BORNE
What does "BORNE" mean?
A past participle of 'bear', meaning carried, endured, or supported.
Meanings
- Past participle of 'bear' in the sense of carrying, holding up, or enduring. She had borne the burden alone for years.
- Carried or transmitted by a specified means (used in compounds). Cholera is a water-borne disease.
Did you know?
- English keeps two spellings for one word: you are 'born' (given birth), but a load is 'borne' (carried) - and you write 'borne by his mother' only when 'by' names who did the bearing.
Word origin
Past participle of 'bear', from Old English 'beran' ('to carry, bring forth'), from Proto-Germanic 'beraną' and the Proto-Indo-European root 'bher-' meaning 'to carry'.
Remember it
BORNE has an E for 'Endured' - what you've borne, you've endured. 'Born' (no E) is only about birth.
A little poem
What was carried left no scar to see-
the weight is gone, but the spine still bends for me.
couplet
What it teaches
Some words split in two to hold two kinds of weight: what we are given, and what we carry.
Quick facts
What does BORNE mean?
A past participle of 'bear', meaning carried, endured, or supported.
Is BORNE a valid word?
Yes — BORNE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is BORNE?
BORNE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does BORNE come from?
Past participle of 'bear', from Old English 'beran' ('to carry, bring forth'), from Proto-Germanic 'beraną' and the Proto-Indo-European root 'bher-' meaning 'to carry'.
What can BORNE teach us?
Some words split in two to hold two kinds of weight: what we are given, and what we carry.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.