--- title: B — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 23 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/23/) [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 23 [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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/21/) [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/22/) **23** [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/24/) … [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/) **betimes** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Betimes means early, or in good time before something happens.[↗](../../betimes/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Early, or in good time before something happens.[↗](../../betimes/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* You are come betimes to-day, said the farmer.[↗](../../betimes/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Jason went betimes in the morning to the palace.[↗](../../betimes/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · If you start betimes, you will finish the job before dark.[↗](../../betimes/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And they rose up betimes in the morning, and swore one to another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.[↗](../../betimes/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.26.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../betimes/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He that spareth his rod hateth his son; but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.[↗](../../betimes/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.13.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../betimes/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Howbeit I sent unto you all My servants the prophets, sending them betimes and often, saying: Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.[↗](../../betimes/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.44.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../betimes/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · to hearken to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I send unto you, even sending them betimes and often, but ye have not hearkened; (Prophets JER.26.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../betimes/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And they rose up betimes in the morning, and swore one to another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.[↗](../../betimes/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.26.31, JPS 1917) · He who wants to be a sickle must bend himself betimes.’[↗](../../betimes/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Grimms' Fairy Tales) · "Good morning," said he to Little Claus; "you are come betimes to-day."[↗](../../betimes/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) **betoken** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To be a sign of something; to show that something is true or is going to happen.[↗](../../betoken/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dark clouds betokened a storm.[↗](../../betoken/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His silence betokened anger.[↗](../../betoken/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The gift betokened her thanks.[↗](../../betoken/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Red sky at night is said to betoken fine weather.[↗](../../betoken/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The empty streets betokened that something was wrong.[↗](../../betoken/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · From the mountain-path came a joyous sound of some person whistling, and it betokened good humor and undaunted courage.[↗](../../betoken/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **betray** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To betray someone is to hurt them by being disloyal, for example by telling their secret, breaking a promise or helping their enemy.[↗](../../betray/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To betray your country is to help its enemies.[↗](../../betray/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To betray a feeling is to show it without meaning to: «Her shaking hands betrayed her fear.».[↗](../../betray/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A thing that is hidden can be betrayed when it is revealed by accident, so that others can see the truth.[↗](../../betray/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He betrayed his friend by telling everyone her secret.[↗](../../betray/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I felt betrayed when she broke her promise.[↗](../../betray/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Edmund betrayed his brother and sisters to the witch.[↗](../../betray/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The spy betrayed his country.[↗](../../betray/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Her red face betrayed her embarrassment.[↗](../../betray/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't betray the trust people give you.[↗](../../betray/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · His voice betrayed how nervous he was.[↗](../../betray/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Telling an adult about a dangerous secret is not betraying anyone.[↗](../../betray/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · A false tale often betrays itself.[↗](../../betray/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Give counsel, execute justice; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; betray not the fugitive.[↗](../../betray/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.16.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../betray/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **betrayal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Betrayal is breaking someone's trust, for example by telling their secret, lying to them or helping their enemy.[↗](../../betrayal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A betrayal is one act of this kind.[↗](../../betrayal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Betrayal of a country is helping its enemies (treason).[↗](../../betrayal/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Telling everyone her secret was a betrayal.[↗](../../betrayal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She felt a deep sense of betrayal when her friend laughed at her.[↗](../../betrayal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Bible, Judas's betrayal of Jesus happened for thirty silver coins.[↗](../../betrayal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The spy's betrayal cost many lives.[↗](../../betrayal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It wasn't a betrayal to tell the teacher that Sam was being hurt.[↗](../../betrayal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The film is about friendship and betrayal.[↗](../../betrayal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **betroth** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To betroth someone is to promise a person in marriage, so that they become engaged to be married.[↗](../../betroth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The king wishes to betroth me to the son of the king of the Green City.[↗](../../betroth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He promised to betroth his daughter to the brave knight.[↗](../../betroth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They were betrothed when they were young.[↗](../../betroth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her; thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein; thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not use the fruit thereof.[↗](../../betroth/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.28.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../betroth/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And I will betroth thee unto Me in faithfulness; and thou shalt know the LORD.[↗](../../betroth/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.2.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../betroth/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And I will betroth thee unto Me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto Me in righteousness, and in justice, and in lovingkindness, and in compassion.[↗](../../betroth/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.2.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../betroth/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **betrothal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A betrothal is a formal agreement or promise to marry; the time when two people are engaged to be married.[↗](../../betrothal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Immediately after the betrothal came the marriage.[↗](../../betrothal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The church bells rang for the betrothal.[↗](../../betrothal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The betrothal took place yesterday evening.[↗](../../betrothal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **betrothed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Betrothed means promised in marriage, engaged to be married.[↗](../../betrothed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person's betrothed is the person they are engaged to marry.[↗](../../betrothed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Soon after came the Princess and her betrothed.[↗](../../betrothed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The man she is betrothed to is one of my servants.[↗](../../betrothed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The betrothed pair were very happy.[↗](../../betrothed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · For he found her in the field; the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.[↗](../../betrothed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.22.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../betrothed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · If there be a damsel that is a virgin betrothed unto a man, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; (Torah DEU.22.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../betrothed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.[↗](../../betrothed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.22.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../betrothed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Saul's son, saying: 'Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.'[↗](../../betrothed/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.3.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../betrothed/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **better** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Better means more good.[↗](../../better/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") A score of 9 is better than a score of 7.[↗](../../better/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Better as an adverb means in a more good way: she sings better now.[↗](../../better/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Better means less ill.[↗](../../better/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I feel better today.[↗](../../better/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «Had better» means should: you had better hurry.[↗](../../better/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Which is the better buy: 3 for $1 or 5 for $2?[↗](../../better/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her score was 8 points better.[↗](../../better/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He did better on the second test.[↗](../../better/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Is it better to walk or take the bus?[↗](../../better/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I was sick yesterday, but I feel better now.[↗](../../better/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · You had better take a coat; it is cold.[↗](../../better/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Her reading gets better every week.[↗](../../better/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Get well soon and feel better\![↗](../../better/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Can't you think of something better?"[↗](../../better/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.'[↗](../../better/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.14.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../better/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Our wives and our little ones will be a prey; were it not better for us to return into Egypt?'[↗](../../better/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.14.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../better/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And Laban said: 'It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man; abide with me.'[↗](../../better/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.29.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../better/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden.[↗](../../better/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.27.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../better/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.[↗](../../better/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.16.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../better/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Is not the gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?[↗](../../better/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.8.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../better/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **betting** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Betting is risking money on what will happen, for example who will win a race, hoping to win more money.[↗](../../betting/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Betting is the -ing form of «bet»: «I'm betting you'll like it» means «I'm sure you'll like it».[↗](../../betting/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Betting on horses is a kind of gambling.[↗](../../betting/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Children are not allowed to do betting with money.[↗](../../betting/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm betting it will rain tomorrow.[↗](../../betting/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The betting shop is next to the bakery.[↗](../../betting/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the long run, betting usually loses money.[↗](../../betting/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some games on phones are like betting, so be careful.[↗](../../betting/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **between** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Between means in the space in the middle of two things: the ball is between the chairs.[↗](../../between/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Between means shared by two or more people: share between them.[↗](../../between/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Between can mean in the time from one thing to another: between 2 and 3 o'clock.[↗](../../between/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In numbers, between means larger than one and smaller than the other: 5 is between 4 and 6.[↗](../../between/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Between shows a difference or a link: the difference between cats and dogs.[↗](../../between/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (casual) «Between you and me» means this is a secret; «in between» means in the middle, neither one nor the other.[↗](../../between/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (formal) The exam voice says «apportioned among», «distributed amongst», «the interval bounded by», «the disparity between».[↗](../../between/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* 25 books are shared between 5 children equally.[↗](../../between/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") How many does each child get?[↗](../../between/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mo and Lin share 14 grapes between them equally.[↗](../../between/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · What is the difference between 18 and 11?[↗](../../between/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat sat between the two pillows.[↗](../../between/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Which number is between 7 and 9?[↗](../../between/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not eat between meals.[↗](../../between/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We have a break between maths and reading.[↗](../../between/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · You have to choose between the red bike and the blue one.[↗](../../between/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Between you and me, Mr Lee's leaving at Christmas.[↗](../../between/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · split it between the 3 of us, it's 12 chips[↗](../../between/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · sod it, just split 'em between us[↗](../../between/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Twenty-five volumes are to be apportioned equally amongst five pupils; ascertain the allocation per pupil.[↗](../../between/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · The truth lies between these two extremes.[↗](../../between/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Issachar is a large-boned ass, couching down between the sheep-folds.[↗](../../between/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.49.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../between/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · and Resen between Nineveh and Calah — the same is the great city.[↗](../../between/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.10.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../between/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Wherefore the well was called 'Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.[↗](../../between/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.16.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../between/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.[↗](../../between/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.15.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../between/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") · And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.[↗](../../between/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.13.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../between/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") · And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.[↗](../../between/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.7.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../between/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") **betwixt** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Betwixt means between: in the middle of two things or people.[↗](../../betwixt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* In the middle of two things or people.[↗](../../betwixt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A steep mountain lay betwixt them.[↗](../../betwixt/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I am betwixt and between: not a child, not yet a grown-up.[↗](../../betwixt/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The river ran betwixt the two villages.[↗](../../betwixt/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob.[↗](../../betwixt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.30.36, JPS 1917)[↗](../../betwixt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us two.[↗](../../betwixt/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.37, JPS 1917)[↗](../../betwixt/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And Laban said to Jacob: 'Behold this heap, and behold the pillar, which I have set up betwixt me and thee.[↗](../../betwixt/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.51, JPS 1917)[↗](../../betwixt/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There is no arbiter betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.[↗](../../betwixt/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.9.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../betwixt/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Betwixt morning and evening they are shattered; they perish for ever without any regarding it.[↗](../../betwixt/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.4.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../betwixt/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · My beloved is unto me as a bag of myrrh, that lieth betwixt my breasts.[↗](../../betwixt/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.1.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../betwixt/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob.[↗](../../betwixt/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.30.36, JPS 1917) · It means betwixt and between, and that is just where I am.[↗](../../betwixt/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (The Jungle Book) · Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us two.[↗](../../betwixt/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.37, JPS 1917) **beverage** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) A beverage is a drink of any kind, like water, juice, tea or milk.[↗](../../beverage/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In some signs and menus "alcoholic beverage" means drinks like beer and wine.[↗](../../beverage/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hot beverages are served in the cafe.[↗](../../beverage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Water is the healthiest beverage.[↗](../../beverage/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · No food or beverages in the library.[↗](../../beverage/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The menu lists beverages on the back page.[↗](../../beverage/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Each beverage costs 2 dollars, so 4 beverages cost 8 dollars.[↗](../../beverage/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Tea is a popular beverage in the UK.[↗](../../beverage/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Please keep beverages away from the computers.[↗](../../beverage/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Alcoholic beverages are only for adults.[↗](../../beverage/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Delighted with the delicious beverage the giant inquired the name of the donor.[↗](../../beverage/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **bewail** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To bewail something is to cry or complain loudly and sadly about a loss or misfortune.[↗](../../bewail/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Mule bewailed his misfortunes.[↗](../../bewail/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · On discovering the theft, he beat his breast and bewailed his loss.[↗](../../bewail/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The children bewailed the end of their holiday.[↗](../../bewail/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And he said: 'Go.'[↗](../../bewail/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") And he sent her away for two months; and she departed, she and her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.[↗](../../bewail/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.11.38, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bewail/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And she said unto her father: 'Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.'[↗](../../bewail/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.11.37, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bewail/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **beware** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Be careful of something or someone because it could be dangerous or harmful.[↗](../../beware/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A warning word on signs and in stories, as in «Beware of the dog».[↗](../../beware/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Beware of the dog\![↗](../../beware/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sign said, «Beware of falling rocks».[↗](../../beware/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Beware of emails that ask for your password.[↗](../../beware/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Beware the dark forest,» said the old woman.[↗](../../beware/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Swimmers should beware of strong currents.[↗](../../beware/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Beware of strangers who offer you sweets.[↗](../../beware/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Beware, the floor is wet and slippery.[↗](../../beware/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And a second time I will forgive you; but the third time beware\![↗](../../beware/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Abraham said unto him: 'Beware thou that thou bring not my son back thither.[↗](../../beware/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.24.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beware/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · then beware lest thou forget the LORD, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.[↗](../../beware/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.6.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beware/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Beware lest thou forget the LORD thy God, in not keeping His commandments, and His ordinances, and His statutes, which I command thee this day; (Torah DEU.8.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beware/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying: The LORD will deliver us.[↗](../../beware/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.36.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beware/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Beware lest ye say: 'We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man!'[↗](../../beware/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.32.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beware/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing.[↗](../../beware/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.13.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../beware/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **bewilder** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To bewilder someone is to confuse them so much that they do not know what to think or do.[↗](../../bewilder/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Princess said, «It is bewildering!»[↗](../../bewilder/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The maze of halls was enough to bewilder anyone.[↗](../../bewilder/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The long maths problem bewildered me at first.[↗](../../bewilder/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The various commentaries upon it are more apt to bewilder the student than to enlighten him.[↗](../../bewilder/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../bewilder/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") [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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/21/) [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/22/) **23** [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/24/) … [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/) - ← previous: [page 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/22/) - next →: [page 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/24/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)