born

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   brought into existence

   They were a child born of adultery.

2. 2
   verb

   past participle of bear; given birth to.

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

3. 3
   verb

   past participle of bear in other senses.

   In some monasteries the severity of the clausure is hard to be born.

4. 4
   adj

   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.

5. 5
   adj

   being talented through inherited qualities

6. 6
   noun

   Alternative spelling of burn (a stream)

7. 7
   verb

   Alternative spelling of burn (with fire etc.)

8. 8
   name

   A surname from English.

Etymology

From Middle English born, boren, borne, iborne, from Old English boren, ġeboren, from Proto-West Germanic *boran, *gaboran, from Proto-Germanic *buranaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *beraną (“to bear, carry”), equivalent to bear + -en. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gebooren (“born”), West Frisian berne (“born”), Dutch geboren (“born”), German geboren (“born”), Swedish boren (“born”).