--- title: B — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 21 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/21/) [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 21 [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/) … [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/20/) **21** [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/22/) … [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/30/) … [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/59/) **bennet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A family name; best known as the Bennet family, especially Elizabeth Bennet, in Jane Austen's novel "Pride and Prejudice".[↗](../../bennet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (rare) Herb bennet: a wild plant with yellow flowers, also called wood avens.[↗](../../bennet/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Elizabeth Bennet is the heroine of "Pride and Prejudice".[↗](../../bennet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mrs Bennet wants her daughters to marry.[↗](../../bennet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Bennet family had five daughters.[↗](../../bennet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mr Bennet loved reading in his library.[↗](../../bennet/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Herb bennet grows in shady woods.[↗](../../bennet/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class read a short version of the Bennet sisters' story.[↗](../../bennet/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **bent** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Bent means not straight any more, curved or folded.[↗](../../bent/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Bent is the past form of bend: «He bent the wire».[↗](../../bent/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Bent on» means very determined to do something.[↗](../../bent/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In British slang, bent can mean dishonest.[↗](../../bent/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The nail was bent, so I couldn't use it.[↗](../../bent/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He bent down to tie his shoe.[↗](../../bent/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Land with your knees bent.[↗](../../bent/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The pencil in the water looks bent.[↗](../../bent/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The wheel got bent in the crash.[↗](../../bent/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She is bent on winning the race.[↗](../../bent/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The old man was bent over his walking stick.[↗](../../bent/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I bent the paper in half.[↗](../../bent/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · She was very old and almost bent double.[↗](../../bent/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · I am bent and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day.[↗](../../bent/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.38.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bent/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · He hath bent His bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.[↗](../../bent/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.3.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bent/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · If a man turn not, He will whet His sword, He hath bent His bow, and made it ready; (Writings PSA.7.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bent/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **benumbed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Made numb, so that a person cannot feel or move properly, usually from cold.[↗](../../benumbed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* His fingers were benumbed with cold.[↗](../../benumbed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He sat still, benumbed and cold, in the snow.[↗](../../benumbed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I am benumbed and sore crushed; I groan by reason of the moaning of my heart.[↗](../../benumbed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.38.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../benumbed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **bequeath** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (law, formal) To leave money or belongings to someone in your will, so they get them after you die.[↗](../../bequeath/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) To pass something on to people who come later, like ideas or traditions.[↗](../../bequeath/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Great-grandpa bequeathed his gold watch to my dad.[↗](../../bequeath/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She bequeathed her house to the animal shelter.[↗](../../bequeath/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The ancient Greeks bequeathed us many ideas.[↗](../../bequeath/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In his will, he bequeathed his books to the library.[↗](../../bequeath/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The painting was bequeathed to the museum.[↗](../../bequeath/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · What would you like to bequeath to future generations?[↗](../../bequeath/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The farm was bequeathed to the youngest son.[↗](../../bequeath/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And now, together with my parental blessing, I bequeath to you this doll.[↗](../../bequeath/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **berbers** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A people of North Africa, with their own old language and writing.[↗](../../berbers/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* As al- ready demonstrated, the lirst alphabet invented was similar to that still used by the Berbers, whence the inference, that there may have been a time when the Hebrews also used such an alphabet.[↗](../../berbers/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../berbers/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **bereave** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To take away someone dear by death; to leave someone without a loved one.[↗](../../bereave/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Without shall the sword bereave, and in the chambers terror; slaying both young man and virgin, the suckling with the man of gray hairs.[↗](../../bereave/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bereave/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord GOD; (Prophets EZK.36.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bereave/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And I fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I bereave them of children, I destroy My people, since they return not from their ways.[↗](../../bereave/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.15.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bereave/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · If I cause evil beasts to pass through the land, and they bereave it, and it be desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the beasts; (Prophets EZK.14.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bereave/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **bereaved** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Having lost a close family member or friend because they died.[↗](../../bereaved/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun, the bereaved) People whose loved one has recently died.[↗](../../bereaved/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bereaved family thanked everyone for their kind messages.[↗](../../bereaved/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class made cards for a bereaved classmate.[↗](../../bereaved/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The vicar comforted the bereaved at the funeral.[↗](../../bereaved/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Recently bereaved people may feel sad for a long time.[↗](../../bereaved/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The charity helps bereaved children.[↗](../../bereaved/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We should be gentle with someone who is bereaved.[↗](../../bereaved/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The bereaved mother planted a tree in her son's memory.[↗](../../bereaved/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The bereaved father and daughter were wild with grief, and they abandoned themselves to their bitter sorrow.[↗](../../bereaved/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And as for me, if I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.'[↗](../../bereaved/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.43.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bereaved/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Jacob their father said unto them: 'Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away; upon me are all these things come.'[↗](../../bereaved/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.42.36, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bereaved/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him; then I will send, and fetch thee from thence; why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?'[↗](../../bereaved/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.27.45, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bereaved/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Then shalt thou say in thy heart: 'Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering to and fro?[↗](../../bereaved/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.49.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bereaved/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the enclosure of their heart; and there will I devour them like a lioness; the wild beast shall tear them.[↗](../../bereaved/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.13.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bereaved/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **bereavement** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) The loss of a close relative or friend because they have died.[↗](../../bereavement/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The sadness and time after such a loss.[↗](../../bereavement/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She was off school because of a family bereavement.[↗](../../bereavement/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The school offers bereavement support to pupils.[↗](../../bereavement/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After a bereavement, it's normal to feel very sad.[↗](../../bereavement/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He took bereavement leave from work.[↗](../../bereavement/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Talking to someone helps after a bereavement.[↗](../../bereavement/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We sent a card to show we cared about their bereavement.[↗](../../bereavement/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They repay me evil for good; bereavement is come to my soul.[↗](../../bereavement/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.35.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bereavement/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears: 'The place is too strait for me; give place to me that I may dwell.'[↗](../../bereavement/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.49.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bereavement/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **bereft** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Left without something important, such as a loved one or a friend.[↗](../../bereft/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The king was bereft of his only daughter.[↗](../../bereft/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog, bereft of its owner, waited at the gate.[↗](../../bereft/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And her gates shall lament and mourn; and utterly bereft she shall sit upon the ground.[↗](../../bereft/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.3.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bereft/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The stout-hearted are bereft of sense, they sleep their sleep; and none of the men of might have found their hands.[↗](../../bereft/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.76.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bereft/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **beret** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A round, soft, flat hat without a brim, often made of wool or felt.[↗](../../beret/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A beret worn as part of a uniform, especially by soldiers (for example «the Green Berets»).[↗](../../beret/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She wore a red beret to school on a cold day.[↗](../../beret/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The artist in the picture had a black beret.[↗](../../beret/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Soldiers in the parade wore green berets.[↗](../../beret/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My nan knitted me a beret.[↗](../../beret/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In our French play, Tom wore a beret and a stripy top.[↗](../../beret/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The beret sat on the side of his head.[↗](../../beret/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The Scouts wear blue berets.[↗](../../beret/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **beriberi** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An illness caused by not having enough vitamin B1 (thiamine) in food; it can weaken the muscles, nerves and heart.[↗](../../beriberi/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Beriberi is caused by too little vitamin B1.[↗](../../beriberi/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sailors who ate only white rice sometimes got beriberi.[↗](../../beriberi/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Eating whole grains helps prevent beriberi.[↗](../../beriberi/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our science sheet listed scurvy, rickets and beriberi.[↗](../../beriberi/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A doctor found that brown rice cured beriberi in chickens.[↗](../../beriberi/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Beriberi is rare today in countries with varied food.[↗](../../beriberi/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **berith** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A Hebrew word meaning "covenant," a solemn agreement.[↗](../../berith/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard thereof, they entered into the hold of the house of El-berith.[↗](../../berith/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.9.46, JPS 1917)[↗](../../berith/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light fellows, who followed him.[↗](../../berith/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.9.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../berith/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel again went astray after the Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god.[↗](../../berith/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.8.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../berith/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **berlin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (a name) Berlin is the capital city of Germany and its largest city.[↗](../../berlin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In history, Berlin was divided into East and West Berlin by the Berlin Wall during the Cold War; the Wall came down and Germany became one country again.[↗](../../berlin/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (rare) A berlin (berline) is an old kind of four-wheeled carriage.[↗](../../berlin/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Berlin is the capital of Germany.[↗](../../berlin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Berlin Wall split the city in two.[↗](../../berlin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · People danced on the Berlin Wall the night it opened.[↗](../../berlin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a piece of the Berlin Wall in a museum.[↗](../../berlin/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Brandenburg Gate is a famous sight in Berlin.[↗](../../berlin/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Many families were separated when the wall was built across Berlin.[↗](../../berlin/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Berlin has more bridges than Venice.[↗](../../berlin/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class wrote postcards from an imaginary trip to Berlin.[↗](../../berlin/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **berry** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A berry is a small round juicy fruit with seeds, like a strawberry, blueberry or raspberry.[↗](../../berry/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In science, a berry is a fruit made from one flower with seeds inside its soft flesh; by that rule, grapes, tomatoes and bananas are berries, but strawberries are not.[↗](../../berry/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In old dialect, to berry someone means to bury them in the ground.[↗](../../berry/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We picked blackberries along the path.[↗](../../berry/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Never eat wild berries unless an adult says they're safe.[↗](../../berry/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Blueberries are tiny blue berries.[↗](../../berry/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Birds love the red berries on the holly bush.[↗](../../berry/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I had berries and yoghurt for breakfast.[↗](../../berry/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some berries are poisonous.[↗](../../berry/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Strawberries have their seeds on the outside.[↗](../../berry/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Bears eat berries in late summer.[↗](../../berry/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **berth** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bed or bunk for sleeping on a ship or train.[↗](../../berth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A place where a ship is tied up at a harbour.[↗](../../berth/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (phrase) «give a wide berth to» means keep well away from.[↗](../../berth/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sailor gave me a berth in the cabin.[↗](../../berth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Give a wide berth to the bully.[↗](../../berth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The ship sailed into its berth at the harbour.[↗](../../berth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **beryl** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A hard mineral that forms crystals, found in many colours; green beryl is emerald and blue-green beryl is aquamarine.[↗](../../beryl/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (a name) Beryl is an old-fashioned girl's name.[↗](../../beryl/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Emerald is a green kind of beryl.[↗](../../beryl/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum had a large beryl crystal.[↗](../../beryl/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Aquamarine is a blue beryl.[↗](../../beryl/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Great-aunt Beryl knitted me a scarf.[↗](../../beryl/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Beryl contains the element beryllium.[↗](../../beryl/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The jeweller polished the beryl.[↗](../../beryl/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · and the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper; they shall be inclosed in gold in their settings.[↗](../../beryl/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.28.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beryl/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper; they were inclosed in fittings of gold in their settings.[↗](../../beryl/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.39.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beryl/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · His hands are as rods of gold set with beryl; his body is as polished ivory overlaid with sapphires.[↗](../../beryl/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.5.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beryl/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And I looked, and behold four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub, and another wheel beside another cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone.[↗](../../beryl/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.10.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beryl/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl; and they four had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.[↗](../../beryl/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.1.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beryl/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **beseech** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To beg someone earnestly and with great feeling.[↗](../../beseech/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The villagers beseeched the king for rain.[↗](../../beseech/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Please help me,» she beseeched.[↗](../../beseech/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying: 'Heal her now, O God, I beseech Thee.'[↗](../../beseech/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.12.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beseech/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We beseech Thee, O LORD, save now\![↗](../../beseech/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.118.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beseech/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We beseech Thee, O LORD, make us now to prosper\![↗](../../beseech/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.118.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beseech/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Accept, I beseech Thee, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me Thine ordinances.[↗](../../beseech/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.119.108, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beseech/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **beseeching** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Asking in a begging, pleading way.[↗](../../beseeching/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Won't you open the door?» cried Pinocchio in a beseeching voice.[↗](../../beseeching/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His beseeching eyes begged for food.[↗](../../beseeching/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **beset** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To be beset by problems, dangers or worries is to have many of them troubling you from all sides.[↗](../../beset/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old) To beset someone is to surround and attack them.[↗](../../beset/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (Old) To be beset with something is to be decorated or set with it, such as jewels.[↗](../../beset/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The expedition was beset by storms.[↗](../../beset/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mole felt beset by eyes and whispers in the Wild Wood.[↗](../../beset/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The team has been beset by injuries.[↗](../../beset/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Travellers were beset by robbers on the old road.[↗](../../beset/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The project was beset with problems from the start.[↗](../../beset/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She was beset by doubts.[↗](../../beset/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Her godmother only just touched her with her wand, and, at the same instant, her clothes were turned into cloth of gold and silver, all beset with jewels.[↗](../../beset/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Many bulls have encompassed me; strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.[↗](../../beset/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.22.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beset/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Therefore the law is slacked, and right doth never go forth; for the wicked doth beset the righteous; therefore right goeth forth perverted.[↗](../../beset/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HAB.1.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beset/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And let them not say to their heart — I remember all their wickedness; now their own doings have beset them about, they are before My face.[↗](../../beset/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.7.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beset/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **besides** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Besides means as well as, in addition to.[↗](../../besides/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Besides apples, we bought pears.[↗](../../besides/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Besides means except, apart from, in negative sentences and questions.[↗](../../besides/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Nobody besides Tom came.[↗](../../besides/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* As an adverb at the start of a sentence, besides means also, and here is another reason.[↗](../../besides/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Besides football, I also play tennis.[↗](../../besides/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Who else is coming besides your cousin?[↗](../../besides/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Nobody besides me knew the answer.[↗](../../besides/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I don't want to go out; besides, it's raining.[↗](../../besides/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Besides being clever, she is very kind.[↗](../../besides/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · What do you like to eat besides pizza?[↗](../../besides/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Tom has 4 pets besides his dog, so he has 5 pets in all.[↗](../../besides/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Besides, Kotick was a white seal.[↗](../../besides/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Korah.[↗](../../besides/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.16.49, JPS 1917)[↗](../../besides/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the meal-offering was presented; and he filled his hand therefrom, and made it smoke upon the altar, besides the burnt-offering of the morning.[↗](../../besides/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.9.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../besides/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · but if thou hast gone aside, being under thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee besides thy husband — (Torah NUM.5.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../besides/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · But Jehoshaphat said: 'Is there not here besides a prophet of the LORD, that we might inquire of him?'[↗](../../besides/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.22.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../besides/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Then I separated twelve of the chiefs of the priests, besides Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, (Writings EZR.8.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../besides/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, besides the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; 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