English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "voël" is 'n warmbloedige, eierlêende, geveerde gewerwelde dier wat vlerke en 'n snawel het en tipies vlieg. Voëls word in 'n wye verskeidenheid omgewings regoor die wêreld aangetref en is bekend vir hul vermoë om deur middel van sang te kommunikeer en hul kenmerkende vermoë om te vlieg. Hulle word ook dikwels as troeteldiere aangehou of vir jag gebruik, en het kulturele en simboliese betekenis in baie samelewings.

Sentence Examples

  1. I flew lopsidedly above the crowded roads, like a particularly ungraceful bird.
  2. They detached and the bird lifted into the sky, disappearing over the trees again.
  3. It all seems far-fetched but my suspicions fly off Pedro and land on Fernando like a bird on a passing ship.
  4. The bird was so finely wrought that every detail of its feathers and tiny beak was uncannily lifelike.
  5. It was a black circle with what looked like barbed wire around the outside with the outline of a bird on the inside.
  6. The corridor walls to the fire element cavern were constantly alight with fake fire, and the walls leading to the Archives were lined with books that flew and nested like birds, quoting passages of their text instead of bird calls.
  7. The distance between Bombay and Calcutta, as the bird flies, is only from one thousand to eleven hundred miles but the deflections of the road increase this distance by more than a third.
  8. The bird inside was poised on its perch as though it were about to take flight, soaring up and away from its bonds forevermore, and she stared at it for a long moment.
  9. Neither flight of bird nor passing of beast troubled the perfect calm.
  10. Skimming swiftly over a beam that was only a bit wider than her foot, Cianne found the perfect spot for her bird.

TV Series Examples

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A bird without feathers.