically far removed from being bird-like in actual behavior and nature: Here was a feeding tray, now ...
Matthew James Babcock, 2011
7
Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Saurians: A Historical Perspective
If the North American Hadrosaurus was bipedal then there was little reason to think Iguanodon differed in the way it walked, especially if the large, bird-like tracks discovered in the Wealden (Beckles 1854) were really those of dinosaurs.
Richard Moody, 2010
8
The Cambridge Companion to the 'Origin of Species'
Michael Ruse, Robert J. Richards. dinosaurs, Compsognathus, seemed completely to accord with this novel view. Alluding to the Triassic footprints of bird -like animals from Connecticut described by Hitchcock in 1 8 5 8, Huxley suggested that ...
Michael Ruse, Robert J. Richards, 2009
9
Nietzsche: Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits
He looks back gratefully - grateful to his wandering, to his hardness and self- alienation, to his viewing of far distances and bird-like flights in cold heights. What a good thing he had not always stayed 'at home', stayed 'under his own roof like a ...
Friedrich Nietzsche, R. J. Hollingdale, 1996
10
O'odham Creation and Related Events
We have never seen a bird like that. Perhaps before you were blind you saw a bird like that and can tell us what it is." The blind man answered, "I have never seen a bird like that. That is not a bird; it is a man. We are going to have trouble.
Ruth Benedict, William Blackwater, Donald M. Bahr, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BIRD-LIKE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bird-like is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Nagorno-Karabakh, a self-proclaimed republic
The blue-and-white bird-like structure of Nagorno-Karabakh's airport perches in the Caucasus Mountains like a shining, defiant emblem of ... «Public Radio of Armenia, Jul 15»
2
Gillian Murphy, Isabella Boylston, and Nicole Graniero Triumph in …
Sometimes, her distinctive technique made the choreography awkward: she didn't look so bird-like when she ran, casually migrating on and off ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
3
World Bodypainting Festival 2015: Bizarre and brilliant photos …
Extravagant feathers adorn this model's bird-like outfit. Burlesque reds and blacks add drama to this design. This design draws on themes of ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
4
Creature out of a sci-fi movie washes ashore
Well, this may be the same story with the sea creature being misguided on its journey, but this doesn't explain the beak and bird-like features. «FOX6 WBRC - MyFoxAL.com, Jul 15»
5
Mother Nature and the Messiah Collide: Is the World Witnessing …
The marine animal has a furry tail and a long, bird-like beak, but does not resemble any known creature. Maine Police closed Wells Beach over ... «Breaking Israel News, Jul 15»
6
Madame Bovary: A tale of romantic obsession
Wasikowska gets the bird-like fluttering down in all its desperation. She also catches the self-destructive greed. There are one or two flashes of ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
7
Does this strange sea creature washed up on shore have 'paws or …
Carcass of dead animal with bird-like beak and fur on its tail poses new questions. 'At first glance we saw what looked like the muzzle of a ... «The Siberian Times, Jul 15»
8
What Has a Beak, Fur and Washes Up on the Beach in Russia …
The mystery animal, ripped apart with bones protruding, is estimated to be twice the size of a human being, has a bird-like beak and has fur, the ... «TheBlaze.com, Jul 15»
9
Mysterious Sea Monster With Fur and Bird-Like Beak That Washed …
A mystery giant sea creature with fur on its tail and a bird- or dolphin-like beak recently washed up on to a beach in eastern Russia. «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»
10
The Top 10 New Species of 2015
With a mixture of bird and dinosaur features, Anzu wyliei is from a bird-like group of dinosaurs that lived in North America. A contemporary of ... «Laboratory Equipment, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Bird-Like [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/bird-like>. Apr 2024 ».
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