--- title: B — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 16 description: The 1119 words of the English dictionary under B, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/16/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / B # B — The English dictionary · page 16 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) … [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/15/) **16** [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/17/) … [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/59/) **beechwood** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A wood or forest made of beech trees.[↗](../../beechwood/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We picnicked in a beechwood in May.[↗](../../beechwood/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The path ran through the beechwood into the sunlight.[↗](../../beechwood/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Squirrels hid nuts in the beechwood.[↗](../../beechwood/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **beef** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The meat from a cow, bull or ox.[↗](../../beef/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (slang) A complaint or a quarrel with someone (What's your beef?[↗](../../beef/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") He has beef with me).[↗](../../beef/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Muscle or strength.[↗](../../beef/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To beef up: to make something stronger or bigger.[↗](../../beef/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (informal) To beef: to complain.[↗](../../beef/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We had roast beef for Sunday lunch.[↗](../../beef/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Beef comes from cows.[↗](../../beef/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The burger is made of minced beef.[↗](../../beef/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · What's your beef with me?[↗](../../beef/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (slang)[↗](../../beef/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The two rappers have had beef for ages.[↗](../../beef/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (slang)[↗](../../beef/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The team beefed up its defence.[↗](../../beef/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop beefing about the homework\![↗](../../beef/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (informal)[↗](../../beef/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I hate cow-beef; it is not tender enough for me.[↗](../../beef/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · and threescore and twelve thousand beeves, (Torah NUM.31.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beef/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · and thirty and six thousand beeves, (Torah NUM.31.44, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beef/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the beeves were thirty and six thousand, of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and twelve.[↗](../../beef/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.31.38, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beef/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **beehive** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A box or other structure where bees live and make honey.[↗](../../beehive/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A hairstyle piled high on the head.[↗](../../beehive/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The beekeeper opened the beehive carefully.[↗](../../beehive/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There are thousands of bees in one beehive.[↗](../../beehive/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Honey is stored in the beehive in wax cells.[↗](../../beehive/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The classroom was as busy as a beehive.[↗](../../beehive/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not poke a beehive.[↗](../../beehive/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her grandmother once wore her hair in a beehive.[↗](../../beehive/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘In my youth, when I was an old man, we had a quantity of beehives.[↗](../../beehive/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **beekeeper** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who keeps bees in hives to collect honey and wax.[↗](../../beekeeper/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Someone who looks after bees as a hobby or job.[↗](../../beekeeper/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The beekeeper wore a white suit and a veil.[↗](../../beekeeper/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our neighbour is a beekeeper with three hives.[↗](../../beekeeper/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The beekeeper used smoke to calm the bees.[↗](../../beekeeper/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Beekeepers collect honey in late summer.[↗](../../beekeeper/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A beekeeper showed our class how bees build combs.[↗](../../beekeeper/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The beekeeper sold jars of honey at the market.[↗](../../beekeeper/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **beep** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A beep is a short, high sound made by a machine, like a microwave, a car horn or a phone.[↗](../../beep/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To beep means to make this sound, or to sound a car horn.[↗](../../beep/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The microwave beeped when the popcorn was ready.[↗](../../beep/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad beeped the horn to say goodbye.[↗](../../beep/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Please leave a message after the beep.[↗](../../beep/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The smoke alarm keeps beeping.[↗](../../beep/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My watch beeps every hour.[↗](../../beep/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The scanner beeped at the checkout.[↗](../../beep/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The truck beeps when it reverses.[↗](../../beep/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **beer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An alcoholic drink for adults, made from grain (usually barley) and hops, fizzy and often golden or brown; it is not for children.[↗](../../beer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A glass, can or bottle of this drink: «He ordered a beer.».[↗](../../beer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In some drink names that have no alcohol, like «root beer» or «ginger beer», which children can drink.[↗](../../beer/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad had one beer at the barbecue and then switched to water.[↗](../../beer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Beer is made from barley, water, hops and yeast.[↗](../../beer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · You must be an adult to buy beer.[↗](../../beer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Ginger beer is a fizzy soft drink that children can have.[↗](../../beer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Root beer is popular in the USA and has no alcohol.[↗](../../beer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The pub has a beer garden with a play area.[↗](../../beer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · People should never drive after drinking beer.[↗](../../beer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the farmer brewed beer in a big wooden barrel.[↗](../../beer/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.[↗](../../beer/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.26.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beer/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.[↗](../../beer/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.28.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beer/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.[↗](../../beer/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.26.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beer/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · and Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah; (Prophets JOS.15.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beer/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual; (Writings 1CH.4.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beer/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · and in Hazar-shual, and in Beer-sheba and the towns thereof; (Writings NEH.11.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beer/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **beeswax** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The yellow wax that honeybees make to build their honeycomb.[↗](../../beeswax/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* This wax used to make candles, polish, crayons and lip balm.[↗](../../beeswax/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (US, informal) In «none of your beeswax», a playful way to say «none of your business».[↗](../../beeswax/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Bees build their honeycomb out of beeswax.[↗](../../beeswax/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We made candles from beeswax in craft club.[↗](../../beeswax/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum polishes the old table with beeswax.[↗](../../beeswax/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · "What's in the box?" "[↗](../../beeswax/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") None of your beeswax!"[↗](../../beeswax/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My sandwich is wrapped in a beeswax wrap instead of plastic.[↗](../../beeswax/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Beeswax melts if you leave it in the sun.[↗](../../beeswax/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **beet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A beet is a round dark red vegetable that grows under the ground; in the UK it is called beetroot.[↗](../../beet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Sugar beet is a pale kind of beet that sugar is made from.[↗](../../beet/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farmer grew 40 beets.[↗](../../beet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each bag holds 6 beets.[↗](../../beet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She bought 2 kg of beets.[↗](../../beet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · There are 3 rows of beets with 15 in each row.[↗](../../beet/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Beets grow under the ground like carrots.[↗](../../beet/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The beet soup was bright red.[↗](../../beet/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Much of our sugar comes from sugar beet.[↗](../../beet/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He went as red as a beet when he forgot his lines.[↗](../../beet/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **beethoven** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (a name) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), a German composer, one of the most famous in history; he kept writing music even after he became deaf.[↗](../../beethoven/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Beethoven wrote nine symphonies.[↗](../../beethoven/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm learning «Für Elise» by Beethoven on the piano.[↗](../../beethoven/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Beethoven went deaf but kept composing.[↗](../../beethoven/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The orchestra played Beethoven's Fifth.[↗](../../beethoven/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class listened to the «Ode to Joy» by Beethoven.[↗](../../beethoven/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the film, Beethoven is a huge, messy dog.[↗](../../beethoven/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **beetle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A beetle is an insect with a hard shiny back.[↗](../../beetle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Like all insects it has 6 legs.[↗](../../beetle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The hard back is really a pair of wing cases that cover thin wings, so most beetles can fly.[↗](../../beetle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* There are more kinds of beetle than of any other animal.[↗](../../beetle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A beetle has 6 legs.[↗](../../beetle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Spiders and beetles have 54 legs in all.[↗](../../beetle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Tom found 7 beetles in the garden.[↗](../../beetle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many legs do 4 beetles have?[↗](../../beetle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A ladybird is a kind of beetle.[↗](../../beetle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We went on a bug hunt and found three beetles under a log.[↗](../../beetle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The dung beetle rolls a ball of dung.[↗](../../beetle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The beetle opened its shell and flew away.[↗](../../beetle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Beetle smote upon the drum.[↗](../../beetle/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **beetroot** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Beetroot is a round, dark red root vegetable that grows under the ground.[↗](../../beetroot/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Beetroot is also used to describe a deep red colour, especially a red face.[↗](../../beetroot/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We grew beetroot in the school garden.[↗](../../beetroot/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Beetroot juice stained my shirt.[↗](../../beetroot/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He went as red as a beetroot when everyone sang to him.[↗](../../beetroot/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma makes beetroot soup.[↗](../../beetroot/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Do you want beetroot on your burger?[↗](../../beetroot/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Beetroot is sweet when it is roasted.[↗](../../beetroot/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **beeves** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Cattle, especially cows and oxen.[↗](../../beeves/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* and threescore and twelve thousand beeves,[↗](../../beeves/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.31.33, JPS 1917) · and thirty and six thousand beeves,[↗](../../beeves/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.31.44, JPS 1917) · And the beeves were thirty and six thousand, of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and twelve.[↗](../../beeves/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.31.38, JPS 1917) **befall** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To happen to someone, often something bad: «If you do ill, ill will befall you.».[↗](../../befall/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Bad luck befell the farmer's sheep.[↗](../../befall/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Be careful, or harm may befall you.[↗](../../befall/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · What will befall us if we stay here?[↗](../../befall/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said: 'Lest peradventure harm befall him.'[↗](../../befall/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.42.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../befall/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.[↗](../../befall/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.44.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../befall/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And Jacob called unto his sons, and said: 'Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the end of days.[↗](../../befall/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.49.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../befall/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Shall evil befall a city, and the LORD hath not done it?[↗](../../befall/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets AMO.3.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../befall/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent.[↗](../../befall/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.91.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../befall/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · There shall no mischief befall the righteous; but the wicked are filled with evil.[↗](../../befall/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.12.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../befall/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **befit** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To be right and suitable for someone: «treated as befits your rank» means treated as is right for their rank.[↗](../../befit/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Her gown befits a queen.[↗](../../befit/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dress as befits a king.[↗](../../befit/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Such a reward befits a brave hero.[↗](../../befit/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **befitting** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Right and suitable for a person or an occasion: a dress befitting a bride.[↗](../../befitting/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He wore a coat befitting a prince.[↗](../../befitting/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The king gave a befitting welcome.[↗](../../befitting/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Speak in a manner befitting a lady.[↗](../../befitting/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **befool** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To fool or trick someone, so that they look foolish.[↗](../../befool/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The clever fox befooled the wolf.[↗](../../befool/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not let anyone befool you.[↗](../../befool/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He befooled the guards and walked out.[↗](../../befool/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **before** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Before means earlier than something else: before lunch.[↗](../../before/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Before means at an earlier time, in the past.[↗](../../before/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I have been here before.[↗](../../before/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Before can mean in front of: the number before 10 is 9; she stood before the class.[↗](../../before/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (casual) «Before you know it» means very soon; «before long» means soon.[↗](../../before/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (rough) «Before I …» in a threat warns of what will happen: «Get out before I lose my temper.».[↗](../../before/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (formal) The exam voice says «prior to», «previously», «antecedent to», «in advance of», «hitherto», «preceding».[↗](../../before/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* First, a little revision of what we learned before: Adding within 20.[↗](../../before/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Test: 60 of 60 right (before the lesson: 0 of 60).[↗](../../before/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Before lunch Jake had 15 marbles.[↗](../../before/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Ann had 8 coins before she found 4 more.[↗](../../before/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash your hands before you eat.[↗](../../before/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · What number comes before 20?[↗](../../before/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I have never seen a whale before.[↗](../../before/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Brush your teeth before bed.[↗](../../before/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · You'll be grown up before you know it.[↗](../../before/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · put it back before mum sees, she'll kill us[↗](../../before/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Get off my bike before I count to three\![↗](../../before/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Prior to the transaction, Jake was in possession of 15 marbles; state the integer immediately preceding 15.[↗](../../before/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · "I have never seen you before."[↗](../../before/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And none shall appear before Me empty.[↗](../../before/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.34.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../before/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.[↗](../../before/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.20.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../before/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.[↗](../../before/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.27.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../before/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · Who can stand before His indignation?[↗](../../before/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets NAM.1.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../before/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Shall mortal man be just before God?[↗](../../before/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.4.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../before/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") · And I charged Baruch before them, saying: (Prophets JER.32.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../before/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") **beforehand** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Beforehand means earlier, before something else happens, often to get ready.[↗](../../beforehand/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Wash your hands beforehand.[↗](../../beforehand/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tell your parents beforehand where you are going.[↗](../../beforehand/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I made a prediction beforehand.[↗](../../beforehand/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We practised beforehand so the play went well.[↗](../../beforehand/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Go to the toilet beforehand, because the trip is long.[↗](../../beforehand/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She had 20 marbles beforehand and 14 afterwards, so she lost 6.[↗](../../beforehand/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Read the questions beforehand.[↗](../../beforehand/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · If you can't come, let us know beforehand.[↗](../../beforehand/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Vasilissa went into her little closet, set before the doll a supper which she had provided beforehand, and said:[↗](../../beforehand/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Who hath given Me anything beforehand, that I should repay him?[↗](../../beforehand/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.41.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beforehand/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Therefore I fled beforehand unto Tarshish; for I knew that Thou art a gracious God, and compassionate, long-suffering, and abundant in mercy, and repentest Thee of the evil.[↗](../../beforehand/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JON.4.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beforehand/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **befriend** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To become a friend to someone, especially someone who is new, lonely or needs help.[↗](../../befriend/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To make friends with an animal so it trusts you.[↗](../../befriend/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Maya befriended the new girl on her first day.[↗](../../befriend/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The lonely old man was befriended by a little dog.[↗](../../befriend/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We befriended a robin that came to our window every morning.[↗](../../befriend/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Be careful if a stranger online tries to befriend you.[↗](../../befriend/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He befriended a boy who sat alone at lunch.[↗](../../befriend/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The children befriended the shy horse with carrots.[↗](../../befriend/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the mouse befriends the lion.[↗](../../befriend/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "I was going to befriend you, and you repay me by trying to kill me.[↗](../../befriend/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **beg** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To ask someone very strongly, again and again, for something you want a lot.[↗](../../beg/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To ask strangers for money or food because you are poor.[↗](../../beg/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Of a dog: to sit up with its front paws raised, hoping for food or a treat.[↗](../../beg/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We begged Mum to let us stay up for the fireworks.[↗](../../beg/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog begged for a piece of my sandwich.[↗](../../beg/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · "Please, please, please," she begged.[↗](../../beg/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A man was begging for coins outside the station.[↗](../../beg/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The prisoner begged for mercy.[↗](../../beg/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I beg your pardon — I didn't hear you.[↗](../../beg/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He begged his friend not to tell the teacher.[↗](../../beg/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Our puppy has learned to sit up and beg.[↗](../../beg/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Spare me!" begged the poor Mouse.[↗](../../beg/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; and let them seek their bread out of their desolate places.[↗](../../beg/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.109.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beg/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The sluggard will not plow when winter setteth in; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.[↗](../../beg/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.20.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beg/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **beget** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To become the father of a child; in old tales, to produce children or new things.[↗](../../beget/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old king begot seven sons.[↗](../../beget/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Gods in the tales begot heroes.[↗](../../beget/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Greed often begets trouble.[↗](../../beget/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be thine; for they shall go into captivity.[↗](../../beget/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.28.41, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beget/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee; behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.[↗](../../beget/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.17.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beget/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth to a brother any of these things, (Prophets EZK.18.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beget/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins, which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like, (Prophets EZK.18.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beget/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, whom thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be officers in the palace of the king of Babylon.'[↗](../../beget/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.20.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beget/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) … [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/15/) **16** [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/17/) … [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/59/) - ← previous: [page 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/15/) - next →: [page 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/17/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)