--- title: B — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 4 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/4/) [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 4 [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/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/3/) **4** [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/5/) … [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/59/) **bagpiper** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bagpiper is a person who plays the bagpipes, an instrument with a bag and pipes.[↗](../../bagpiper/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bagpiper asked, «Are they all there?»[↗](../../bagpiper/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Towards nine at night the bagpiper reappeared on the market place.[↗](../../bagpiper/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **baguet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Another spelling of «baguette»: a long, thin loaf of French bread.[↗](../../baguet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Another spelling of «baguette» for a small gem cut in a long rectangle shape.[↗](../../baguet/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We bought a baguet for the picnic.[↗](../../baguet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The ring had two small baguet diamonds.[↗](../../baguet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Slice the baguet into thin pieces.[↗](../../baguet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A warm baguet smells lovely.[↗](../../baguet/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bakery sells baguets every morning.[↗](../../baguet/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She tore off a piece of baguet.[↗](../../baguet/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **baguette** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A long, thin loaf of white bread with a crisp crust, first made in France.[↗](../../baguette/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A sandwich made with this bread.[↗](../../baguette/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We bought a fresh baguette from the bakery.[↗](../../baguette/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I had a cheese baguette for lunch.[↗](../../baguette/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The French eat baguettes every day.[↗](../../baguette/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Cut the baguette into 4 equal pieces.[↗](../../baguette/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The baguette was still warm.[↗](../../baguette/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She dipped the baguette in her soup.[↗](../../baguette/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **bai** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (Mandarin, pinyin) "bái" (白) means "white"; "bǎi" (百) means "hundred".[↗](../../bai/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It sounds like English "by" or "bye".[↗](../../bai/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It is not an English word.[↗](../../bai/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (a name) Bai is a Chinese family name.[↗](../../bai/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The Bai are an ethnic group of people in Yunnan, China.[↗](../../bai/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Bái" means white in Mandarin.[↗](../../bai/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · "Yī bǎi" means one hundred in Chinese.[↗](../../bai/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My friend's surname is Bai.[↗](../../bai/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In Chinese, "bai" can mean different things depending on the tone.[↗](../../bai/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Li Bai was a famous Chinese poet.[↗](../../bai/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · To an English ear, "bai" sounds just like "bye".[↗](../../bai/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **bail** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* noun (law).[↗](../../bail/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Money paid to a court so a person accused of a crime can stay out of prison until the trial; «on bail» means released this way.[↗](../../bail/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* verb.[↗](../../bail/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To scoop water out of a boat with a bucket (UK also spelled «bale»).[↗](../../bail/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* noun (cricket).[↗](../../bail/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* One of the two small wooden pieces resting on top of the stumps.[↗](../../bail/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «bail out»: to help someone out of trouble, often with money; or to jump out of a plane by parachute.[↗](../../bail/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (slang) To leave suddenly, or to not turn up: «I'm gonna bail», «He bailed on us».[↗](../../bail/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* To go bail for someone means to promise that they will behave well, or to vouch for them.[↗](../../bail/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He was released on bail.[↗](../../bail/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We bailed water out of the leaking boat.[↗](../../bail/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The ball knocked off a bail — out\![↗](../../bail/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The bank was bailed out by the government.[↗](../../bail/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The pilot bailed out before the crash.[↗](../../bail/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It's late, I'm gonna bail.[↗](../../bail/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (slang)[↗](../../bail/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She bailed on the party at the last minute.[↗](../../bail/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (slang)[↗](../../bail/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Grab the bucket and help me bail\![↗](../../bail/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · I'll go bail you won't play such a trick on us again.[↗](../../bail/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **bailiff** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (law, UK) An official who has the legal power to take goods from someone's home, or make them leave it, when they have not paid money they owe.[↗](../../bailiff/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (law, US) An officer who keeps order in a courtroom.[↗](../../bailiff/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (history) In old times, a man who managed a lord's land and farm workers.[↗](../../bailiff/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bailiffs came to take the car because the bills were not paid.[↗](../../bailiff/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bailiff in the courtroom asked everyone to stand.[↗](../../bailiff/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the castle, the bailiff checked that the peasants worked.[↗](../../bailiff/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Families in debt can get advice so the bailiffs don't come.[↗](../../bailiff/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bailiff knocked on the door with a letter from the court.[↗](../../bailiff/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the cruel bailiff took the farmer's cow.[↗](../../bailiff/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “I have hold of it now,” cried the bailiff.[↗](../../bailiff/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **bailiwick** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person's area of skill, interest or responsibility: «Maths is her bailiwick».[↗](../../bailiwick/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK, law) The area ruled by a bailiff; today Jersey and Guernsey in the Channel Islands are each called a Bailiwick.[↗](../../bailiwick/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Fixing computers is Dad's bailiwick.[↗](../../bailiwick/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Jersey is a Bailiwick, not part of the UK.[↗](../../bailiwick/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sorry, that's outside my bailiwick.[↗](../../bailiwick/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The garden is Grandma's bailiwick.[↗](../../bailiwick/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Guernsey and its islands form a Bailiwick.[↗](../../bailiwick/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Planning the trip is my bailiwick this year.[↗](../../bailiwick/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **bairn** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (Scotland, northern England) A bairn is a child or a baby.[↗](../../bairn/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Scotland) «Your bairns» means your children, your own family's kids.[↗](../../bairn/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The wee bairn is sleeping, so keep your voice down.[↗](../../bairn/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She's got three bairns and a dog.[↗](../../bairn/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Come here, bairn, and let me tie your lace.[↗](../../bairn/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Gran says all her bairns are grown up now.[↗](../../bairn/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bairns are playing out in the garden.[↗](../../bairn/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «Haud yer wheesht, the bairn's sleeping,» said Granny.[↗](../../bairn/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And he began to sing, dancing round Tom, like a bairn with his yellow hair, but looking older than ever with his grinning wrinkled bit of a face:[↗](../../bairn/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **bait** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Food put on a hook or in a trap to catch fish or animals.[↗](../../bait/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Something used to tempt a person into a trap or trick.[↗](../../bait/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To put bait on a hook or in a trap.[↗](../../bait/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To tease or annoy someone on purpose to make them angry.[↗](../../bait/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (slang) Obvious, too easy to notice; or clickbait meant to fool you online.[↗](../../bait/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* Bait can also mean a snack or a light meal, especially one eaten at work or on a journey (old-fashioned).[↗](../../bait/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We used worms as bait to catch fish.[↗](../../bait/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad baited the mousetrap with cheese.[↗](../../bait/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The free phone offer was just bait to get your details.[↗](../../bait/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't take the bait when he teases you.[↗](../../bait/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · That headline is pure clickbait.[↗](../../bait/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The bully kept baiting him to start a fight.[↗](../../bait/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The fish nibbled the bait and swam away.[↗](../../bait/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **bake** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To bake is to cook food in an oven with dry heat, like bread, cakes or cookies.[↗](../../bake/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To bake is to make something hard by heat, like clay or bricks.[↗](../../bake/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To bake can mean to be very hot: «We're baking in the sun».[↗](../../bake/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mom bakes 24 cookies.[↗](../../bake/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She bakes 3 trays with 12 muffins each.[↗](../../bake/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It takes 20 minutes to bake a cake.[↗](../../bake/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many pies can he bake with 9 apples?[↗](../../bake/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's bake bread this weekend.[↗](../../bake/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Bake the cake at 180 degrees for 30 minutes.[↗](../../bake/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class had a bake sale.[↗](../../bake/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The bricks are baked in a kiln.[↗](../../bake/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · We were baking on the hot beach.[↗](../../bake/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask an adult before you use the oven to bake.[↗](../../bake/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake.[↗](../../bake/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.24.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bake/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Bake that which ye will bake, and seethe that which ye will seethe; and all that remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.'[↗](../../bake/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.16.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bake/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And he urged them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.[↗](../../bake/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.19.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bake/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And she took dough, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.[↗](../../bake/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.13.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bake/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.'[↗](../../bake/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.4.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bake/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · And the woman had a fatted calf in the house; and she made haste, and killed it; and she took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof; (Prophets 1SA.28.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bake/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") **baked** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Baked is the past form of bake: «She baked a cake».[↗](../../baked/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Baked (adjective) means cooked in an oven, as in «baked potato» or «baked beans».[↗](../../baked/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Baked can mean dried hard by heat: «baked mud».[↗](../../baked/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She baked 36 cupcakes.[↗](../../baked/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He baked 4 pies and sold 3.[↗](../../baked/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They baked 2 batches of 15 cookies.[↗](../../baked/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many cookies were baked in all?[↗](../../baked/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I had a baked potato for dinner.[↗](../../baked/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The bakery sells freshly baked bread.[↗](../../baked/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Baked beans on toast is a British breakfast.[↗](../../baked/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The ground was baked hard by the sun.[↗](../../baked/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma baked a birthday cake for me.[↗](../../baked/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · That plan sounds half-baked.[↗](../../baked/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Once upon a time there was a woman, and she baked five pies.[↗](../../baked/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · It shall not be baked with leaven.[↗](../../baked/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.6.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../baked/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And if thy offering be a meal-offering baked on a griddle, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.[↗](../../baked/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.2.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../baked/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And when thou bringest a meal-offering baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers spread with oil.[↗](../../baked/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.2.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../baked/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And he looked, and, behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the hot stones, and a cruse of water.[↗](../../baked/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.19.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../baked/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were baked on griddles.[↗](../../baked/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.9.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../baked/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · for the showbread also, and for the fine flour for a meal-offering, whether of unleavened wafers, or of that which is baked on the griddle, or of that which is soaked, and for all manner of measure and size; (Writings 1CH.23.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../baked/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") **baker** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A baker is a person who makes bread, cakes and pies to sell.[↗](../../baker/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A baker can be anyone who likes to bake at home.[↗](../../baker/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A baker made 120 cakes.[↗](../../baker/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The baker sold 95 pastries.[↗](../../baker/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many cakes did the baker have left?[↗](../../baker/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The baker made 8 trays of cookies with 12 on each.[↗](../../baker/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The baker gets up at 4 in the morning.[↗](../../baker/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We bought fresh rolls at the baker's.[↗](../../baker/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My mum is a good baker.[↗](../../baker/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A baker's dozen is 13.[↗](../../baker/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · But I have eaten it!” exclaimed the baker in dismay.[↗](../../baker/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.[↗](../../baker/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.40.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../baker/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Pharaoh was wroth against his two officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.[↗](../../baker/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.40.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../baker/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord the king of Egypt.[↗](../../baker/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.40.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../baker/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.[↗](../../baker/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.8.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../baker/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth to stir from the kneading of the dough until it be leavened.[↗](../../baker/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.7.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../baker/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · For they have made ready their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait; their baker sleepeth all the night, in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.[↗](../../baker/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.7.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../baker/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **bakery** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bakery is a shop where bread, cakes, buns and pies are baked and sold.[↗](../../bakery/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A bakery can also be the place or factory where bread is baked.[↗](../../bakery/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bakery bakes 120 loaves each day.[↗](../../bakery/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A bun at the bakery costs 1 dollar.[↗](../../bakery/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bakery sold 45 of its 60 cakes.[↗](../../bakery/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many loaves in a week?[↗](../../bakery/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bakery smells of fresh bread.[↗](../../bakery/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We ordered a birthday cake from the bakery.[↗](../../bakery/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The baker starts work in the bakery at 4 in the morning.[↗](../../bakery/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The bakery sells muffins in boxes of 6.[↗](../../bakery/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **baking** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Baking is cooking in an oven.[↗](../../baking/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Baking is the bread and cakes that are baked.[↗](../../baking/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Baking hot means very hot.[↗](../../baking/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A baking-oven is an oven built for baking bread.[↗](../../baking/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She spent 2 hours baking.[↗](../../baking/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Baking a loaf takes 45 minutes.[↗](../../baking/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He is baking 3 trays of bread.[↗](../../baking/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The recipe needs 2 spoons of baking soda.[↗](../../baking/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I love baking with my grandpa.[↗](../../baking/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It was baking hot at the beach.[↗](../../baking/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Line the baking tray with paper.[↗](../../baking/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Baking powder makes cakes rise.[↗](../../baking/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The smell of baking filled the house.[↗](../../baking/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Baking soda and vinegar fizz together.[↗](../../baking/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The baking-oven sticks out of the wall like a great knob.[↗](../../baking/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **balance** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Balance is being steady so you do not fall: «keep your balance».[↗](../../balance/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A balance is a scale with two pans; when it balances, both sides weigh the same.[↗](../../balance/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The balance of a bank account is how much money is in it.[↗](../../balance/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A balance is the right mix: «a balanced diet» has some of each kind of food.[↗](../../balance/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To balance something is to hold it steady, or make two sides equal.[↗](../../balance/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The scale balances with 3 apples on one side and 1 melon on the other.[↗](../../balance/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her bank balance is 120 dollars.[↗](../../balance/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After spending 30 dollars, what is the balance?[↗](../../balance/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Two boxes balance one bag.[↗](../../balance/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She lost her balance and fell off the beam.[↗](../../balance/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A balanced diet includes fruit and vegetables.[↗](../../balance/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you balance a book on your head?[↗](../../balance/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The forces are balanced, so the box does not move.[↗](../../balance/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The man then pulled his nose gently, which caused him to lose his balance.[↗](../../balance/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.[↗](../../balance/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.19.36, JPS 1917)[↗](../../balance/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The three fundamental letters א״מ״ש have as their basis the balance.[↗](../../balance/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../balance/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The three fundamental letters א"מ"ש have as their basis the balance.[↗](../../balance/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../balance/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · TEKEL, Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.[↗](../../balance/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.5.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../balance/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · As for the trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand.[↗](../../balance/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.12.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../balance/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.[↗](../../balance/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.45.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../balance/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/3/) **4** [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/5/) … [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/59/) - ← previous: [page 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/3/) - next →: [page 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/5/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)