Results for born

Definitions of born:

part of speech: past participle

Of the verb bear when used passively.

part of speech: adjective

Pa. p. of BEAR, to bring forth. - NOT BORN IN THE WOODS TO BE SCARED BY AN OWL, too much used to danger to be easily frightened. ( Amer.).

part of speech: past participle

Of bear.

part of speech: past participle

Brought forth.

part of speech: past participle

See bear, to bring forth; born again, having received spiritual life.

part of speech: participial adjective

Brought forth or into being, as offspring; natural; made of a certain character by birth; ingrained; as, a born musician.

Usage examples for born:

• You see, lately his father has kept Karl so much here that I have scarcely seen him; and something is going to happen; I shan't be alone then; and- you understand, I wanted to let my father know I was married before my child was born "By Wit of Woman", Arthur W. Marchmont

• Do, for once, put yourself in a woman's place- you were born of a woman." "Put Yourself in His Place", Charles Reade

• Me, I am born in Kebec. "Johnstone of the Border", Harold Bindloss

• You see, father died before I was born "Janice Day", Helen Beecher Long