Definition of be Be
/biˈ/ - [bee] -
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| be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" | ||
| look have a certain outward or facial expression; "How does she look?"; "The child looks unhappy"; "She looked pale after the surgery" | ||
| hurt, suffer give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back" | ||
| be well be healthy; feel good; "She has not been well lately" | ||
| suffer feel pain or be in pain | ||
| feel be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state; "My cold is gone--I feel fine today"; "She felt tired after the long hike"; "She felt sad after her loss" | ||
| remain, rest, stay be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.; "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war" | ||
| continue exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks" | ||
| coruscate, sparkle, scintillate be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity; "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall" | ||
| bedevil, befuddle, confound, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, confuse, throw make stupid with alcohol | ||
| rank take or have a position relative to others; "This painting ranks among the best in the Western World" | ||
| point repair the joints of bricks; "point a chimney" | ||
| need, require, want have or feel a need for; "always needing friends and money" | ||
| compact, pack have the property of being packable or of compacting easily; "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well" | ||
| rest be at rest | ||
| cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting" | ||
| seethe, boil boil vigorously; "The liquid was seething"; "The water rolled" | ||
| moon about, moon around, mope be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed | ||
| seem, appear, look appear to one's own mind or opinion; "I seem to be misunderstood by everyone"; "I can't seem to learn these Chinese characters" | ||
| seem, appear appear to one's own mind or opinion; "I seem to be misunderstood by everyone"; "I can't seem to learn these Chinese characters" | ||
| owe be in debt; "She owes me $200"; "I still owe for the car"; "The thesis owes much to his adviser" | ||
| belong be owned by; be in the possession of; "This book belongs to me" | ||
| cover clothe, as if for protection from the elements; "cover your head!" | ||
| represent point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance; "our parents represented to us the need for more caution" | ||
| account furnish a justifying analysis or explanation; "I can't account for the missing money" | ||
| cut across be contrary to ordinary procedure or limitations; "Opinions on bombing the Serbs cut across party lines" | ||
| begin, start set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life" | ||
| begin set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life" | ||
| stand have or maintain a position or stand on an issue; "Where do you stand on the War?" | ||
| delimitate, delimit, define, delineate, specify give a definition for the meaning of a word; "Define `sadness'" | ||
| go be abolished or discarded; "These ugly billboards have to go!"; "These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge" | ||
| make sense, add up be reasonable or logical or comprehensible | ||
| comprise, consist be composed of; "The land he conquered comprised several provinces"; "What does this dish consist of?" | ||
| turn up, prove, turn out establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture" | ||
| account for give reasons for; "Can you account for all these absences?" | ||
| remain be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.; "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war" | ||
| stick by, stand by, adhere, stick be available or ready for a certain function or service | ||
| lollygag, hang around, lallygag, loiter, mess about, mill around, mill about, lounge, footle, loaf, tarry, lurk, linger be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?" | ||
| amount, total, add up, number, come be tantamount or equivalent to; "Her action amounted to a rebellion" | ||
| matter, weigh, count to be oppressive or burdensome; "weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind" | ||
| rate assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" | ||
| deserve, merit be worthy or deserving; "You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done" | ||
| buy accept as true; "I can't buy this story" | ||
| shine be clear and obvious; "A shining example" | ||
| fall pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work" | ||
| depend be contingent upon (something that is elided); "That depends" | ||
| underlie be or form the base for | ||
| stink be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance; "This term paper stinks!" | ||
| suck draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth; "suck the poison from the place where the snake bit"; "suck on a straw"; "the baby sucked on the mother's breast" | ||
| subtend, delimit be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry | ||
| body forth, incarnate, embody, substantiate make concrete and real | ||
| contain, hold, take be capable of holding or containing; "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon" | ||
| cost, be require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice; "This mistake cost him his job" | ||
| measure determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of; "Measure the length of the wall" | ||
| buzz, hum, seethe call with a buzzer; "he buzzed the servant" | ||
| abound be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities | ||
| disaccord, discord, disagree be of different opinions; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions" | ||
| gape, yawn, yaw be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon" | ||
| be given, tend, lean, incline, run manage or run; "tend a store" | ||
| go, run be abolished or discarded; "These ugly billboards have to go!"; "These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge" | ||
| figure, enter understand; "He didn't figure her" | ||
| press place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure; "pressed flowers" | ||
| rage feel intense anger; "Rage against the dying of the light!" | ||
| interrelate, relate place into a mutual relationship; "I cannot interrelate these two events" | ||
| rut be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals | ||
| stagnate cease to flow; stand without moving; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries" | ||
| stagnate cease to flow; stand without moving; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries" | ||
| come in handy be useful for a certain purpose | ||
| squat sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm" | ||
| hoodoo bring bad luck; be a source of misfortune | ||
| impend be imminent or about to happen; "Changes are impending" | ||
| range, run let eat; "range the animals in the prairie" | ||
| stay on, remain, continue, stay be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.; "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war" | ||
| sell persuade somebody to accept something; "The French try to sell us their image as great lovers" | ||
| translate change from one form or medium into another; "Braque translated collage into oil" | ||
| head up, head remove the head of; "head the fish" | ||
| come in for be subject to or the object of; "The governor came in for a lot of criticism" | ||
| compare examine and note the similarities or differences of; "John compared his haircut to his friend's"; "We compared notes after we had both seen the movie" | ||
| come, fall come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June" | ||
| run into, encounter collide violently with an obstacle; "I ran into the telephone pole" | ||
| gravitate move due to the pull of gravitation; "The stars gravitate towards each other" | ||
| pay bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action; "You'll pay for this!"; "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later" | ||
| diverge move or draw apart; "The two paths diverge here" | ||
| shine be clear and obvious; "A shining example" | ||
| iridesce be iridescent; "The corals iridesced under the surface of the clear water" | ||
| lie tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29" | ||
| stand have or maintain a position or stand on an issue; "Where do you stand on the War?" | ||
| hang suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste; "hang the venison for a few days" | ||
| litter give birth to a litter of animals | ||
| suit be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs" | ||
| end, terminate bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" | ||
| fit insert or adjust several objects or people; "Can you fit the toy into the box?"; "This man can't fit himself into our work environment" | ||
| lend give temporarily; let have for a limited time; "I will lend you my car"; "loan me some money" | ||
| let go be relaxed; "Don't be so worried all the time--just let go!" | ||
| belong be owned by; be in the possession of; "This book belongs to me" | ||
| belong be owned by; be in the possession of; "This book belongs to me" | ||
| curve, wind, twist coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch" | ||
| jumble, mingle assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence" | ||
| promise make a promise or commitment | ||
| accept, take tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies" | ||
| clean remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey" | ||
| draw cause to localize at one point; "Draw blood and pus" | ||
| wash to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking; "The cat washes several times a day" | ||
| balance compute credits and debits of an account | ||
| hail, come greet enthusiastically or joyfully | ||
| act behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" | ||
| test undergo a test; "She doesn't test well" | ||
| seem appear to one's own mind or opinion; "I seem to be misunderstood by everyone"; "I can't seem to learn these Chinese characters" | ||
| answer understand the meaning of; "The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered" | ||
| beat come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" | ||
| hold keep from exhaling or expelling; "hold your breath" | ||
| count include as if by counting; "I can count my colleagues in the opposition" | ||
| contain be capable of holding or containing; "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon" | ||
| connect join for the purpose of communication; "Operator, could you connect me to the Raffles in Singapore?" | ||
| sell persuade somebody to accept something; "The French try to sell us their image as great lovers" | ||
| sell persuade somebody to accept something; "The French try to sell us their image as great lovers" | ||
| kill destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods" | ||
| make act in a certain way so as to acquire; "make friends"; "make enemies" | ||
| grace, adorn, beautify, deck, decorate, embellish knock down with force; "He decked his opponent" | ||
| consist be composed of; "The land he conquered comprised several provinces"; "What does this dish consist of?" | ||
| work arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times" | ||
| lubricate make slippery or smooth through the application of a lubricant; "lubricate the key" | ||
| breathe draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring" | ||
| trim adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used | ||
| swing alternate dramatically between high and low values; "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down" | ||
| osculate have at least three points in common with; "one curve osculates the other"; "these two surfaces osculate" | ||
| retard cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate; "This drug will retard your heart rate" | ||
| transplant place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient | ||
| cohere have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results; "the principles by which societies cohere" | ||
| object express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent; "She never objected to the amount of work her boss charged her with"; "When asked to drive the truck, she objected that she did not have a driver's license" | ||
| stick saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill" | ||
| recognize perceive to be the same | ||
| distribute give to several people; "The teacher handed out the exams" | ||
| put out retire; "he was put out at third base on a long throw from left field" | ||
| broil, bake cook under a broiler; "broil fish" | ||
| drown, swim die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake" | ||
| swim move as if gliding through water; "this snake swims through the soil where it lives" | ||
| belong be owned by; be in the possession of; "This book belongs to me" | ||
| be - occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" | ||
| stretch along, stretch extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body; "Stretch your legs!"; "Extend your right arm above your head" | ||
| go to, attend give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said" | ||
| occupy, fill live (in a certain place); "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor" | ||
| populate, inhabit, dwell, live fill with inhabitants; "populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting" | ||
| inhabit be present in; "sweet memories inhabit this house" | ||
| keep one's distance, keep one's eyes off, keep one's hands off, stay away, stand back stand away from an object or person; "He stood back to look at her" | ||
| extend to, reach, touch be in or establish communication with; "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia" | ||
| lead, extend, pass, go, run cause to undertake a certain action; "Her greed led her to forge the checks" | ||
| lead, go cause to undertake a certain action; "Her greed led her to forge the checks" | ||
| continue, extend, cover exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks" | ||
| poke out, reach out, extend attempt to communicate; "I try to reach out to my daughter but she doesn't want to have anything to do with me" | ||
| lie tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29" | ||
| sit serve in a specific professional capacity; "the priest sat for confession"; "she sat on the jury" | ||
| sit around, sit serve in a specific professional capacity; "the priest sat for confession"; "she sat on the jury" | ||
| face cover the front or surface of; "The building was faced with beautiful stones" | ||
| straddle be noncommittal | ||
| follow behave in accordance or in agreement with; "Follow a pattern"; "Follow my example" | ||
| center on have as a center; "The region centers on Charleston" | ||
| lie, rest tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29" | ||
| belong, go be owned by; be in the possession of; "This book belongs to me" | ||
| come come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June" | ||
| be - have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war" | ||
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| be - work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our resident philosopher" | ||
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| vet provide veterinary care for | ||
| cox act as the coxswain, in a boat race | ||
| be - spend or use time; "I may be an hour" | ||
| use up, occupy, take live (in a certain place); "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor" | ||
| be - to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form; "let her be" | ||
| remain, rest, stay be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.; "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war" | ||
| be - be identical to; be someone or something; "The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house" | ||
| be - happen, occur, take place; "I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the kitchen" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- be (v. i.)
To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence. - be (v. i.)
To exist in a certain manner or relation, -- whether as a reality or as a product of thought; to exist as the subject of a certain predicate, that is, as having a certain attribute, or as belonging to a certain sort, or as identical with what is specified, -- a word or words for the predicate being annexed; as, to be happy; to be here; to be large, or strong; to be an animal; to be a hero; to be a nonentity; three and two are five; annihilation is the cessation of existence; that is the man. - be (v. i.)
To take place; to happen; as, the meeting was on Thursday. - be (v. i.)
To signify; to represent or symbolize; to answer to.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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To occupy a place. -
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To occur, to take place. -
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To have existence. -
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[Used to form the passive voice. (Indicates that the subject undergoes the action.)] -
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[Used to form the subjunctive mode.] -
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[Connects a noun to an adjective describing a transient characteristic of it.] -
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[Connects a noun to an adjective describing an essential characteristic of it.] -
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[Connects an expression, noun, or noun phrase to another expression, noun, or noun phrase describing that their meanings are essentialy the same.] -
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To have or occupy a given position or time point. -
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[used to indicate a period associated with an activity or process] -
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[Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same.] -
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[Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.] -
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[Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.] -
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[Used to link a subject to a count or measurement.] -
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[(With since) used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.] -
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[(Often impersonal) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.] -
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To continue or remain as before. -
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To have the age specified. -
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To act the part of (a character) in a film or play. -
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To constitute a group of (a specified number). -
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To have the indicated price.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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bē, v.i. to live: to exist: to have a certain state or quality:—pr.p. bē′ing; pa.p. been.—n. Be′-all (Shak.), the whole being. [A.S. béon; Ger. bin; Gael. bi, to exist; W. byw, to live; Gr. phu-ein, L. fui, fio, Sans. bhu, to be, orig. meaning to grow.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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A sudden and rapid flow of tide in certain inlets of the sea; as the monstrous wave in the river Hooghly, called bahu by the natives, which rolls in with the noise of distant thunder at flood-tide. It occurs from February to November, at the new and full moon. Its cause has not been clearly defined, although it probably arises from the currents during spring-tides, acting on a peculiar conformation of the banks and bed of the river; it strikes invariably on the same part of the banks, majestically rolling over to one side, and passing on diagonally to the other with impetuous violence. The bore also occurs in England, near Bristol; and in America, in several rivers, but especially in the Bay of Fundy, where at the river Petticodiac the tide rises 76 feet. It also occurs in Borneo and several rivers in the East. (See HYGRE.) Also, the interior cavity of a piece of ordnance, generally cylindrical in shape, except when a part of it is modified into a chamber.
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Cyrillic
Be (Б, б) is the second letter in the Cyrillic alphabet.
It came from the Greek beta, along with the Cyrillic ve. Its old name was "buky". It stands for the Roman B.
The uppercase Б looks like a B with the top curve missing and the lowercase one looks like the number 6.
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