borne
Lifted and moved
Borne is the past participle of bear in most of its senses: carried, supported, endured, or produced.
The coffin was borne by six pallbearers.
She has borne the burden alone.
The tree has borne fruit for decades.
In compounds, borne indicates how something is transmitted: airborne, waterborne, mosquito-borne diseases.
For childbirth, borne applies when the mother is the subject with "by": children borne by her; otherwise born is standard: a child born in June.
Moved between locations
- conveyedTransferred or expressed
- hauledTransported with effort
- hoistedLifted with effort
- luggedCarried laboriously
toted · lifted · ferried · carted · shifted · moved · transferred · delivered
Traveling through air
- waterborneCarried by liquid flow
- bloodborneCarried via circulation
- foodborneSpread via consumed items
- contagionDisease spread by contact
infection · pathogen · disease · spread · communicable · carrier · vector · epidemic
Successfully opposed or survived
- survivedRemained alive through hardship
- weatheredEroded by exposure
- toleratedPermitted without approval
- sufferedUnderwent pain or hardship
undergone · sustained · faced · braved · persevered · resilience · fortitude · patience
Carried weight or burden
- weightMeasure of heaviness
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- dutyRequired moral task
onus · liability · encumbrance · yoke · cross · millstone · albatross · baggage
Inherited cultural legacy
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
legacy · descended · familial · ancestral · dynastic · generational · forebears · lineage
transported
Moved between locations
lugged · toted · lifted · ferried · carted · shifted · moved · transferred · delivered · freighted
airborne
Traveling through air
- waterborneCarried by liquid flow
- bloodborneCarried via circulation
- foodborneSpread via consumed items
contagion · infection · pathogen · disease · spread · communicable · carrier · vector · epidemic · outbreak
withstood
Successfully opposed or survived
- survivedRemained alive through hardship
- weatheredEroded by exposure
- toleratedPermitted without approval
suffered · undergone · sustained · faced · braved · persevered · resilience · fortitude · patience · stamina
load
Carried weight or burden
- weightMeasure of heaviness
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- obligationRequired task or commitment
duty · onus · liability · encumbrance · yoke · cross · millstone · albatross · baggage · pressure
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
inheritance · legacy · descended · familial · ancestral · dynastic · generational · forebears · lineage · pedigree
bornedropped
Let fall downward
unsupported · abandoned · discarded · released · laid down
borneunfounded
Without factual support
unsubstantiated · unsupported · groundless · baseless · disproven
borneunbearable
Impossible to endure
intolerable · rejected · escaped · unendurable · unendured
- be bornBegin living
- was bornCame into existence
- full boreMaximum effort or capacity
- born yesterdayExtremely naive and credulous
- being bornStarting to exist
- born againSpiritually converted anew