--- title: B — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 18 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/18/) [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 18 [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/) … [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/17/) **18** [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/19/) … [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/59/) **behemoth** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A huge animal in the Bible, often thought to be like a great ox or hippopotamus.[↗](../../behemoth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.[↗](../../behemoth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.40.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../behemoth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **behest** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A command or order, often from someone in charge: «at his behest» means as he ordered.[↗](../../behest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She came at the king's behest.[↗](../../behest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · They built the tower at his behest.[↗](../../behest/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Obey my behest and you will be rewarded.[↗](../../behest/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **behind** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Behind means at the back of something: «behind the tree».[↗](../../behind/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Behind means after someone in a line or a race.[↗](../../behind/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Behind can mean late or slower than others: «behind with homework».[↗](../../behind/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Behind can mean left in a place: «I left my bag behind».[↗](../../behind/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* How many people are behind her?[↗](../../behind/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ben stands behind 5 children.[↗](../../behind/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · 7 runners are behind Zoe.[↗](../../behind/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat is hiding behind the sofa.[↗](../../behind/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our team was 2 goals behind at half-time.[↗](../../behind/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I left my coat behind at school.[↗](../../behind/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't fall behind with your reading.[↗](../../behind/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The sun went behind a cloud.[↗](../../behind/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Fiddler hid behind the stove-pipe.[↗](../../behind/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The families of the Gershonites were to pitch behind the tabernacle westward; (Torah NUM.3.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../behind/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.[↗](../../behind/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.19.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../behind/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns.[↗](../../behind/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.22.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../behind/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest My words behind thee.[↗](../../behind/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.50.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../behind/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy temples are like a pomegranate split open behind thy veil.[↗](../../behind/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.6.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../behind/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me.[↗](../../behind/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.1.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../behind/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **behold** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To behold is to see or look at something, especially something wonderful.[↗](../../behold/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* («Behold!») Look\![↗](../../behold/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") Pay attention to what comes next.[↗](../../behold/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* To see or look at something, or as a cry: look\![↗](../../behold/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Behold, the king is coming\![↗](../../behold/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The children beheld a castle on the hill.[↗](../../behold/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a sight to behold.[↗](../../behold/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, her mother's words were true\![↗](../../behold/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.[↗](../../behold/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.41.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../behold/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, I will slay thy son, thy first-born.' — (Torah EXO.4.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../behold/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And they said one to another: 'Behold, this dreamer cometh.[↗](../../behold/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.37.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../behold/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper?[↗](../../behold/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.17.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../behold/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, he winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing-floor.[↗](../../behold/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings RUT.3.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../behold/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, He snatcheth away, who can hinder Him?[↗](../../behold/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.9.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../behold/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.[↗](../../behold/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.41.7, JPS 1917) · It was very beautiful to behold.[↗](../../behold/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) · As the prophet Isaiah exclaimed: "Behold\![↗](../../behold/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) **beholden** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To be beholden to someone is to feel you owe them thanks because they helped you.[↗](../../beholden/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I am beholden to you for my life.[↗](../../beholden/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The poor boy was beholden to the kind old woman.[↗](../../beholden/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Thank you; I shall never forget that I am beholden to you.[↗](../../beholden/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **beholder** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A beholder is a person who looks at something, a person who sees it.[↗](../../beholder/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The painting pleased every beholder.[↗](../../beholder/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · All the beholders gasped at the golden palace.[↗](../../beholder/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The dragon's eyes frightened all beholders.[↗](../../beholder/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **beholding** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old, literary) Looking at; seeing, especially something wonderful or surprising.[↗](../../beholding/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Bible) «Behold» = look! see\![↗](../../beholding/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Beholden means owing thanks to someone because they helped you.[↗](../../beholding/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The shepherds stood beholding the angel.[↗](../../beholding/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Beholding the sea for the first time, she gasped.[↗](../../beholding/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Behold, a virgin shall conceive,» says the Bible.[↗](../../beholding/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mole stood beholding the river in wonder.[↗](../../beholding/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The crowd stood beholding the fireworks.[↗](../../beholding/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.[↗](../../beholding/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Oh, Ivan," said the merchants, "we are beholding to you; but for you we would have been lost men.[↗](../../beholding/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, and quicken me in Thy ways.[↗](../../beholding/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.119.37, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beholding/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, saving the beholding of them with his eyes?[↗](../../beholding/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings ECC.5.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beholding/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **beige** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pale, light brown colour, like sand or milky tea.[↗](../../beige/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Dull or boring, with nothing exciting about it, as in «a very beige outfit».[↗](../../beige/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She wore a beige coat and red boots.[↗](../../beige/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mix white paint with a little brown to make beige.[↗](../../beige/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The walls of the waiting room were all beige.[↗](../../beige/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sand on this beach is a pale beige.[↗](../../beige/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school jumpers used to be beige.[↗](../../beige/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · That party was so beige, nothing happened at all.[↗](../../beige/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (informal)[↗](../../beige/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Beige goes well with navy blue.[↗](../../beige/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **being** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (verb) Being is the -ing form of be: «you're being silly», «being late is rude».[↗](../../being/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A being is a living creature, real or imagined: «human beings», «beings from another planet».[↗](../../being/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) Being is existing or living: «the chess club came into being when the new teacher arrived».[↗](../../being/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Your being means your whole self: «she loved him with all her being».[↗](../../being/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (casual) «Being as» or «being that» means because: «Being as it's raining, we'll stay in.» — common in speech, not in good writing.[↗](../../being/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (rough) «Stop being a pain», «you're being a right idiot» use being for annoying behaviour right now.[↗](../../being/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (formal) «It being the case that» and «there being» are stiff ways to start a fact: «There being 30 pupils, 6 groups were formed.».[↗](../../being/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Stop being silly and sit down.[↗](../../being/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Being kind costs nothing.[↗](../../being/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Human beings need water to live.[↗](../../being/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The film is about beings from another planet.[↗](../../being/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · For the time being, we'll use the old classroom.[↗](../../being/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The school club came into being when Mrs Lee started it.[↗](../../being/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Exercise is good for your well-being.[↗](../../being/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · being as there's 5 of us, get 10 sausages (casual)[↗](../../being/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · You're being a right pain today, pack it in.[↗](../../being/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (rough)[↗](../../being/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · There being 30 pupils in total, arranged in groups of 5, determine the number of groups.[↗](../../being/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (formal exam)[↗](../../being/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · I saw the army being reviewed.[↗](../../being/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old.[↗](../../being/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.50.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../being/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.[↗](../../being/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../being/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · He shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.[↗](../../being/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.21.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../being/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper?[↗](../../being/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.17.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../being/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent?[↗](../../being/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.4.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../being/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · So Job died, being old and full of days.[↗](../../being/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.42.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../being/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") **bel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A unit for measuring how loud a sound is or comparing power levels; one bel is ten decibels.[↗](../../bel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (a name) Bel, a short form of names like Isabel or Belinda.[↗](../../bel/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In old stories, Bel is the name of an ancient Babylonian god (Bible: «Bel and the Dragon»).[↗](../../bel/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* One bel equals ten decibels.[↗](../../bel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sound levels are usually measured in decibels, not bels.[↗](../../bel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bel was named after Alexander Graham Bell.[↗](../../bel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My friend Isabel likes to be called Bel.[↗](../../bel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A whisper is about two bels, or twenty decibels.[↗](../../bel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Bible story, Daniel showed that the idol Bel did not really eat food.[↗](../../bel/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth; their idols are upon the beasts, and upon the cattle; the things that ye carried about are made a load, a burden to the weary beast.[↗](../../bel/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.46.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bel/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Declare ye among the nations and announce, and set up a standard; announce, and conceal not; say: 'Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is dismayed; her images are put to shame, her idols are dismayed.'[↗](../../bel/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.50.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bel/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up, and the nations shall not flow any more unto him; yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.[↗](../../bel/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.51.44, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bel/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **belabour** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To belabour someone is to beat them hard again and again, usually with a stick.[↗](../../belabour/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The giant belaboured his friend with a club.[↗](../../belabour/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The angry farmer belaboured the sack with his stick.[↗](../../belabour/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mercury belaboured the rogue with his staff.[↗](../../belabour/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **belarusian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* From or to do with Belarus, a country in eastern Europe between Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia and Ukraine.[↗](../../belarusian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person from Belarus.[↗](../../belarusian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The Belarusian language, a Slavic language close to Ukrainian and Russian.[↗](../../belarusian/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Minsk is the Belarusian capital.[↗](../../belarusian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our new classmate is Belarusian and speaks three languages.[↗](../../belarusian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Belarusian is written in the Cyrillic alphabet.[↗](../../belarusian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Belarusians love potato pancakes called draniki.[↗](../../belarusian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned a Belarusian folk song in music.[↗](../../belarusian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Belarusian forests are home to European bison.[↗](../../belarusian/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Belarusian sounds a bit like Ukrainian and Polish.[↗](../../belarusian/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **belated** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Coming or happening later than it should have.[↗](../../belated/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Happy belated birthday, Gran\![↗](../../belated/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I sent her a belated thank-you card.[↗](../../belated/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He made a belated attempt to tidy his room before Mum came home.[↗](../../belated/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The team got a belated goal in the last minute.[↗](../../belated/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She belatedly realised she had left her lunch at home.[↗](../../belated/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Sorry for the belated reply.[↗](../../belated/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Past such dangerous spots as these the belated villager will speed with timorous steps, remembering, perhaps, some such uncanny tale as that which comes next.[↗](../../belated/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **belay** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To belay a rope is to wind it round a post or pin so that it holds fast.[↗](../../belay/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* («Belay!») Stop\![↗](../../belay/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") Stop what you are doing.[↗](../../belay/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Belay that rope, lads\![↗](../../belay/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Avast, belay!» the captain shouted.[↗](../../belay/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We belayed the sail so it would not blow loose.[↗](../../belay/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **belch** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To belch is to let wind come noisily up from the stomach through the mouth.[↗](../../belch/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To belch is also to send out a big rush of smoke, steam, or fire.[↗](../../belch/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The dragon belched forth an evil vapour.[↗](../../belch/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The old engine belched black smoke.[↗](../../belch/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Please do not belch at the table.[↗](../../belch/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, they belch out with their mouth; swords are in their lips: 'For who doth hear?'[↗](../../belch/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.59.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../belch/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **belfry** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The tower, or the room at the top of a tower, where church bells hang.[↗](../../belfry/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (idiom) Have bats in the belfry: to be a bit crazy or odd (old-fashioned, jokey).[↗](../../belfry/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Bats lived up in the belfry of the old church.[↗](../../belfry/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bell-ringers climbed the steep stairs to the belfry.[↗](../../belfry/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bells in the belfry rang out at noon.[↗](../../belfry/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (old-fashioned) "He's got bats in the belfry," said Grandad.[↗](../../belfry/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We could see the belfry from the village green.[↗](../../belfry/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Pigeons nested in the belfry.[↗](../../belfry/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · As soon as the boy reached the belfry, and turned himself round to seize the rope, he saw upon the stairs, near the sounding-hole, a white figure.[↗](../../belfry/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **belgian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Belgian means from or connected with Belgium, a small country in western Europe.[↗](../../belgian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) A Belgian is a person from Belgium.[↗](../../belgian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We bought a box of Belgian chocolates.[↗](../../belgian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Belgian waffles are crispy with deep squares.[↗](../../belgian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My penfriend is Belgian and speaks French and Dutch.[↗](../../belgian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Tintin was created by a Belgian artist.[↗](../../belgian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Belgian team played well in the match.[↗](../../belgian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Brussels, the Belgian capital, hosts many European offices.[↗](../../belgian/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Suddenly a voice cried: "Run!" and there was Tom, and he had brought the Zoological guinea pig and a pair of Belgian hares with him.[↗](../../belgian/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **belie** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To tell lies about someone or to deny the truth about them.[↗](../../belie/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They have belied the LORD, and said: 'It is not He, neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine; (Prophets JER.5.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../belie/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **belief** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A belief is something you think is true, even if you cannot prove it («a belief that ghosts exist»).[↗](../../belief/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Belief is the feeling of being sure that something is true or real.[↗](../../belief/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Belief in someone is trust and confidence in them («Her belief in me helped me win»).[↗](../../belief/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A belief is also a religious or moral idea a person holds («religious beliefs»).[↗](../../belief/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* People hold many different beliefs.[↗](../../belief/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It is a common belief that goldfish have a three-second memory, but it is wrong.[↗](../../belief/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her belief in herself helped her finish the race.[↗](../../belief/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We should respect other people's beliefs.[↗](../../belief/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The view from the mountain was beautiful beyond belief.[↗](../../belief/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Long ago, there was a belief that the Earth was flat.[↗](../../belief/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists test a belief with experiments.[↗](../../belief/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He has a strong belief in being fair.[↗](../../belief/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · In accordance with the belief of the ancients that the letters are of divine origin, the Sefer Yetzirah explains that the thirty-two ways of wisdom were ordained by God through: (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../belief/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **believable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Easy to believe; seeming true or possible.[↗](../../believable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of a character in a story or film) Seeming like a real person.[↗](../../believable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Her excuse was not very believable.[↗](../../believable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The actor made the character believable.[↗](../../believable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It's a believable story, but is it true?[↗](../../believable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Scammers make their messages look believable.[↗](../../believable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Write a believable ending for the story.[↗](../../believable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His explanation sounded believable to the teacher.[↗](../../believable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **believe** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To believe something means to think it is true.[↗](../../believe/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To believe someone means to trust that they are telling the truth.[↗](../../believe/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To believe in something means to feel sure it exists or is good, such as believing in yourself.[↗](../../believe/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «I believe…» can also mean «I think, but I am not completely sure».[↗](../../believe/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I believe that the Earth goes around the Sun, because scientists have measured it.[↗](../../believe/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Do you believe me?[↗](../../believe/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") I really did see a rainbow.[↗](../../believe/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I can't believe how fast you ran\![↗](../../believe/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She believes in herself, so she tried again.[↗](../../believe/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Believe it or not, a snail can sleep for a very long time.[↗](../../believe/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Long ago many people believed the Earth was flat.[↗](../../believe/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't believe everything you read online; check it.[↗](../../believe/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The little girl played make-believe with her dolls.[↗](../../believe/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not believe everything you hear.[↗](../../believe/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Yet in this thing ye do not believe the LORD your God, (Torah DEU.1.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../believe/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And he believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for righteousness.[↗](../../believe/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.15.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../believe/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And they told him, saying: 'Joseph is yet alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.'[↗](../../believe/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") And his heart fainted, for he believed them not.[↗](../../believe/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.45.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../believe/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Who would have believed our report?[↗](../../believe/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.53.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../believe/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Then believed they His words; they sang His praise.[↗](../../believe/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.106.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../believe/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Moreover, they scorned the desirable land, they believed not His word; (Writings PSA.106.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../believe/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) … [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/17/) **18** [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/19/) … [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/59/) - ← previous: [page 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/17/) - next →: [page 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/19/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)