--- title: B — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 54 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/54/) [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 54 [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/) … [53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/53/) **54** [55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/55/) … [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/59/) **bulgarian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Of or from Bulgaria, a country in Europe.[↗](../../bulgarian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The language spoken in Bulgaria.[↗](../../bulgarian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There is an interesting Bulgarian legend.[↗](../../bulgarian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My friend speaks Bulgarian.[↗](../../bulgarian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Bulgarian folk tale had a dragon in it.[↗](../../bulgarian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **bulge** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bulge is a round lump that sticks out from something that is usually flat.[↗](../../bulge/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To bulge is to stick out in a round lump because something inside is pushing.[↗](../../bulge/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A bulge can be a sudden increase, like a bulge in the number of pupils.[↗](../../bulge/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* His pockets were bulging with sweets.[↗](../../bulge/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The frog's eyes bulged.[↗](../../bulge/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a bulge under the carpet.[↗](../../bulge/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't eat food from a bulging tin.[↗](../../bulge/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My school bag is bulging with books.[↗](../../bulge/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The snake had a big bulge after its meal.[↗](../../bulge/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The strongman had bulging muscles.[↗](../../bulge/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The balloon bulged as we blew more air in.[↗](../../bulge/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Scarecrow was thinking again, and his head bulged out so horribly that Dorothy feared it would burst.[↗](../../bulge/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **bulgy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Swelling out in round lumps; bulging.[↗](../../bulgy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The frog stared at me with bulgy eyes.[↗](../../bulgy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My school bag is all bulgy with books.[↗](../../bulgy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The alien had a bulgy green head.[↗](../../bulgy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His pockets were bulgy with conkers.[↗](../../bulgy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The goldfish has bulgy eyes.[↗](../../bulgy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **bulk** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The bulk of something is most of it: «the bulk of the work».[↗](../../bulk/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Bulk is the large size or weight of something: «the elephant's huge bulk».[↗](../../bulk/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In bulk means in large amounts, usually for a cheaper price each: «buy rice in bulk».[↗](../../bulk/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To bulk up is to get bigger, often by gaining muscle.[↗](../../bulk/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bulk of the class finished early.[↗](../../bulk/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We buy toilet paper in bulk because it's cheaper.[↗](../../bulk/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bear's great bulk blocked the path.[↗](../../bulk/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He's trying to bulk up for rugby.[↗](../../bulk/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bulk of the money went on the new library.[↗](../../bulk/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A bulk pack of 24 pencils costs less per pencil.[↗](../../bulk/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The great bulk of them are not the immediate work of Æsop.[↗](../../bulk/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **bulky** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Large, heavy and awkward in shape or size; hard to carry.[↗](../../bulky/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The two bulky men turned towards the school.[↗](../../bulky/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She rolled a bulky Fenian like a wheel.[↗](../../bulky/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The parcel was too bulky to carry.[↗](../../bulky/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **bull** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bull is an adult male cow.[↗](../../bull/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A bull can also be the male of some other big animals, such as elephants, whales and seals.[↗](../../bull/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The bull's-eye is the centre of a target.[↗](../../bull/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bull stood alone in the field.[↗](../../bull/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A sign said «Beware of the bull».[↗](../../bull/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer keeps one bull and many cows.[↗](../../bull/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A bull elephant can be very large.[↗](../../bull/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The arrow hit the bull's-eye.[↗](../../bull/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He ran like a bull in a china shop.[↗](../../bull/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Take the bull by the horns and ask her.[↗](../../bull/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · thirty milch camels and their colts, forty kine and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals.[↗](../../bull/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.32.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bull/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · and he said unto Aaron: 'Take thee a bull-calf for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering, without blemish, and offer them before the LORD.[↗](../../bull/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.9.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bull/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Many bulls have encompassed me; strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.[↗](../../bull/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.22.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bull/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?[↗](../../bull/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.50.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bull/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.[↗](../../bull/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.21.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bull/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **bulldog** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bulldog is a breed of strong dog with a short, flat face, a big head, short legs and loose wrinkly skin.[↗](../../bulldog/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (figurative) A bulldog is a person who is very stubborn and brave and never lets go of a task.[↗](../../bulldog/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A bulldog clip is a strong metal clip for holding papers together.[↗](../../bulldog/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our neighbour's bulldog snores very loudly.[↗](../../bulldog/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Bulldogs can find it hard to breathe in hot weather.[↗](../../bulldog/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Use a bulldog clip to keep your worksheets together.[↗](../../bulldog/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The team mascot is a bulldog.[↗](../../bulldog/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She tackled the problem like a bulldog and never gave up.[↗](../../bulldog/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We played British Bulldog until someone fell over.[↗](../../bulldog/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A French bulldog has big, bat-like ears.[↗](../../bulldog/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **bulldozer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bulldozer is a big powerful machine with a wide metal blade at the front, used to push earth, rocks and rubble.[↗](../../bulldozer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A bulldozer is a person who forces their way and does not listen to others.[↗](../../bulldozer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A bulldozer flattened the ground for the new school.[↗](../../bulldozer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep away from the bulldozer, the driver can't see you.[↗](../../bulldozer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother loves toy bulldozers.[↗](../../bulldozer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The old houses were bulldozed to build a road.[↗](../../bulldozer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She acted like a bulldozer in the meeting.[↗](../../bulldozer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The bulldozer pushed the rocks into a pile.[↗](../../bulldozer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **bullet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bullet is a small piece of metal shot out of a gun.[↗](../../bullet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A bullet point is a dot (•) in front of each item in a list.[↗](../../bullet/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Bullet is used for things that are very fast, like a bullet train.[↗](../../bullet/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Write the facts as bullet points.[↗](../../bullet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bullet train travels very fast.[↗](../../bullet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · If you find a bullet or a gun, don't touch it — tell an adult.[↗](../../bullet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each bullet point should be short.[↗](../../bullet/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I bit the bullet and told Mum I broke the vase.[↗](../../bullet/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The police found a bullet at the scene.[↗](../../bullet/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He went like a bullet out of a gun.[↗](../../bullet/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **bulletin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A short official news report, on TV, radio or online.[↗](../../bulletin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A short printed newsletter from a school, club or group.[↗](../../bulletin/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A short official notice about something important, such as the weather or someone's health.[↗](../../bulletin/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We heard the news bulletin on the radio.[↗](../../bulletin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The school bulletin comes out every Friday.[↗](../../bulletin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A weather bulletin warned of heavy snow.[↗](../../bulletin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Pin your poster on the bulletin board.[↗](../../bulletin/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The hospital gave a short bulletin about the patient.[↗](../../bulletin/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Check the club bulletin for match times.[↗](../../bulletin/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **bulletproof** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Strong enough to stop bullets from going through, like a bulletproof vest or glass.[↗](../../bulletproof/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Not able to fail or be harmed; very safe or certain.[↗](../../bulletproof/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Police officers wear bulletproof vests.[↗](../../bulletproof/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The president's car has bulletproof glass.[↗](../../bulletproof/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bank counter is protected by bulletproof screens.[↗](../../bulletproof/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His excuse wasn't bulletproof, and the teacher saw through it.[↗](../../bulletproof/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Nobody is bulletproof, so ride your bike carefully.[↗](../../bulletproof/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **bullfight** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A public show, mainly in Spain, Portugal, southern France and parts of Latin America, in which people fight a bull in a ring; in most bullfights the bull is killed.[↗](../../bullfight/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A bullfight takes place in a ring called a bullring.[↗](../../bullfight/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Many people think bullfights are cruel.[↗](../../bullfight/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The matador waved a red cape at the bull in the bullfight.[↗](../../bullfight/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some towns have banned bullfights.[↗](../../bullfight/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We learnt about the debate over bullfights in Spain.[↗](../../bullfight/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **bullfighter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who takes part in a bullfight, a public show in which people tease and fight a bull, usually ending with the bull being killed.[↗](../../bullfighter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The main bullfighter is called a matador.[↗](../../bullfighter/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bullfighter waved a red cape.[↗](../../bullfighter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Many people protest that bullfighting is cruel.[↗](../../bullfighter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The matador is the most famous bullfighter.[↗](../../bullfighter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some cities in Spain have banned bullfights.[↗](../../bullfighter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the painting a bullfighter stands in the ring.[↗](../../bullfighter/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Bulls are colour-blind to red; they charge at the moving cape.[↗](../../bullfighter/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **bullfrog** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A very large frog, especially the North American bullfrog, with a deep, loud call that sounds like a bull or a cow mooing.[↗](../../bullfrog/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bullfrog croaked loudly from the pond.[↗](../../bullfrog/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A bullfrog can eat a small bird.[↗](../../bullfrog/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Bullfrog tadpoles can take two years to grow up.[↗](../../bullfrog/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We heard bullfrogs calling at night by the lake.[↗](../../bullfrog/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bullfrog jumped into the water with a splash.[↗](../../bullfrog/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **bullock** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A young male cow that has been castrated (had its parts removed so it cannot father calves), usually raised for beef.[↗](../../bullock/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (US) A young bull.[↗](../../bullock/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* A young male animal of the cattle family.[↗](../../bullock/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farmer moved the bullocks to the top field.[↗](../../bullock/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A pair of bullocks pulled the heavy cart.[↗](../../bullock/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bullock grazed quietly by the river.[↗](../../bullock/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In India, bullock carts carry crops to market.[↗](../../bullock/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bullocks crowded round the water trough.[↗](../../bullock/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad sold three bullocks at the market.[↗](../../bullock/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “We do not understand,” said the bullocks.[↗](../../bullock/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering; (Torah NUM.7.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bullock/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, at the door of the tent of meeting.[↗](../../bullock/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.29.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bullock/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the anointed priest shall bring of the blood of the bullock to the tent of meeting.[↗](../../bullock/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.4.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bullock/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And when the bullock was slain, the child was brought to Eli.[↗](../../bullock/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.1.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bullock/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds.[↗](../../bullock/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.50.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bullock/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And it shall please the LORD better than a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.[↗](../../bullock/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.69.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bullock/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering;[↗](../../bullock/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.7.15, JPS 1917) · “We do not understand,” said the bullocks.[↗](../../bullock/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (The Jungle Book) · And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, at the door of the tent of meeting.[↗](../../bullock/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.29.11, JPS 1917) **bully** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bully is a person who hurts, frightens or picks on someone smaller or weaker again and again on purpose.[↗](../../bully/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To bully someone is to keep hurting, threatening, teasing or leaving them out on purpose.[↗](../../bully/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Bully can also be an old friendly word for a good fellow, used when speaking warmly to a friend.[↗](../../bully/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Tell a teacher if someone is bullying you.[↗](../../bully/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bully took his lunch money.[↗](../../bully/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Being bullied is never your fault.[↗](../../bully/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We stood up for her when the bully called her names.[↗](../../bully/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school has an anti-bullying week.[↗](../../bully/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Bullying online is called cyberbullying.[↗](../../bully/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A real friend never bullies you.[↗](../../bully/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The bully said sorry in the end.[↗](../../bully/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **bullying** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Bullying is when someone hurts, frightens or leaves out another person on purpose, again and again, often because they think they are stronger.[↗](../../bullying/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As part of the verb, bullying means treating someone like this now.[↗](../../bullying/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Bullying is never okay.[↗](../../bullying/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tell a teacher if someone is bullying you.[↗](../../bullying/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school has a rule against bullying.[↗](../../bullying/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Leaving someone out on purpose can be bullying.[↗](../../bullying/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Cyberbullying happens online.[↗](../../bullying/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He stopped bullying after the teacher spoke to him.[↗](../../bullying/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If you see bullying, don't join in — get help.[↗](../../bullying/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It's not your fault if you are being bullied.[↗](../../bullying/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **bulrush** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tall reed-like water plant with a brown, furry head, growing in marshes and at the edge of ponds.[↗](../../bulrush/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I am seeking the three bulrushes.[↗](../../bulrush/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He was careful of the third bulrush.[↗](../../bulrush/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The ducks hid among the bulrushes.[↗](../../bulrush/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink.[↗](../../bulrush/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.2.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bulrush/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?[↗](../../bulrush/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.58.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bulrush/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **bulwark** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A wall or strong defence against attack.[↗](../../bulwark/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The raised side of a ship above the deck.[↗](../../bulwark/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* After Hector's death, the Trojans lost their great bulwark.[↗](../../bulwark/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The waves crashed against the castle bulwarks.[↗](../../bulwark/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The rocky cliff was a bulwark against the sea.[↗](../../bulwark/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Only the trees of which thou knowest that they are not trees for food, them thou mayest destroy and cut down, that thou mayest build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it fall.[↗](../../bulwark/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.20.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bulwark/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; walls and bulwarks doth He appoint for salvation.[↗](../../bulwark/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.26.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bulwark/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · there was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it; (Writings ECC.9.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bulwark/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And the multitude of all the nations that war against Ariel, even all that war against her, and the bulwarks about her, and they that distress her, shall be as a dream, a vision of the night.[↗](../../bulwark/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.29.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bulwark/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **bum** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, UK/Australia) Your bottom, the part you sit on.[↗](../../bum/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, US) A homeless person or someone who will not work; can be unkind.[↗](../../bum/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) A person who spends all their time on a hobby (a beach bum, a gym bum).[↗](../../bum/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (slang) To bum something: to ask someone for it for free (bum a ride).[↗](../../bum/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (slang, US) Bad or poor quality (a bum deal, a bum knee).[↗](../../bum/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* Bum can also be a deep booming sound, like a cannon or a drum.[↗](../../bum/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The baby fell on his bum.[↗](../../bum/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sit on your bum and stay still\![↗](../../bum/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (UK, informal)[↗](../../bum/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He spent the summer as a beach bum.[↗](../../bum/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Can I bum a lift home?[↗](../../bum/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (slang)[↗](../../bum/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · That's a bum deal; you paid too much.[↗](../../bum/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (US slang)[↗](../../bum/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I bummed around at home all Saturday.[↗](../../bum/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Get off your bum and help\![↗](../../bum/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The whole city was illuminated in the evening, and the cannons went off with a bum! bum! and the soldiers presented arms.[↗](../../bum/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **bumble** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To bumble is to hum or buzz, as a bee does when it flies about.[↗](../../bumble/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To bumble is to move or talk in a clumsy, muddled way.[↗](../../bumble/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bee began to bumble among the roses.[↗](../../bumble/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He bumbled through his speech and lost his place.[↗](../../bumble/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mr Bumble Bee bumbled round the garden all afternoon.[↗](../../bumble/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) … [53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/53/) **54** [55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/55/) … [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/59/) - ← previous: [page 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/53/) - next →: [page 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/55/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)