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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.
verb. for all active uses of the verb, the past participle of bear 1. for all passive uses of the verb except sense 4 unless followed by by, the past participle of bear 1. be borne in on or be borne in upon. (of a fact) to be realized by (someone) it was borne in on us how close we had been to disaster.
-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.
Check pronunciation: borne. Definition of borne verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
BORNE definition: past participle of bear. Learn more.
The sadness she felt as his truck disappeared down the road was borne of fear. As far as he could tell, she had borne it all without breathing a word to anyone else. Both women took the knives, handling them with awkwardness borne of a lack of familiarity with handling deadly weapons.
borne is the past participle in all senses that do not refer to physical birth: The wheat fields have borne abundantly this year. Judges have always borne a burden of responsibility. borne is also the form when the sense is "to bring
What does the adjective borne mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective borne . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
