bourn
/bɔːrn/
noun
- A small stream or brook.
- The children played by the bourn that ran through the meadow.
- We followed the bourn until it joined a larger river.
- Clear water bubbled in the bourn after the spring rains.
- A boundary or limit.
- The forest marked the bourn of their territory.
- His ambition knew no bourn.
- In ancient times, the river was the bourn between the two kingdoms.
- A destination or goal.
- She set her sights on a distant bourn of success.
- The explorer's bourn was a hidden valley in the mountains.
- After a long journey, they finally reached their bourn.