Synonyms for birch
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : burch |
| Phonetic Transcription : bɜrtʃ |
Top 10 synonyms for birch Other synonyms for the word birch
- bastinado
- batter
- belabor
- belt
- billet
- billy
- billyclub
- birch
- blackjack
- bludgeon
- board
- branch
- buffet
- bullwhip
- bury
- castigate
- cat-o'-nine-tails
- chasten
- chastise
- cosh
- crop
- cudgel
- cylinder
- defeat
- dowel
- drub
- drumstick
- ferrule
- ferule
- flagellate
- flail
- flog
- goad
- hide
- horsewhip
- ingot
- jerk
- kill
- knout
- lambaste
- larrup
- lash
- lather
- lick
- mace
- mast
- maul
- murder
- nightstick
- overwhelm
- paddle
- paste
- pelt
- pin
- pitch
- pound
- prod
- pummel
- punish
- push
- rawhide
- rod
- rodule
- rout
- rule
- ruler
- rush
- sap
- scepter
- sceptre
- scourge
- seesaw
- shaft
- shill
- shillelagh
- shoot
- slab
- slat
- slaughter
- spank
- spike
- spontoon
- staff
- stake
- stalk
- stave
- stem
- stick
- stir
- strap
- strike
- strip
- surge
- switch
- tan
- tan one's hide
- thong
- thrash
- thresh
- timber
- toss
- toss and turn
- trash
- trim
- trounce
- truncheon
- twig
- wallop
- wand
- wax
- wedge
- whale
- whip
- whomp
- work over
- writhe
Définition of birch
Origin :- Old English berc, beorc (also the name of the rune for "b"), from Proto-Germanic *berkjon (cf. Old Saxon birka, Old Norse börk, Danish birk, Swedish björk, Middle Dutch berke, Dutch berk, Old High German birihha, German Birke), from PIE *bhergo (cf. Ossetian barz, Old Church Slavonic breza, Russian bereza, Lithuanian beržas, Sanskrit bhurjah, Latin farnus, fraxinus "mountain ash"), from root *bhereg- "to gleam, white." Meaning "bunch of birch twigs used for flogging" (1640s) led to verb meaning "to flog" (1830). Related: Birched; birching. Birch beer is by 1827, American English.
- As in rod : noun bar, pole
- As in stick : noun pole, often wooden
- As in whip : noun length of material for hitting
- As in cudgel : noun baton for hitting
- As in thrash : verb flail about; beat
- As in whip : verb hit repeatedly
- As in thresh : verb thrash
- Captain Birch briefly responded on behalf of the Volunteers.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- Out of it he drew a roll of birch bark painted with juice of poke-berries.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- The general and Captain Birch were both wounded, early in the night.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- It was then that our captain took me aside, and he says, 'Birch, will you assist me?
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- But when he felt the blows of Munro, his spirit lay under the birch.
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Cover them with water, and wash them clean with a birch broom.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- There's lots of birch bark here and we can do it in a few days.
- Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
- The only sure way is as follows: Hold a piece of birch bark in your hand.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- White Fang sat down in the shadow of a birch and whimpered softly.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- I'd rather have a good row-boat, though, than any birch I ever saw.
- Extract from : « Harper's Young People, October 26, 1880 » by Various
Antonyms for birch
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