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Bird's Eye

Definition: Bird's Eye

Bird's Eye

Noun

1. Old World plant with axillary racemes of blue-and-white flowers.

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Specialty Definition: Bird's Eye

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Industry

Effect obtained with a "T-sharped plain weave", warping and wefting alternate 2 light threads and two dark. Almost round, light spots on dark ground result, similar to a bird's eye. Source: European Union. (references)

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Synonym: Bird's Eye

Synonym: germander speedwell (n). (additional references)
Synonyms by domain: birdseye (industry), bird's-eye (food & agriculture).

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Crosswords: Bird's Eye

Specialty definitions using "bird's eye": birdseye. (references)

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Modern Usage: Bird's Eye

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Screenplays

I get the bird's eye view up here, you get the bucket seats in the Jag. (The Equalizer; writing credit: Grenville Casey; Loraine Despres)

Movie/TV Titles

From a Bird's Eye View (1971)

Bird's Eye View of Bodh Gaya (1923)

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Commercial Usage: Bird's Eye

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Books

  • Bird's Eye Views: Historic Lithographs of North American Cities (reference)

  • The Income Tax Map: A Bird's Eye View of Federal Income Taxation for Law Students, 2002-2003 Edition (reference)

  • On the Top of Pisgah - A Bird's Eye View of the Bible: A Glimpse into the New Testament (reference)

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High Tech

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Image Slideshow: Bird's Eye

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Photo Album: Bird's Eye

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A bird's eye view of a bird's foot delta - the Passes of the Mississippi River. Credit: America's Coastlines.

A bird's eye view of a passing hydrofoil and most of the netting complex. The mouth of the trap and the cod end extending landward can be clearly seen. Credit: Fisheries.

A bird's eye view of sediment being pumped onto the marsh platform. This image was used in the NOAA Restoration Center brochure that was published in May 2001. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Route map showing the routes of Shackleton and Amundsen in the quest for the . Pole. Titled: "Approximate bird's eye view, drawn from the first telegraphic account." In: "The South Pole", by Roald Amundsen, 1872-1928. Volume I, page 1, Library Call Number M82.1/99 A529s . Credit: Treasures of the Library.

Architectural drawing for a fraternal lodge ("Proposed Masonic Temple"), Connecticut Avenue and Florida Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. Bird's eye perspective. Credit: Library of Congress.

Toledo Scale Company, Precision Laboratory Group. Bird's eye view of factory development model for a 1929 project for an industrial laboratory complex] / A.B. Bogart, photographer, N.Y.C. Credit: Library of Congress.

Bird's eye view of San Francisco. Drawn from Meream's model & nature., July 1852 / lith. & published by Britton & Rey, San Franco. Credit: Library of Congress.

Bird's eye view of El Paso from Mesa Heights. Credit: Library of Congress.

The future Washington, bird's eye view. Credit: Library of Congress.

Bird's eye view of Navy Yard, Charlestown, Mass. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Expressions: Bird's Eye

Expressions using "bird's eye": bird's eye view red bird's eye. Additional references.

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Modern Translation: Bird's Eye

Language Translations for "bird's eye"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

vështrim i përgjithshëm (bird's eye view, survey), pamje nga lart (bird's eye view). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏نظرة عامة (bird's eye view, preview, survey), ‏تحليقي (bird's eye view). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

обширна гледка (bird's eye view). (various references)

   

Czech

  

pohled z ptaèí perspektivy (bird's eye view). (various references)

   

Danish

  

påfugleøje (birdseye). (various references)

   

French

  

tissu oeil (birdseye), oeil-de-perdrix (birdseye). (various references)

   

German

  

Pfauenauge (peacock (butterfly)). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

υπιφανειακότητα. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

madártávlat (bird's eye view). (various references)

   

Italian

  

Occhio di pernice (birdseye). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

鳥瞰 (bird's eye view), 下瞰 (getting a bird's eye view, looking down on). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

かか" (between equipment, bold, coming of age ceremony, corolla, determined, garland, getting a bird's eye view, looking down on, Milky Way, resolute, wreath), ちょうか" (bird's eye view, chief, morning newspaper, secretary). (various references)

   

Manx

  

foillycan (bird's eye see {foillican}, butterfly, germander). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ird'sbay eyeay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

olho de perdiz (birdseye). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

vedere panoramicã (bird's eye view, panorama), privire panoramicã (bird's eye view), privire generalã (bird's eye view, conspectus). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

вид с птичьего полета (bird's eye view, bird's-eye view). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

ptičija perspektiva (bird's eye view). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

ojo de perdiz (birdseye). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

fågelperspektive (birds eye view, bird's eye view, birds-eye-view), fågelperspektiv (birds eye view, bird's eye view). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yavşanotu (Speedwell, Veronica), veronika (Veronica), kumaş deseni, kuşbakışı (panoramic), ince kıyım tütün (return). (various references)

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Anagrams: Bird's Eye

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "'-b-d-e-e-i-r-s-y"

-1 letter: birdseye.

-2 letters: derbies, ribeyes.

-3 letters: beside, biders, bredes, breeds, brides, debris, debyes, desire, eiders, eyries, rebids, redyes, reside, ribeye.

-4 letters: beers, beery, bider, bides, biers, birds, birse, brede, breed, brees, bride, bries, byres, debye, deers, derby, drees, dribs, dries, dyers, eider, eyers, eyres, eyrie, rebid, redes, redye, reeds, reedy, resid, ribes, rides, seder, seedy.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Expressions
9. Translations: Modern
10. Anagrams
11. Bibliography


  

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