Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
beak
IPA transcription: [b'ik]
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
beak
Meaning:
beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles)
Synonyms:
beak, bill, neb, nib, pecker
Meaning:
horny projecting mouth of a bird
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
peck, pick, beak
Meaning:
hit lightly with a picking motion
Usage examples
He gave a strange whistle through his long black beak.
He turned and walked slowly away, with his beak toward the ground.
Trailing one end of the wire in its beak, the Phoenix flew up into the darkness once more.
She was frightfully thin, and her nose, which was more hooked than a parrot's beak, shone like a danger signal.
But before she could decide, a little swallow flew up with the basket in its beak, and the girl was happy again.
His mate was pleased to take it; and he carried her one morsel after another until she refused to open her beak for more.
One spring morning a little yellow bird flew into the cedar grove, and gave the dwarf a letter which it held in its beak.
However, he was determined not to let this bird fly away; so he took up some water in the palm of his hand and held it to its beak.
The birds hold them at all sorts of angles in their beak, and fly away with them, shrieking and screaming, pursued by their fellows.
The eel twists, and refuses to be swallowed; so the bird has to reduce its liveliness by rolling up and down in its sharp-edged beak.