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- Dictionaryborne/bɔːn/
verb
- 1. past participle of bear
adjective
- 1. carried or transported by the thing specified: "insect-borne pollen"
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BORNE definition: 1. past participle of bear 2. carried or moved by a particular thing: 3. past participle of bear. Learn more.
Borne is, just like born, the past participle of the verb bear, which can mean (among other things) "to contain" or "to give birth to." At first, borne and born were variant spellings of the same adjective. Used as in water-borne (or water-born), it means "carried by." In the phrase "borne enemies" (or "born enemies"), it means "from birth."
-borne combines with nouns to form adjectives that describe the method or means by which something is carried or moved. ...water-borne diseases. ...a mosquito-borne infection.
1. to hold up or support: The columns bear the weight of the roof. 2. to give birth to: to bear a child. 3. to produce by natural growth: a tree that bears fruit. 4. to sustain or be capable of: This claim doesn't bear close examination. The view bears comparison with the loveliest sights.
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-borne combines with nouns to form adjectives that describe the method or means by which something is carried or moved. ...water-borne diseases. ...a mosquito-borne infection.
Definition of borne verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Borne definition: a past participle of bear1. . See examples of BORNE used in a sentence.
BORNE meaning: past participle of bear. Learn more.
Both born and borne are forms of bear. Born is commonly used with the sense of bear meaning 'to give birth.' Borne is used in reference to carrying something (physically or figuratively), as a combining form with words like air, and, occasionally, in the 'give birth to' sense.
