finch
(noun) any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
Source: WordNet® 3.1
finch (plural finches)
Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.
finch (third-person singular simple present finches, present participle finching, simple past and past participle finched)
To hunt for finches, to go finching.
Finch
A surname, from finch as a byname or for a catcher and seller of finches.
Source: Wiktionary
Finch, n.; pl. Fishes. Etym: [AS. finc; akin to D. vink, OHG. fincho, G. fink; cf. W. pinc a finch; also E. spink.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family Fringillidæ.
Note: The word is often used in composition, as in chaffinch, goldfinch, grassfinch, pinefinch, etc. Bramble finch. See Brambling.
– Canary finch, the canary bird.
– Copper finch. See Chaffinch.
– Diamond finch. See under Diamond.
РFinch falcon (Zo̦l.), one of several very small East Indian falcons of the genus Hierax.
– To pull a finch, to swindle an ignorant or unsuspecting person. [Obs.] "Privily a finch eke could he pull." Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 April 2025
(noun) a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
