bourn

/bɔːrn/
noun
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
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