Sparrow Definition

spărō
sparrows
noun
sparrows
Any of various New World passerine birds (family Emberizidae), including the song sparrow and white-throated sparrow.
Webster's New World
Any of a family (Passeridae) of Old World passerine birds, including the English sparrow.
Webster's New World
Any of several other similar birds, as the hedge or Java sparrows.
Webster's New World
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pronoun

A surname​.

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Other Word Forms of Sparrow

Noun

Singular:
sparrow
Plural:
sparrows

Origin of Sparrow

  • Middle English sparowe from Old English spearwa

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Sparrow Sentence Examples

  • The Sparrow Hills were visible in the distance, with the village, the church, and the large white house.

  • The sparrow weighs about 10 times less than the pigeon, and has twice as much surface.

  • On the 13th of March, after I had heard the bluebird, song sparrow, and red-wing, the ice was still nearly a foot thick.

  • The faint silvery warblings were heard over the partially bare and moist fields from the bluebird, the song sparrow, and the red-wing, as if the last flakes of winter tinkled as they fell!

  • The sparrow weighs 339 times less than the Australian crane, and possesses 7 times more surface, &c. If now we compare the insects and the birds, the gradation will become even much more striking.

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