Engels Woord van de dag

bird

vogel

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Engels > Nederlands

bird

1. vogel

Engels > Engels

bird

1. n. A member of the class of animals Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, and laying eggs.

Ducks and sparrows are birds.

2. n. (slang) A man, fellow.

3. n. (US) A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.

4. n. (Ireland) Girlfriend.

Mike went out with his bird last night.

5. n. (slang) An airplane.

6. n. (slang) A satellite.

7. n. (obsolete) A chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling.

8. v. (intransitive) To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment.

9. v. (intransitive) To catch or shoot birds.

10. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.

11. n. (slang) A prison sentence.

He’s doing bird.

12. n. The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.

13. n. (Asian slang) A penis.

Nederlands > Engels

vogel

1. n-m. (topics, Vertebrates) bird, any member of the class Aves

De tuin zit vol met verschillende soorten vogels, zoals merels, mussen en roodborstjes. - The garden is full of different types of birds, such as blackbirds, sparrows, and robins.

Het geluid van fluitende vogels vulde de lucht in de vroege ochtend. - The sound of chirping birds filled the air in the early morning.

2. n-m. a feathered target in archery or shooting

De schutter mikte op het kleine vogeltje dat op de paal was geplaatst. - The archer aimed at the small feathered target placed on the pole.

Het schieten op vogels is een traditionele sport in sommige landen. - Shooting at bird targets is a traditional sport in some countries.

3. n-m. (figuratively, slang) A dude, a cat (slang term for a man).

Uitspraak

Voorbeeldzinnen

A bird is singing in the tree.
    Een vogel is aan het zingen in de boom.
She wrote a book about a bird.
    Ze schreef een boek over een vogel.
The bird's cry broke the silence of the woods.
    Het geschreeuw van de vogel verbrak de stilte van het bos.
I can see a strange blue bird on the roof.
    Ik kan een rare blauwe vogel op het dak zien.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
    Beter één vogel in de hand dan tien in de lucht.

Vorige woorden herzien

sixty-four	glider	sauce	eight
stationery	sixty-nine	anaesthetic	fence
cable car	bark	wave	minute
skin	February	ambulance	fireplace

Willekeurig

toe	hammer	eat	finger
kettle	friend	ankle	blink
eighty-nine	band	river	locker
duvet	harp	song	eyebrow

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