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bourn
bourn 1 also bourne B0404200 (bôrn, bo͝orn)n. A small stream; a brook.
[Middle English, from Old English burna; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots.]
bourn 2 also bourne B0404200 (bôrn, bo͝orn)n. Archaic 1. A destination; a goal.2. A boundary; a limit.
[French bourne, from French dialectal bosne, borne, from Old French bodne, limit, boundary marker, from Medieval Latin bodina, perhaps of Celtic origin.]bourn (bɔːn) or bournen1. a destination; goal2. a boundary[C16: from Old French borne; see bound3]
bourn (bɔːn) n (Physical Geography) chiefly Southern English a stream, esp an intermittent one in chalk areas. Compare burn2[C16: from Old French bodne limit; see bound3]bourn1 or bourne (bɔrn, boʊrn)
n. a brook. [before 900; Middle English; see burn1] bourn2 (bɔrn, boʊrn, bʊərn)
n. Archaic. 1. a bound; limit. 2. destination; goal. 3. realm; domain. [1515–25; earlier borne < Middle French, Old French] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  bourn - an archaic term for a boundary bourneboundary, bounds, bound - the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something | | 2. | bourn - an archaic term for a goal or destinationbournegoal, end - the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it; "the ends justify the means" |
bourn
bourn Chiefly southern Brit a stream, esp an intermittent one in chalk areas AcronymsSeeEGSNbourn
Synonyms for bournnoun an archaic term for a boundarySynonymsRelated Wordsnoun an archaic term for a goal or destinationSynonymsRelated Words |