How do you use the word "bird" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "bird": The early bird catches the worm. I'd rather be a bird than a fish.

Bird Meaning

/ˈbɜːd/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

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 eggs.

nounA young bird, a nestling.

Sentence Examples

The early bird catches the worm.

I'd rather be a bird than a fish.

A bird’s nest with two eggs in it

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

doll skirt chick

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

A robin is a common ____ that builds nests in trees and sings at dawn.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

A beautiful blue ____ was singing a song on the branch of the tree.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Old English bridd Middle English brid English bird From Middle English bird, brid, from Old English bridd (“chick, fledgling, chicken”), of uncertain origin (see Old English bridd for more). Originally from a term used of birds that could not fly (chicks, fledglings, chickens) as opposed to the general Old English term for flying birds, fugol (modern fowl). Gradually replaced fowl as the most common term starting in the 14th century. The "booing/jeering" and "vulgar hand gesture" senses derived from the expression “to give the big bird”, as in “to hiss someone like a goose”, dated in the mid‐18th century.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"The level below this is called the Phylum; birds belong to the Phylum Chordata, which includes all the vertebrate animals (the sub-phylum Vertebrata) and a few odds and ends." — 2004, Bruce Whittington, Loucas Raptis, Seasons with Birds, page 50:

"[…] the foxes have holes, and the brydds of the aier have nestes, but [t]he sonne of the man hath not where onto leye his heede: […]" — 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew viij:[20], folio x, recto:

"That ungentle gull, the cuckoo's bird." — c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:

"He once took in his own mother, and was robbed by a 'pal,' who thought he was a doctor. Oh, he's a rare bird is 'Gentleman Joe'!" — 1886, Edmund Routledge, Routledge's every boy's annual:

""What I mean - I expect that old, red-headed bird at the office sent you round with no other purpose."" — 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

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