Associations to the word «finch»

Wiktionary

FINCH, noun. Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.
FINCH, verb. To hunt for finches, to go finching.
FINCH, proper noun. A surname​.

Dictionary definition

FINCH, noun. Any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats