born

born¹ [bo:n US bo:rn]

a past participle of ↑bear

born ²

born² W2S1 v

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1 be born

2¦(start existing)¦

3 born and bred

4 be born to do/be something

5 I wasn't born yesterday

6 there's one born every minute

7 be born under a lucky/unlucky star

8 be born with a silver spoon in your mouth

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1.) be born

when a person or animal is born, they come out of their mother's body or out of an egg

▪ Forty lambs were born this spring.

be born in

▪ Swift was born in 1667.

▪ She was born in India, where her father was a British official.

be born at

▪ Then, most babies were born at home.

be born on

▪ I was born on December 15th, 1973.

be born into/to/of sth

(=be born in a particular situation, type of family etc)

▪ One-third of all children are born into single-parent families.

be born with sth

(=have a particular disease, type of character etc since birth)

▪ Jenny was born with a small hole in her heart.

▪ I was born and raised (=born and grew up) in Alabama.

be born blind/deaf etc

(=be blind, deaf etc when born)

▪ a newly-born baby

▪ the queen's firstborn son

be born lucky/unlucky etc

(=always be lucky, unlucky etc)

Australian/French etc born

(=born in or as a citizen of Australia etc)

2.) ¦(START EXISTING)¦

be born

something that is born starts to exist

▪ the country where the sport of cricket was born

be born (out) of

(=existing as a result of a particular situation)

▪ The alliance was born of necessity in 1941.

▪ Bill spoke with a cynicism born of bitter experience.

3.) born and bred

born and having grown up in a particular place and having the typical qualities of someone from that place

▪ I was born and bred in Liverpool.

4.) be born to do/be sth

to be very suitable for a particular job, activity etc

▪ He was born to be a politician.

5.) I wasn't born yesterday

spoken used to tell someone you think is lying to you that you are not stupid enough to believe them

6.) there's one born every minute

spoken used to say that someone has been very stupid or easily deceived

7.) be born under a lucky/unlucky star

to always have good or bad luck in your life

8.) be born with a silver spoon in your mouth

to be born into a rich family

→↑natural-born

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HINT sense 1

Do not say 'I born', 'I have been born', or 'I am born'. Say I was born : He was born in Pakistan.

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born ³

born³ adj [only before noun]

[: Old English; Origin: boren, past participle of beran; BEAR¹]

1.) born leader/musician/teacher etc

someone who has a strong natural ability to lead, play music etc

▪ the skill of a born actor

2.) born loser

someone who always seems to have bad things happen to them

3.) in all your born days

old-fashioned used to express surprise or annoyance at something that you have never heard about before

▪ In all her born days she had never heard anything like it.