📖 B — The English dictionary · page 39

booty — Everyday, meaning 1: Booty is goods taken by force or by theft, especially by robbers or soldiers in war; it can also mean a prize that is won.↗ Example: The robbers counted their booty.↗ · The pirates took a large booty of gold.↗ · The Lion asked the Ass to divide the booty.↗ · For the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself. — (Torah NUM.31.53, JPS 1917)↗ · Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep, (Torah NUM.31.32, JPS 1917)↗ · Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall exact interest of thee, and awake that shall violently shake thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?↗ (Prophets HAB.2.7, JPS 1917)↗ · Therefore their wealth shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation; yea, they shall build houses, but shall not inhabit them, and they shall plant vineyards, but shall not drink the wine thereof.↗ (Prophets ZEP.1.13, JPS 1917)↗

bordeaux — Everyday, meaning 1: (a name) Bordeaux, a big city in south-west France, on the river Garonne.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A red or white wine made in the area around Bordeaux (often «claret» in the UK).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A deep red colour like that wine.↗ Example: Bordeaux is in the south-west of France.↗ · We stopped in Bordeaux on our holiday.↗ · Dad ordered a glass of Bordeaux with dinner.↗ · Her coat is a rich bordeaux colour.↗ · The grapes for Bordeaux wine grow along the river.↗

border — Everyday, meaning 1: A border is the edge of something, like a strip around a picture or a cloth.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A border is the line between two countries, states or places.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A border in a garden is a long strip of flowers along an edge.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To border is to be next to: «Canada borders the USA».↗ Example: She puts a border around a poster 3 ft by 2 ft.↗ · How much ribbon for the border?↗ · The border has 40 tiles.↗ · A flower border runs along the path.↗ · We crossed the border into Canada.↗ · Draw a border around your picture.↗ · Mexico borders the United States.↗ · The page has a gold border.↗ · Ireland has a border with Northern Ireland.↗ · Passports are checked at the border.↗ · The elder brother rode straight on till he reached the borders of a strange kingdom.↗ · 'Thou art this day to pass over the border of Moab, even Ar; (Torah DEU.2.18, JPS 1917)↗ · And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched in Ije-abarim, in the border of Moab.↗ (Torah NUM.33.44, JPS 1917)↗ · And ye shall mark out your line for the east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham; (Torah NUM.34.10, JPS 1917)↗ · And their border was Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem; (Prophets JOS.19.18, JPS 1917)↗ · and Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border over against Joppa.↗ (Prophets JOS.19.46, JPS 1917)↗ · And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph; (Prophets JOS.19.25, JPS 1917)↗

borderland — Everyday, meaning 1: The land near a border between two countries or regions.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A state or area between two things that is not clearly one or the other.↗ Example: Raiders crossed the borderlands between England and Scotland.↗ · The borderland was full of castles.↗ · The village lies in the borderland between two countries.↗ · Dreams happen in the borderland between sleep and waking.↗ · Many languages are spoken in the borderlands.↗ · The road is dangerous even near here, and this is not yet the borderland of the Caucasus.↗

borderline — Everyday, meaning 1: (adjective) Only just on one side of a line between two groups or results, so it is hard to decide which: a borderline pass.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (noun) A line that marks a border.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (medicine) Close to being an illness or problem but not quite.↗ Example: His test score was borderline, so he might need to retake it.↗ · That joke was borderline mean.↗ · She was a borderline case for the team.↗ · The doctor said Grandad's sugar levels are borderline.↗ · Draw a borderline between the two fields.↗

bore — Everyday, meaning 1: To make someone feel tired and uninterested because something is dull.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A person or thing that is dull and tiresome, as in «He's such a bore».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal, UK) A nuisance, as in «What a bore, the bus is late».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To make a deep round hole with a drill.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: The width of the inside of a pipe or gun barrel, or a hole drilled for water (a borehole).↗ Everyday, meaning 6: The past tense of «bear», as in «she bore the pain» or «the tree bore fruit».↗ Everyday, meaning 7: A tidal bore: a big wave that rushes up some rivers, like the Severn Bore.↗ Everyday, meaning 8: To bore a child is to give birth to it.↗ Example: Long speeches bore me.↗ · Uncle Bill can be a bit of a bore at parties.↗ · Workers bored a hole through the rock.↗ · Surfers ride the Severn Bore up the river.↗ · She bore the pain bravely.↗ · The apple tree bore lots of fruit this year.↗ · The farmers drink water from a deep bore.↗ (Australia)↗ · What a bore, we have to wait another hour!↗ · ‘Little Bright-eyes, little Redskin, Come nurse the child you bore!↗ · And again she bore his brother Abel.↗ (Torah GEN.4.2, JPS 1917)↗ · And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.↗ (Torah GEN.30.5, JPS 1917)↗ · And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bore Jacob a son.↗ (Torah GEN.30.10, JPS 1917)↗ · Maacah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.↗ (Writings 1CH.2.48, JPS 1917)↗ · And she conceived again, and bore a daughter.↗ (Prophets HOS.1.6, JPS 1917)↗ · And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah.↗ (Writings 1CH.2.4, JPS 1917)↗

boreal — Everyday, meaning 1: Of the far north, near the Arctic.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Belonging to the cold northern forest belt of conifer trees (the boreal forest or taiga) that stretches across Canada, Alaska, Scandinavia and Russia.↗ Example: Canada has huge boreal forests.↗ · The boreal forest is also called the taiga.↗ · Moose and lynx live in the boreal forest.↗ · Boreal winters are long and very cold.↗ · Spruce and pine trees grow well in the boreal zone.↗ · The northern lights are also called the aurora borealis.↗ · Boreal forests store a lot of carbon.↗

bored — Everyday, meaning 1: Bored means tired and restless because nothing interesting is happening or you have nothing to do.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Bored is also the past form of «bore»: to make a hole by drilling, or to make someone feel bored.↗ Example: I'm bored; there's nothing to do.↗ · The children got bored on the long journey.↗ · When I'm bored, I read a book.↗ · She looked bored during the long speech.↗ · Don't get bored; let's play a game.↗ · The film was so slow that I was bored stiff.↗ · Workers bored a hole through the rock.↗ · In a little while he said with a bored air:↗

boredom — Everyday, meaning 1: The feeling of being bored, when you have nothing interesting to do or are not interested in what you are doing.↗ Example: I read a book to beat the boredom.↗ · On long car trips, boredom sets in.↗ · He doodled out of boredom.↗ · Boredom can spark great ideas.↗ · The cat chewed the rug from boredom.↗ · We made a list of boredom busters for rainy days.↗

boring — Everyday, meaning 1: Boring means not interesting, so you feel tired of it or want something else to do.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: As a verb form, boring means making a hole through something with a tool, like boring through wood or rock.↗ Example: This film is so boring; nothing happens.↗ · Waiting in the queue was boring.↗ · Rainy days don't have to be boring.↗ · He thinks maths is boring, but she loves it.↗ · Try to use exciting words, not boring ones.↗ · The long car journey was boring until we played I Spy.↗ · The machine is boring a hole through the rock.↗ · It's boring doing homework alone.↗

born — Everyday, meaning 1: Born means having come into life.↗ A baby is born on its birthday.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Born means having a natural gift: «a born singer».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Born in a place means that is where your life started: «born in Ireland».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: An idea or plan can be born: it starts.↗ Example: 5 kittens were born on Monday.↗ · Tom was born 3 years before his sister.↗ · How old is someone born 8 years ago?↗ · 4 more calves were born, so now there are 15.↗ · My baby brother was born last spring.↗ · She was born in Canada but grew up in Scotland.↗ · Kangaroos are born very small and live in their mother's pouch.↗ · He is a born leader.↗ · The idea for the club was born at a sleepover.↗ · Behold, I will slay thy son, thy first-born.' — (Torah EXO.4.23, JPS 1917)↗ · All the first-born of thy sons thou shalt redeem.↗ (Torah EXO.34.20, JPS 1917)↗ · The first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto Me.↗ (Torah EXO.22.29, JPS 1917)↗ · These were born to David in Hebron.↗ (Prophets 2SA.3.5, JPS 1917)↗ · Is a land born in one day?↗ (Prophets ISA.66.8, JPS 1917)↗ · And Canaan begot Zidon his first-born, and Heth; (Writings 1CH.1.13, JPS 1917)↗

bornean — Everyday, meaning 1: From or to do with Borneo, the third-largest island in the world, in South-East Asia, shared by Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A person from Borneo.↗ Example: The Bornean orangutan lives only on Borneo.↗ · Bornean rainforests are among the oldest in the world.↗ · We read about the Bornean pygmy elephant.↗ · Many Bornean animals are endangered.↗ · The Bornean jungle is hot and wet all year.↗ · Our class adopted a Bornean orangutan through a charity.↗ · Some Bornean peoples live in longhouses.↗

borrow — Everyday, meaning 1: To borrow is to take or use something that you will give back later.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To borrow money is to get it from a person or a bank and pay it back later.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In subtraction, to borrow (regroup) is to take 1 ten from the tens to make 10 ones.↗ Example: She borrows 3 books from the library.↗ · He borrowed 10 dollars from his sister.↗ · How many books are left after 25 are borrowed?↗ · In 52 − 18 you borrow from the tens.↗ · Can I borrow your pencil?↗ · You can borrow books for two weeks.↗ · The word «pizza» is borrowed from Italian.↗ · Ask before you borrow something.↗ · She borrowed her mom's umbrella.↗ · Return borrowed things in good shape.↗ · And if a man borrow aught of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.↗ (Torah EXO.22.14, JPS 1917)↗ · For the LORD thy God will bless thee, as He promised thee; and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over thee.↗ (Torah DEU.15.6, JPS 1917)↗ · But the word is not of Semitic origin; it is, according to my opinion, borrowed from the Greek as the word סימן, etc., Πλημη flood.↗ אבנים מפלמות flood-stones.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · Then he said: 'Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.↗ (Prophets 2KI.4.3, JPS 1917)↗ · There were also that said: 'We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and our vineyards.↗ (Writings NEH.5.4, JPS 1917)↗ · But as one was felling a beam, the axe-head fell into the water; and he cried, and said: 'Alas, my master! for it was borrowed.'↗ (Prophets 2KI.6.5, JPS 1917)↗

borrower — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who borrows something, such as a book from a library.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A person or business that borrows money from a bank and must pay it back, often with extra (interest).↗ Example: Each borrower can take out five books.↗ · The borrower must pay back the loan.↗ · The Borrowers live under the floorboards.↗ · Borrowers who return books late pay a fine.↗ · A borrower took 100 pounds and paid back 110.↗ · Every borrower needs a library card.↗ · The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.↗ (Writings PRO.22.7, JPS 1917)↗

borrowing — Everyday, meaning 1: Taking something that belongs to someone else, with their permission, and giving it back later.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (money) Getting money from a bank or person that must be paid back, often with extra (interest).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (language) A word taken from another language, like «café» from French or «kangaroo» from an Aboriginal language.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (maths, old) In subtraction, «borrowing» means taking ten from the next column (also called regrouping or exchanging).↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Borrowing can also mean a story or idea that one people take from another and make their own.↗ Example: I'm borrowing my sister's bike today.↗ · Borrowing books from the library is free.↗ · In 42 − 18 you need borrowing from the tens.↗ · «Pyjamas» is a borrowing from Hindi/Urdu.↗ · The country's borrowing is very high.↗ · Thanks for borrowing me your pen – oops, I mean lending!↗ · Borrowing tales is a mutual process, and when Indian meets European, European meets Indian; which borrowed from which, is a question which we have very few criteria to decide.↗

borscht — Everyday, meaning 1: Borscht is a sour soup, usually red from beetroot, eaten in Ukraine and other Eastern European countries.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: It is often made with cabbage, potatoes, meat and beans and served with sour cream and dill.↗ Example: Baba makes the best borscht in the world.↗ · Borscht is red because of the beetroot.↗ · We had borscht with sour cream and bread.↗ · Green borscht is made with sorrel leaves.↗ · Every Ukrainian family has its own borscht recipe.↗ · The borscht was so hot I blew on every spoonful.↗

borshch — Everyday, meaning 1: (Ukrainian) Borshch (борщ) is the Ukrainian spelling in Latin letters of «borscht», the sour beetroot soup that is a national dish of Ukraine.↗ It sounds like «borshch», with «shch» like the sounds in «fresh cheese» run together.↗ Example: Mum cooked borshch with pampushky.↗ · In Ukraine, borshch is on almost every family's table.↗ · Borshch is the Ukrainian way to write borscht.↗ · We learned to say «borshch» properly.↗ · The borshch was bright red and smelled of dill.↗ · Grandma's borshch takes all morning to cook.↗