| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| brad | noun | A thin nail, usually small, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head; also, a small wire nail, with a flat circular head; sometimes, a small, tapering, square-bodied finishing nail, with a countersunk head. |
| brae | noun | A hillside; a slope; a bank; a hill. |
| brag | verb i. | To talk about one’s self, or things pertaining to one’s self, in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder; to talk boastfully; to boast; — often followed by of; as, to brag of one’s exploits, courage, or money, or of the great things one intends to do., To boast of., A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretense or self glorification., The thing which is boasted of., A game at cards similar to bluff., Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited., Proudly; boastfully. |
| bran | noun | The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain., The European carrion crow. |
| brat | noun | A coarse garment or cloak; also, coarse clothing, in general., A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib., A child; an offspring; — formerly used in a good sense, but now usually in a contemptuous sense., The young of an animal., A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime. |
| bray | verb t. | To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine., To utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass., To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise., To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and grating sound., The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound., A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae, which is now the usual spelling. |
| bred | imp. & p. p. of Breed., of Breed | |
| bren | verb t. & i. | Alt. of Brenne, Bran. |
| bret | noun | See Birt. |
| brew | verb t. | To boil or seethe; to cook., To prepare, as beer or other liquor, from malt and hops, or from other materials, by steeping, boiling, and fermentation., To prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct., To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to concoct; to hatch; as, to brew mischief., To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer., To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering; as, a storm brews in the west., The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed. |
| brid | noun | A bird. |
| brig | noun | A bridge., A two-masted, square-rigged vessel. |
| brim | noun | The rim, border, or upper edge of a cup, dish, or any hollow vessel used for holding anything., The edge or margin, as of a fountain, or of the water contained in it; the brink; border., The rim of a hat., To be full to the brim., To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top., Fierce; sharp; cold. See Breme. |
| brin | noun | One of the radiating sticks of a fan. The outermost are larger and longer, and are called panaches. |
| brit | noun | Alt. of Britt |
| brob | noun | A peculiar brad-shaped spike, to be driven alongside the end of an abutting timber to prevent its slipping. |
| brog | noun | A pointed instrument, as a joiner’s awl, a brad awl, a needle, or a small sharp stick., To prod with a pointed instrument, as a lance; also, to broggle. |
| brow | noun | The prominent ridge over the eye, with the hair that covers it, forming an arch above the orbit., The hair that covers the brow (ridge over the eyes); the eyebrow., The forehead; as, a feverish brow., The general air of the countenance., The edge or projecting upper part of a steep place; as, the brow of a precipice; the brow of a hill., To bound to limit; to be at, or form, the edge of. |
| bruh | noun | The rhesus monkey. See Rhesus. |
| brun | noun | Same as Brun, a brook. |
| brut | noun | To browse., See Birt. |