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1newborn
adjective new·born \-ˌbȯrn\
: recently born
Full Definition of NEWBORN
1
: recently born
2
: born anew
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First Known Use of NEWBORN
14th century
Related to NEWBORN
- Synonyms
- energized, freshened, invigorated, new, reanimated, reborn, recreated, reenergized, refreshed, regenerated, reinvigorated, renewed, resuscitated, revived
Rhymes with NEWBORN
acorn, adorn, airborne, althorn, baseborn, bass horn, bicorne, blackthorn, blue corn, boxthorn, broomcorn, buckthorn, bullhorn, careworn, Christ's-thorn, Dearborn, dehorn, dent corn, earthborn, einkorn, field corn, firethorn, firstborn, flint corn, foghorn, forewarn, forlorn, forworn, freeborn, French horn, green corn, greenhorn, hartshorn, hawthorn, highborn, hulled corn, inborn, inkhorn, krummhorn, leghorn, longhorn, lovelorn, lowborn, outworn, pod corn, popcorn, post horn, pronghorn, ramshorn, reborn, saxhorn, seaborne, self-born, shipborne, shoehorn, shopworn, shorthorn, skyborne, soilborne, stillborn, stinkhorn, suborn, sweet corn, tick-borne, timeworn, tinhorn, toilworn, tricorne, trueborn, twice-born, twinborn, unborn, unworn, wayworn, wellborn, well-worn, wind-borne
2newborn
noun
: a person or animal that has recently been born : a newborn person or animal
plural newborn or newborns
Full Definition of NEWBORN
: a newborn individual
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First Known Use of NEWBORN
1879
NEWBORN Defined for Kids
newborn
adjective new·born \ˈnü-ˈbȯrn, ˈnyü-\
Definition of NEWBORN for Kids
1
: recently born <a newborn calf>
2
: made new or strong again <Always when he hunted sure, his senses seemed newborn. — Virginia Hamilton, M. C. Higgins>
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