birdwatch
birdwatch verb: to take part in birdwatching; to observe and identify birds.
Verb
birdwatch (third-person singular simple present birdwatches, present participle birdwatching, simple past and past participle birdwatched)
- To take part in birdwatching; to observe and identify birds.
Noun
birdwatch (plural birdwatches)
- A session of observing and identifying birds.
- Some students can stake out a square of earth in a flowerbed and keep track of what comes up; others can start a birdwatch recording the numbers and kinds of birds they see.1983, Stephen Tchudi, Margie C. Huerta, Teaching Writing in the Content Areas, page 34
- I would make a point of chatting to the tenant farmers that I met while on regular birdwatches and got to know the local village elders, but ironically it was through Chris's work in Beirut that we got in touch with the Skaff family […]2015, Chris Naylor, Postcards from the Middle East
Forms of birdwatch
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | birdwatches |
| present participle | birdwatching |
| past participle | birdwatched |
| past | birdwatched |
| alternative form | bird-watch |
| Noun | |
| plural | birdwatches |
Origin of birdwatch
Back-formation from birdwatching.
Questions about birdwatch
- What does birdwatch mean?
- Birdwatch means to take part in birdwatching; to observe and identify birds.
- What part of speech is birdwatch?
- Birdwatch can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of birdwatch?
- The past tense of birdwatch is birdwatched.
Words near birdwatch in the dictionary
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