Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - born

~1 a past participle of bear1 ~2 adj 1 be born when a person or animal is born it comes out of its mother's body, or out of an egg  (Forty lambs were born this spring.) + in  (Swift was born in 1667. | I was born in a small southern town in the USA.) + a  (In those days most babies were born at home.) + on  (I was born on December 15th 1973.) newly-born  (recently born)  (a newly-born baby | be born into/to/of (=be born in a particular situation, type of family etc))  (Frank was born into a wealthy family.) be born with (=have a particular disease, type of character etc since birth)  (Jenny was born with a cleft palate. | be born blind/deaf/etc (=be blind, deaf etc when born) | be born lucky/unlucky etc (=always be lucky, unlucky etc) | Australian/French etc born (=born in or as a citizen of Australia etc))  (Australian born rock icon Nick Cave) 2 be born to do/be sth to be very suitable for a particular job, activity etc 3 born leader/teacher/musician etc someone who has a strong natural ability to lead, teach etc 4 »START EXISTING« something that is born starts to exist  (And so the concept of the jet engine was born.) 5 born of/out of existing as a result of something  (Bill spoke with a cynicism born of bitter experience.) 6 born and bred born and having grown up in a particular place and having the typical qualities of someone from that place  (born and bred in Liverpool) 7 I wasn't born yesterday spoken used to tell someone you think is deceiving you that you are not stupid enough to believe them 8 in all my born days spoken old-fashioned used to express surprise at something that you have never heard about or experienced before  (Well, I've never heard of such a thing in all my born days!) 9 there's one born every minute spoken used to say that someone has been very stupid or easily deceived 10 be born under a lucky/unlucky star to always have good or bad luck in your life  (- see also natural-born) 11 be born with a silver spoon in your mouth to be born into a rich family 12 be born on the wrong side of the blanket humorous to have parents who were not married when you were born