Tra từ bird - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

bird [bird birds birded birding] noun, verb BrE [bɜːd] NAmE [bɜːrd]
noun

1. a creature that is covered with feathers and has two wings and two legs. Most birds can fly
•a bird's nest with two eggs in it
•a species of bird
• The area has a wealth of bird life.
• More than a third of Britain's bird species need urgent protection.
see also ↑game bird, ↑seabird, ↑songbird, ↑waterbird
2. (BrE, slang, sometimes offensive)a way of referring to a young woman
see also ↑dolly bird
3. (informal)a person of a particular type, especially sb who is strange or unusual in some way
•a wise old bird
•She is that rare bird: a politician with a social conscience.
more at the early bird catches the worm at ↑early _adj., kill two birds with one stone at ↑kill _v., a little bird told me at ↑little _adj.

Word Origin:
Old English brid ‘chick, fledgling’, of unknown origin.

Collocations:
The living world
Animals
animals mate/breed/reproduce/feed (on sth)
fish/amphibians swim/spawn (= lay eggs)
birds fly/migrate/nest/sing
insects crawl/fly/bite/sting
insects/bees/locusts swarm
bees collect/gather nectar/pollen
spiders spin/weave a web
snakes/lizards shed their skins
bears/hedgehogs/frogs hibernate
insect larvae grow/develop/pupate
an egg/a chick/a larva hatches
attract/find/choose a mate
produce/release eggs/sperm
lay/fertilize/incubate/hatch eggs
inhabit a forest/a reef/the coast
mark/enter/defend (a) territory
stalk/hunt/capture/catch/kill prey
Plants and fungi
trees/plants grow/bloom/blossom/flower
a seed germinates/sprouts
leaves/buds/roots/shoots appear/develop/form
flower buds swell/open
a fungus grows/spreads/colonizes sth
pollinate/fertilize a flower/plant
produce/release/spread/disperse pollen/seeds/spores
produce/bear fruit
develop/grow/form roots/shoots/leaves
provide/supply/absorb/extract/release nutrients
perform/increase/reduce photosynthesis
Bacteria and viruses
bacteria/microbes/viruses grow/spread/multiply
bacteria/microbes live/thrive in/on sth
bacteria/microbes/viruses evolve/colonize sth/cause disease
bacteria break sth down/convert sth (into sth)
a virus enters/invades sth/the body
a virus mutates/evolves/replicates (itself)
be infected with/contaminated with/exposed to a new strain of a virus/drug-resistant bacteria
contain/carry/harbour (especially US) harbor bacteria/a virus
kill/destroy/eliminate harmful/deadly bacteria

Example Bank:
•The birds migrate in September.
•They set up a bird table in the garden.
•We watched a bird of prey swoop down on a mouse.
•an area with a very varied bird life
•birds nesting on the roof of the church
•birds pecking at the corn
Idioms: ↑bird has flown ▪ ↑bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ▪ ↑bird's-eye view ▪ ↑birds and the bees ▪ ↑birds of a feather ▪ ↑for the birds ▪ ↑give get the bird

verb intransitive, transitive (NAmE, informal)~ (sth)
to go ↑birdwatching
• I've birded from coast to coast and north to south.
• He has birded the whole of North America.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English brid ‘chick, fledgling’, of unknown origin.