born
Listen:For the verb: "to bear"
| Simple Past: | bore |
| Past Participle: | born |
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
born/bɔːn/
▶adjective
- 1 existing as a result of birth.
- 2 (-born) having a specific nationality: a German-born philosopher.
- 3 having a natural ability to do a particular job or task: a born engineer.
- 4 (born of) existing as a result of (a situation or feeling): his work is born of despair.
– phrases
born and bred by birth and upbringing.
in all one's born days throughout one's life (used for emphasis).
not know one is born Brit. not realize how easy one's life is.
I (or she, etc.) wasn't born yesterday I am (or she, etc. is) not foolish or gullible.
born and bred by birth and upbringing.
in all one's born days throughout one's life (used for emphasis).
not know one is born Brit. not realize how easy one's life is.
I (or she, etc.) wasn't born yesterday I am (or she, etc. is) not foolish or gullible.
'born' also found in these Oxford entries:
aborning
- abort
- adulterine
- agnate
- Alexander technique
- altricial
- Anglo-Irish
- Arian
- b
- baby
- Bakelite
- benign
- birthdate
- birthday
- birthplace
- birth sign
- blanket
- born-again
- cockney
- cognate
- connate
- countryman
- couvade
- Creole
- debye
- devil
- Einstein
- epigone
- eschscholzia
- Feldenkrais method
- firstborn
- foreigner
- freeborn
- futurity race
- -gen
- generation
- Generation X
- genesis
- genteel
- gentle
- -geny
- gingerly
- high-born
- Hitler
- hypogene
- illegitimate
- innate
- jacuzzi
- Jataka
