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BIRTHDAY GIFT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does birthday gift mean?
• BIRTHDAY GIFT (noun)
The noun BIRTHDAY GIFT has 1 sense:
1. a present given in celebration of a person's birthday
Familiarity information: BIRTHDAY GIFT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A present given in celebration of a person's birthday
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
birthday gift; birthday present
Hypernyms ("birthday gift" is a kind of...):
present (something presented as a gift)
Context examples
Your biggest moment of the month—and possibly of the year—will come with the March 24 new moon in Aries, your annual birthday gift from a loving universe.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
If she had known what birthday gift was coming every minute nearer and nearer, she would not have said to herself, "I'll weep a little weep when I go to bed. It won't do to be dismal now."
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
The new moon of January 24 will be in Aquarius, your birthday gift from a loving universe.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
No one did for several months, but the word 'fete' always produced a general smile, and Laurie's birthday gift to Amy was a tiny coral lobster in the shape of a charm for her watch guard.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Now, let’s turn to the new moon in Aquarius four degrees, which is usually your annual birthday gift from a loving universe.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
A significant moment of the month will be the new moon in Aries at four degrees on March 24, which you can use any way you please, for it is your wonderful, carte-blanche birthday gift.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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