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BORN

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There are 33 meanings of the word Born.

How to pronounce born:

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Born - as an adjective

Brought into existence

Example: "He was a child born of adultery"

Antonyms (Opposite Meaning)
unborn

Born - as a noun

British nuclear physicist (born in germany) honored for his contributions to quantum mechanics (1882-1970)

Synonyms (Exact Relations)
max born

Born - as an adjective satellite

Being talented through inherited qualities

Example: "A natural leader"

Synonyms (Exact Relations)
innatenatural

Born - as a verb

To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.

Example: "Judging from the look on his face, he wasn't bearing good news."

To support, sustain, or endure.

To support, keep up, or maintain.

To press or impinge upon.

To produce, yield, give birth to.

(originally nautical) to be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).

Example: "By my readings, we're bearing due south, so we should turn about ten degrees east."

To gain or win.

To cause to be consumed by fire.

Example: "He burned his manuscript in the fireplace."

To be consumed by fire, or in flames.

Example: "He watched the house burn."

To overheat so as to make unusable.

Example: "He burned the toast. the blacksmith burned the steel."

To become overheated to the point of being unusable.

Example: "The grill was too hot and the steak burned."

To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat.

Example: "To burn a hole;  to burn letters into a block"

To injure (a person or animal) with heat or chemicals that produce similar damage.

Example: "She burned the child with an iron, and was jailed for ten years."

To cauterize.

To sunburn.

Example: "She forgot to put on sunscreen and burned."

To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does.

Example: "To burn the mouth with pepper"

To be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.

Example: "The child's forehead was burning with fever.  her cheeks burned with shame."

To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.

Example: "A human being burns a certain amount of carbon at each respiration.  to burn iron in oxygen"

To combine energetically, with evolution of heat.

Example: "Copper burns in chlorine."

To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a rom chip.

Example: "We’ll burn this program onto an eeprom one hour before the demo begins."

To betray.

Example: "The informant burned him."

To insult or defeat.

Example: "I just burned you again."

To waste (time); to waste money or other resources.

Example: "The company has burned more than a million dollars a month this year."

In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.

Example: "You're cold... warm... hot... you're burning!"

To accidentally touch a moving stone.

In pontoon, to swap a pair of cards for another pair, or to deal a dead card.

To increase the exposure for certain areas of a print in order to make them lighter (compare dodge).

(of an element) to be converted to another element in a nuclear fusion reaction, especially in a star

To discard.

To shoot someone with a firearm.

Example Sentences

"She is a born leader."
"He is a born athlete."
"The child is a born actor."
"She is a born singer."
"He is a born artist."
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Word Game Points

Is BORN a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, born is valid for both Scrabble US and EU
US/CA Valid UK/EU Valid

BORN has a SCRABBLE points total of 6.

Is BORN a valid Words With Friends word?
Yes, born is valid for Words With Friends
Valid Word
BORN has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 8.

Is BORN a valid WordFeud word?
Yes, born is valid for WordFeud
Valid Word
BORN has a WORDFEUD points total of 7.

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