🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

새 잡기

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sae jabgi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Bird-Catching/ˈbɜrdˌkætʃɪŋ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15000 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"새 잡기 시즌은 봄에 시작됩니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The act or practice of capturing birds, typically for sport or research.

    "The bird-catching season begins in early spring when many species are nesting."
  2. 2

    A method or technique used to capture birds.

    "He employed various bird-catching techniques, including nets and traps."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'bird-catching' is a compound word formed from 'bird', which comes from Old English 'bridde', and 'catching', derived from the verb 'catch', which has roots in Middle English 'cacchen'. The combination reflects the practice of capturing birds, which has been part of human culture since ancient times for food, sport, and study.

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