Adjective
My book surveys the public-health landscape from food-borne and insectborne diseases to antibiotic resistance, from infectious causes of chronic afflictions to bioterrorism.
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Madeline Drexler, Wilson Quarterly, Summer 2002
The news carried by mail coach is an exact inversion of the railroad-borne news in Charles Dickens’s Dombey and Son (1844-46).
—John Plotz, The Crowd, 2000
I would tend to think your strawberries died from other causes. Strawberries need excellent drainage and a sandy, acidic soil that has good air space to encourage root health. They like a soil that has been amended with compost. But strawberries can succumb to soil-borne diseases.
—Kathy Huber, Houston Chronicle, 3 Oct. 1998
Recent Examples on the Web
That’s followed by glimpses of Chalamet’s Edgar inadvertently puncturing a football, attracting a field of magnets in science class, and more scissorhands-borne mishaps.
—Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 7 Feb. 2021
That mosquito-borne illness infected at least 38 people in the northeast and Midwest and killed 15 of them, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN, 12 May 2020
With pandemic preparedness, a respiratory-borne illness was always the big worry.
—Matthew Herper, STAT, 6 Mar. 2020
Ninety percent of health care organizations were hit with email-borne attacks last year, according to research released on Tuesday by Mimecast.
—Alyssa Newcomb, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2020
Sanders, volunteer coordinator at the Historical Society of Washington, clutched the roll of paper tightly, lest it be blown out of his hands and borne to 20th Street NW, eight stories down.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2019
By combining those data with the floats’ own current-borne trajectories, investigators can reconstruct overall currents and their speed.
—Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 5 Feb. 2020
In all the history of respiratory-borne viruses of any type, asymptomatic transmission has never been the driver of outbreaks.
—NBC News, 28 Jan. 2020
Due to mounting concerns over the mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis, the start time for the UConn football team’s home game against South Florida on Saturday has been switched from 7 p.m. to noon, the school announced Sunday.
—Chris Brodeur, courant.com, 29 Sep. 2019
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English boren, iborne, from Old English boren, ġeboren, past participle of Old English beran (“to carry, bear”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (with the horse-hoarse merger)
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɔːn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /boɹn/, [bo̞ɹn]
- Homophones: born (with the horse-hoarse merger), bourn, bourne, Bourne, bawn (in non-rhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger)
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n
- (without the horse–hoarse merger)
- (rhotic) IPA(key): /boːɹn/
- (non-rhotic) IPA(key): /boən/
Verb[edit]
borne
- past participle of bear
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1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
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Miranda: I ſhould ſinne / To thinke but Noblie of my Grand-mother, / Good wombes haue borne bad ſonnes.
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- 1907, Harold Bindloss, The Dust of Conflict, chapter 21:
- “Can’t you understand that love without confidence is a worthless thing—and that had you trusted me I would have borne any obloquy with you. […] ”
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Adjective[edit]
borne (not comparable)
- carried, supported.
- 1901, Joseph Conrad, Falk: A Reminiscence:
- In the last rays of the setting sun, you could pick out far away down the reach his beard borne high up on the white structure, foaming up stream to anchor for the night.
- 1881 Oscar Wilde, «Rome Unvisited», Poems, page 44:
- When, bright with purple and with gold,
Come priest and holy cardinal,
And borne above the heads of all
The gentle Shepherd of the Fold.
- When, bright with purple and with gold,
- c. 2000, David Irving v. Penguin Books and Deborah Lipstadt, II:
- Irving is further required, as a matter of practice, to spell out what he contends are the specific defamatory meanings borne by those passages.
- 1901, Joseph Conrad, Falk: A Reminiscence:
Derived terms[edit]
- airborne
- bloodborne
- cartborne
- food-borne
- milkborne
- railborne
- seaborne
- seed-borne
- shipborne
- space-borne
- spaceborne
- springborne
- tick-borne encephalitis
- trainborne
- truck-borne
- vector-borne
- wainborne
- waterborne
Translations[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
- Boner, Breon, Ebron, boner
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French bontie, bodne, from Medieval Latin (Merovingian) bodina, butina (“limit, boundary”), a Celtic/Transalpine Gaulish borrowing, from Proto-Celtic *bonnicca (“boundary”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn (“bottom, base”), see also *bundos.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /bɔʁn/
- Rhymes: -ɔʁn
Noun[edit]
borne f (plural bornes)
- bollard such as those used to restrict automobiles off a pedestrian area
- territorial boundary marker
- territorial or geographical border
- milestone such as those alongside a roadway
- (slang) a kilometre
- mark
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dépasser les bornes
- cross the mark
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- limit of a list or of an interval
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Prenez un nombre entre 0 et 100 (bornes incluses)
- Pick a number between 0 and 100, inclusive
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les lettres comprises entre A et D (bornes incluses)
- alphabetic characters from A to D
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- machine
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borne libre service
- self-service machine
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Derived terms[edit]
- borne d’incendie
- borne électrique
- borne kilométrique
- borné
- borner
- borne-fontaine
- borne-abreuvoir
- dépasser les bornes
- radioborne
References[edit]
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
- ^ Mann, S. E. (1963). Armenian and Indo-European: Historical Phonology. United Kingdom: Luzac, p. 73
Further reading[edit]
- “borne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin bodina, butina, from Transalpine Gaulish.
Noun[edit]
borne f (plural bornes)
- (Jersey) boundary stone
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French borne,[1] from Medieval Latin (Merovingian) bodina, butina (“limit, boundary”), a Celtic/Transalpine Gaulish borrowing, from Proto-Celtic *bonnicca (“boundary”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn (“bottom, base”), see also *bundos.[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈboɾne/ [ˈboɾ.ne]
Noun[edit]
borne m (plural bornes)
- Each of the metallic terminals of certain electrical machines and apparatus, intended for the connection of conductive wires
- Special end of the spear used in jousting.
References[edit]
- ^ Diccionario de la RAE: borne
- ^ Mann, S. E. (1963). Armenian and Indo-European: Historical Phonology. United Kingdom: Luzac, p. 73
Further reading[edit]
- “borne”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
с узким кругозором, ограниченный
глагол
- носить, нести; переносить
- книжн. нести на себе, иметь (знаки, признаки, следы)
- книжн. носить (имя, титул)
- касаться, иметь отношение (к кому-л. / чему-л.); быть связанным с (чем-л.)
- нести (расходы, ответственность); гнать; терпеть
существительное
- медведь; медведица; неуклюжий человек
- эк. биржевой спекулянт, играющий на понижение, «медведь»; бирж. проф. спекулянт; «медведь»
- тех. дыропробивной пресс, медведка; ручной дыропробивной пресс
- ячмень
- = teddy bear плюшевый медвежонок (детская игрушка)
Мои примеры
Словосочетания
Примеры с переводом
Wherefore was I borne? 
Зачем я родился?
The prisoner’s story was borne out by his wife.
Рассказ заключённого подтвердила его жена.
The spores are borne on the wind.
Эти споры разносятся ветром.
The sound of music was borne along on the wind.
Звуки музыки разнеслись по ветру.
The word has borne an opprobrious connotation.
Слово приобрело ругательный оттенок.
The expense of the work to be borne by the abutters.
Расходы по проведению работ должны взять на себя владельцы смежных земельных участков.
Lady Mice was borne away with joy when her child was given back to her.
Когда леди Майс вернули её ребёнка, она не могла найти себе места от радости.
Примеры, ожидающие перевода
…repeatedly borne up in times of adversity by his faith… 
Для того чтобы добавить вариант перевода, кликните по иконке ☰, напротив примера.
Возможные однокоренные слова
overborne — пересиленный, подавленный, превзойденный
bornite — борнит, пестрая медная руда
borne
past participle of the verb bear: She had always borne the burden of responsibility.
Not to be confused with:
born – brought forth by birth: He was born in a log cabin.
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borne
(bôrn)
v.
A past participle of bear1.
adj.
1. Carried or transported by. Often used in combination: current-borne plankton.
2. Transmitted by. Often used in combination: mosquito-borne diseases.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
borne
(bɔːn)
vb
1. for all active uses of the verb, the past participle of bear1
2. for all passive uses of the verb except sense 4 unless followed by by, the past participle of bear1
3. be borne in on 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.
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
bear1
(bɛər)
v. bore, borne born, bear•ing. v.t.
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.
5. to drive or push: The crowd was borne back by the police.
6. to carry or conduct (oneself, one’s body, etc.): to bear oneself bravely.
7. to suffer; endure or tolerate: He bore the blame. I can’t bear your nagging.
8. to warrant or be worthy of: It doesn’t bear repeating.
9. to carry; bring: to bear gifts.
10. to carry in the mind or heart: to bear malice.
11. to transmit or spread (gossip, tales, etc.).
12. to render; afford; give: to bear testimony.
13. to have and be entitled to: to bear title.
14. to exhibit; show: to bear a resemblance.
15. to accept or have as an obligation: to bear the cost.
16. to possess as a quality or characteristic; have in or on: to bear traces; to bear an inscription.
v.i.
17. to tend in a course or direction; move; go: to bear left.
18. to be situated: The lighthouse bears due north.
19. to bring forth young, fruit, etc.
20. bear down,
a. to press or weigh down.
b. to strive harder.
21. bear down on,
a. to press or weigh down on.
b. to strive toward.
c. to move toward rapidly and threateningly.
22. bear on or upon, to be relevant to; affect.
23. bear out, to substantiate; confirm.
24. bear up, to face hardship bravely; endure.
25. bear with, to be patient with.
Idioms:
bring to bear , to force to have an impact: to bring pressure to bear on union members to end a strike.
[before 900; Middle English beren, Old English beran, c. Old High German beran, Old Norse bera, Gothic bairan to carry, Skt bhárati (one) carries, Latin ferre, Greek phérein to carry]
syn: bear, stand, endure refer to supporting the burden of something distressing, irksome, or painful. bear is the general word and suggests merely being able to put up with something: She is bearing the disappointment quite well. stand is an informal equivalent, but with an implication of stout spirit: I couldn’t stand the pain. endure implies continued resistance and patience over a long period of time: to endure torture.
usage: Since the latter part of the 18th century, a distinction has been made between born and borne as past participles of the verb bear. borne is the past participle in all senses that do not refer to physical birth: The wheat fields have borne abundantly. Judges have always borne a burden of responsibility. borne is also the participle when the sense is “to bring forth (young)” and the focus is on the mother rather than on the child. In such cases, borne is preceded by a form of have or followed by by: She had borne a son the previous year. Two children borne by her earlier were already grown. When the focus is on the offspring or on something brought forth as if by birth, born is the standard spelling, and it occurs in passive constructions and in adjective phrases: My friend was born in Ohio. No children have been born at the South Pole. Abraham Lincoln, born in Kentucky, grew up in Illinois.
bear2
(bɛər)
n., pl. bears, (esp. collectively) bear, n.
1. any large, stocky, omnivorous mammal of the carnivore family Ursidae, with thick, coarse fur, a very short tail, and a plantigrade gait, inhabiting the Northern Hemisphere and N South America.
2. a gruff, clumsy, or rude person.
3. a person who believes that stock prices will decline (opposed to bull).
4. (cap.) either of two constellations, Ursa Major or Ursa Minor.
adj.
5. marked by declining prices, esp. of stocks: a bear market.
[before 1000; Middle English be(a)re, beor(e), Old English bera, c. Old High German bero; Germanic *beran- literally, the brown one]
bear′like`, adj.
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The label borne by the new Mixture is «_Fernande_,» but as ❋ Various (N/A)
Opposed to it Gregory assumed the title borne ever since by his successors. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
This observation led Professor Thomson to his doctrine of the dissipation of energy, which he formulated before the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1852, and published also in the Philosophical Magazine the same year, the title borne being, «On a Universal Tendency in Nature to the Dissipation of Mechanical Energy.» ❋ Unknown (1904)
In the middle of the fourth century B.C. all six powers began to style themselves _wang_, or «king,» which, as explained before, was the title borne by the Emperors of the Chou dynasty. ❋ Edward Harper Parker (1887)
As we were steaming out of the Gambia I saw the commander of the Galibi on his bridge, in a state of violent excitement, with all his crew mustered before him, and appealing in the most vehement manner to his capitaine de riviere (river captain), the title borne by the chief of the negro crew. ❋ Prince De Joinville (1859)
Theo, president is capitalized before a name, as a title borne by a specific person: President Bush. ❋ Ann Althouse (2006)
On shelves opposite Lapham’s desk were tin cans of various sizes, arranged in tapering cylinders, and showing, in a pattern diminishing toward the top, the same label borne by the casks and barrels in the wareroom. ❋ Unknown (1884)
(Jeremiah 39: 3,13) a title borne by Nergal-sharezer, probably identical with the king called by the Greeks Neriglissar. ❋ Unknown (1884)
Barlow was led up to the king, who hailed him «King of Shoreditch,» a title borne by the champion archer ever after, so long as bowmanship in earnest lasted. ❋ Charlotte Mary Yonge (1862)
It was a solace for Philip to call the legitimate king by the title borne by him when heir-presumptive, and to persist in denying to him that absolution which, as the whole world was aware, the Vicar of Christ was at that very moment in the most solemn manner about to bestow upon him. ❋ John Lothrop Motley (1845)
It’s a label borne of the frustration following a team that just never lives up to the promise — and sometimes fails to do so in spectacular fashion. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The Earl of Harewood, his home Harewood House (both pronounced ‘har-wuud’) and the village of Harewood (’hair-wuud’) is not listed, but Althorp, the home of Earl Spencer, and the title borne by his eldest son, is there, with some mention of the controversy over its pronunciation. ❋ Unknown (2007)
I was born today in a rocking boat in the middle of a small [pond]. I had [a cut] on [back side] of my hand in the shape of a star… ❋ Tha Helpdesk (2009)
[The book] contains a borning [word] ❋ Brad (2005)
I just [20] [potted] Born, he is so [dogshit]. ❋ Epic Penis Eater (2022)
«I [getting] really born just [thinking] about [tonight]!» ❋ Alex Quantashassle (2005)
All [babies] [want to] be borned. All babies want to be borned. ❋ Filipos (2009)
«Dude, do you see that born-in [Hurry] before [the other] [car] gets there» ❋ Emklee (2009)
[Girl 1]: Omg he’s [sooo] hot
[Girl 2]: Oh he must be Borne ❋ TayKay11 (2018)
Definition 1:
Girlfriend 1: Did she have natural childbirth?
Girlfriend 2: No, the baby was [breech], so she had a [vaginal slice born born].
Definition 2:
Dude 1: Well, time to go see the wife and [squids]. Later!
Dude 2: [Vaginal slice born born]! ❋ Leif (2005)
-Hey dude, [look at that] pretty-ass [girl], I’m so [fucking horny]!
-I was born on a mountainside ❋ Krozer (2010)
Friend: «Yo [Raheem], you hear that [Brenda] got a baby?»
Raheem: «Yeah, son. She’s a [born master].» ❋ Spankoholic (2009)