| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
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| be- | A prefix, originally the same word as by;, To intensify the meaning; as, bespatter, bestir., To render an intransitive verb transitive; as, befall (to fall upon); bespeak (to speak for)., To make the action of a verb particular or definite; as, beget (to get as offspring); beset (to set around). | |
| bed | noun | An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed (as, a feather bed), or this with the bedclothes added. In a general sense, any thing or place used for sleeping or reclining on or in, as a quantity of hay, straw, leaves, or twigs., (Used as the symbol of matrimony) Marriage., A plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground., A mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed; as, a bed of ashes or coals., The bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of water; as, the bed of a river., A layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between layers; as, a bed of coal, iron, etc., See Gun carriage, and Mortar bed., The horizontal surface of a building stone; as, the upper and lower beds., A course of stone or brick in a wall., The place or material in which a block or brick is laid., The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile., The foundation or the more solid and fixed part or framing of a machine; or a part on which something is laid or supported; as, the bed of an engine., The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad., The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid., To place in a bed., To make partaker of one’s bed; to cohabit with., To furnish with a bed or bedding., To plant or arrange in beds; to set, or cover, as in a bed of soft earth; as, to bed the roots of a plant in mold., To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or inclosed; to embed; to furnish with or place upon a bed or foundation; as, to bed a stone; it was bedded on a rock., To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed., To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position., To go to bed; to cohabit. |
| bee | p. p. of Be; — used for been., An insect of the order Hymenoptera, and family Apidae (the honeybees), or family Andrenidae (the solitary bees.) See Honeybee., A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee., Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; — called also bee blocks. | |
| beg | noun | A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East; a bey., To ask earnestly for; to entreat or supplicate for; to beseech., To ask for as a charity, esp. to ask for habitually or from house to house., To make petition to; to entreat; as, to beg a person to grant a favor., To take for granted; to assume without proof., To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for., To ask alms or charity, especially to ask habitually by the wayside or from house to house; to live by asking alms. |
| bel | noun | The Babylonian name of the god known among the Hebrews as Baal. See Baal. |
| ben | Alt. of Ben nut, Within; in; in or into the interior; toward the inner apartment., The inner or principal room in a hut or house of two rooms; — opposed to but, the outer apartment., An old form of the pl. indic. pr. of Be., A hoglike mammal of New Guinea (Porcula papuensis). | |
| bet | noun | That which is laid, staked, or pledged, as between two parties, upon the event of a contest or any contingent issue; the act of giving such a pledge; a wager., of Bet, To stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; to wager., imp. & p. p. of Beat., An early form of Better. |
| bey | noun | A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg; as, the bey of Tunis. |