borne

²borne

adj \ˈbȯrn\

Definition of BORNE

: transported or transmitted by —used in combination <soilborne> <airborne>

Examples of BORNE

1. My book surveys the public-health landscape from food-borne and insectborne diseases to antibiotic resistance, from infectious causes of chronic afflictions to bioterrorism. —Madeline Drexler, Wilson Quarterly, Summer 2002
2. The news carried by mail coach is an exact inversion of the railroad-borne news in Charles Dickens's Dombey and Son (1844-46). —John Plotz, The Crowd, 2000
3. I would tend to think your strawberries died from other causes. Strawberries need excellent drainage and a sandy, acidic soil that has good air space to encourage root health. They like a soil that has been amended with compost. But strawberries can succumb to soil-borne diseases. —Kathy Huber, Houston Chronicle, 3 Oct. 1998

First Known Use of BORNE

circa 1559

Rhymes with BORNE

born, bourn, corn, horn, lorn, morn, mourn, Norn, Orne, porn, scorn, thorn, warn, Zorn