noun fig.: a girl; a maiden.
2. bird ·vi to catch or shoot birds.
3. bird ·noun specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird.
4. bird ·vi hence: to seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
5. bird ·noun a warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings. ·see aves.
6. bird ·noun orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).