--- title: B — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 11 description: The 1057 words of the school 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/school/B/page/11/) [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/) / [school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/) / B # B — The school dictionary · page 11 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/page/4/) [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/page/5/) [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/page/6/) [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/page/7/) [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/page/8/) [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/page/9/) [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/page/10/) **11** - [burial](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burial/) — The act of putting a dead body in the ground or a grave. — 10 sentences - [buried](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buried/) — Put into a hole in the ground and covered with earth. — 13 sentences - [burly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burly/) — A burly person is big, strong and heavily built. — 7 sentences - [burmese](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burmese/) — From or to do with Burma, now called Myanmar, a country in Southeast Asia. — 10 sentences - [burn](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burn/) — To be on fire, to make flames and heat. — 19 sentences - [burner](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burner/) — A burner is the part of a stove, lamp or fire where the flame or heat comes out. — 5 sentences - [burning](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burning/) — On fire; giving out flames and heat: a burning building. — 14 sentences - [burnished](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burnished/) — Burnished means polished until it shines brightly, like metal. — 4 sentences - [burnt](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burnt/) — Damaged or destroyed by fire or heat. — 13 sentences - [burp](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burp/) — To burp means to let air come up from your stomach out through your mouth with a noise. — 9 sentences - [burr](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burr/) — A burr is a prickly seed case that sticks to clothes or fur, such as from burdock. — 9 sentences - [burrow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burrow/) — A burrow is a hole or tunnel in the ground that an animal digs to live or hide in, like a rabbit's or wombat's burrow. — 13 sentences - [bursa](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bursa/) — A small bag of fluid in the body, usually near a joint like the knee or elbow, that stops bones, muscles and tendons from rubbing. — 7 sentences - [burst](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burst/) — To burst is to break open suddenly because there is too much inside, like a balloon or a pipe. — 14 sentences - [burton](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burton/) — To be lost, broken, ruined or killed: «My holiday plans have gone for a burton.». — 8 sentences - [bury](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bury/) — To bury means to put something in a hole in the ground and cover it with earth. — 13 sentences - [bus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bus/) — A bus is a big road vehicle that carries many people, often on a set route with stops. — 21 sentences - [bush](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bush/) — A bush is a plant like a small tree with many branches close to the ground. — 12 sentences - [bushbaby](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bushbaby/) — A small African animal with huge round eyes, big ears and a long tail that lives in trees and comes out at night. Also called a galago. — 8 sentences - [bushel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bushel/) — A bushel is an old measure of dry things such as grain, apples or potatoes, about eight gallons. — 5 sentences - [bushy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bushy/) — Growing thickly, with lots of hair, fur or leaves: a bushy tail, bushy eyebrows, a bushy beard. — 9 sentences - [busily](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/busily/) — In a busy way: working hard and actively at something. — 10 sentences - [business](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/business/) — A business is a company, shop or firm that makes or sells things to earn money. — 13 sentences - [businessman](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/businessman/) — A man who works in business, for example running a company, buying and selling, or working in an office in trade. — 8 sentences - [busk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/busk/) — To busk is to play music, sing, juggle or perform in a public place, such as a street or station, for money from people passing by. — 9 sentences - [busker](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/busker/) — A person who plays music, sings, juggles or performs in the street or another public place for money from people passing by. — 7 sentences - [bust](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bust/) — To bust something is to break it: «I bust my bike». — 15 sentences - [bustard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bustard/) — A bustard is a large, heavy bird with long legs that walks on grasslands and open plains; it can fly, but prefers to run. — 8 sentences - [bustle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bustle/) — Busy, noisy activity with lots of people moving about: the hustle and bustle of the city. — 10 sentences - [busy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/busy/) — Having a lot to do; working on something now: «Mum is busy cooking». — 14 sentences - [but](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/but/) — But joins two ideas that are different or surprising together. — 21 sentences - [butch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/butch/) — Looking or acting tough, strong and traditionally manly. — 8 sentences - [butcher](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/butcher/) — A butcher is a person whose job is cutting and selling meat. — 13 sentences - [butler](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/butler/) — A butler is the chief male servant in a large, rich house, who looks after the wine, the dining room and the other servants. — 9 sentences - [butt](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/butt/) — The bottom, the part you sit on. — 14 sentences - [butter](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/butter/) — Butter is a soft, yellow food made from cream, which people spread on bread or use in cooking. — 13 sentences - [buttercup](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buttercup/) — A buttercup is a small wild plant with shiny, bright yellow cup-shaped flowers, common in fields and lawns. — 8 sentences - [butterfly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/butterfly/) — A butterfly is an insect with four large, often brightly coloured wings that flies by day. — 11 sentences - [buttermilk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buttermilk/) — The slightly sour liquid left after butter has been made from cream. — 9 sentences - [butterwort](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/butterwort/) — A small plant with a flat rosette of sticky, pale green leaves and purple, violet or yellow flowers; it catches and eats small insects. — 6 sentences - [button](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/button/) — A button is a small round thing that holds clothes closed by going through a hole. — 15 sentences - [buttonhole](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buttonhole/) — A buttonhole is a small slit in a coat or shirt through which a button is pushed. — 6 sentences - [buttress](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buttress/) — A buttress is a thick wall or support of stone or brick built against a wall to hold it up and stop it falling outwards. — 11 sentences - [butty](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/butty/) — A butty is a sandwich, often with a hot filling: «a chip butty», «a bacon butty». — 8 sentences - [buy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buy/) — To buy is to get something by paying money for it. — 14 sentences - [buyer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buyer/) — A person who buys something: the buyer of the house. — 9 sentences - [buzz](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buzz/) — To buzz is to make a long low humming sound like a bee or a fly. — 14 sentences - [buzzard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buzzard/) — A buzzard is a large bird of prey with broad wings that circles high in the sky and hunts small animals. — 4 sentences - [buzzing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buzzing/) — Buzzing is making a low humming sound like a bee or fly. — 13 sentences - [by](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/by/) — By shows who does something: a book by Roald Dahl. — 22 sentences - [bye](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bye/) — Bye is a short, friendly way to say goodbye. — 12 sentences - [bygone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bygone/) — From a time long ago; past: a bygone age, bygone days. — 9 sentences - [bypass](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bypass/) — A road that goes around a town instead of through it. — 10 sentences - [byre](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/byre/) — Old use: a cowshed, a farm building where cows are kept. — 4 sentences - [bystander](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bystander/) — A bystander is a person who is near when something happens, especially an accident, a fight or bullying, but is not part of it. — 8 sentences - [byte](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/byte/) — A unit of computer memory or data made of 8 bits (8 ones and zeros); one byte can store one letter like «A». — 8 sentences - [byzantine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/byzantine/) — Byzantine describes the Byzantine Empire, the eastern part of the Roman Empire, which lasted for about a thousand years after Rome fell, w… — 9 sentences [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/page/4/) [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/page/5/) [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/page/6/) [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/page/7/) [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/page/8/) [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/page/9/) [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/page/10/) **11**