born

About 79.71 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb past participle of bear; given birth to.

   Although not born in the country, she qualifies for nationality through her grandparents.

2. verb past participle of bear in other senses.
3. adjective Having from birth (or as if from birth) a certain quality or character; innate; inherited.

   In the United States, information describing the operation of nuclear weapons is born secret.

4. noun Alternative spelling of burn
5. verb Alternative spelling of burn

Similar words

innate natural hatched dropped calved foaled given birth whelped established wald

Often followed by

in of at to and on with into a

Word family

Born Max Born