The difference between Bird and Dame
When used as nouns, bird means 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, whereas dame means usually capitalized as : a title equivalent to sir for a female knight.
Bird is also verb with the meaning: to observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment.
check bellow for the other definitions of Bird and Dame
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Bird as a noun:
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.
Examples:
"Ducks and sparrows are birds."
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Bird as a noun (slang):
A man, fellow.
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Bird as a noun (UK, US, slang):
A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.
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Bird as a noun (UK, Ireland, slang):
Girlfriend.
Examples:
"Mike went out with his bird last night."
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Bird as a noun (slang):
An airplane.
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Bird as a noun (slang):
A satellite.
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Bird as a noun (obsolete):
A chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling.
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Bird as a verb (intransitive):
To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment.
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Bird as a verb (intransitive):
To catch or shoot birds.
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Bird as a verb (intransitive, figuratively):
To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
Examples:
"rfquotek Ben Jonson"
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Bird as a noun (slang):
A prison sentence.
Examples:
"He’s doing bird."
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Bird as a noun:
The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.
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Bird as a noun (Asian slang):
A penis.
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Dame as a noun (Britain):
Usually capitalized as : a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight.
Examples:
"'Dame Edith Sitwell"
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Dame as a noun (Britain):
A matron at a school, especially .
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Dame as a noun (Britain, theater):
In traditional pantomime: a melodramatic female often played by a man in drag.
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Dame as a noun (US, dated, informal, slightly, derogatory):
A woman.
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Dame as a noun (archaic):
A lady, a woman.