📖 B — The English dictionary · page 47

breeze — Everyday, meaning 1: A breeze is a light, gentle wind.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A breeze is something very easy to do: «The test was a breeze».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To breeze in or breeze through is to come in or get through something easily and cheerfully.↗ Example: A cool breeze came off the sea.↗ · The washing dried quickly in the breeze.↗ · The flags fluttered in the breeze.↗ · That puzzle was a breeze!↗ · She breezed into the room, smiling.↗ · There wasn't enough breeze to fly the kite.↗ · A breeze sprang up from the east.↗ · Perhaps capturing an intermediary concept between the immaterial divine imminence and the material wind is ‘wisp’, meaning both a small breeze and a phantom presence, but ‘Holy Wisp’ is a rather underwhelming expression.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

breezy — Everyday, meaning 1: With a fresh wind blowing: a breezy day.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Cheerful, relaxed and confident, sometimes too relaxed: a breezy manner.↗ Example: It's a breezy day, perfect for flying a kite.↗ · The beach was breezy and cool.↗ · She gave a breezy wave and walked off.↗ · His breezy answer annoyed the teacher.↗ · Take a jacket – it's breezy outside.↗

brethren — Everyday, meaning 1: (church, Bible) Fellow members of a church or religious group, used to address them in old or formal language ("Dearly beloved brethren").↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old-fashioned) Brothers.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Members of the same group or profession.↗ Early Modern English, meaning 1: Brothers, or relatives.↗ Example: The preacher began, "My dear brethren."↗ · In the Bible, Joseph forgave his brethren.↗ · The monks prayed with their brethren every morning.↗ · He greeted his brethren at the church meeting.↗ · The farmers helped their brethren in the next valley.↗ · The old hymn calls all Christians brethren.↗ · The judge was respected by her legal brethren.↗ · And he said: 'I seek my brethren.↗ (Torah GEN.37.16, JPS 1917)↗ · And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew him not.↗ (Torah GEN.42.8, JPS 1917)↗ · Simeon and Levi are brethren; weapons of violence their kinship.↗ (Torah GEN.49.5, JPS 1917)↗ · and their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan; (Writings NEH.10.11, JPS 1917)↗ · And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, valiant men, eighteen.↗ (Writings 1CH.26.9, JPS 1917)↗ · The third to Zaccur, his sons and his brethren, twelve; (Writings 1CH.25.10, JPS 1917)↗ · And he said: 'I seek my brethren.↗ (Torah GEN.37.16, JPS 1917) · Immortal fame!" when he himself fell down, and lay quietly among his slain brethren.↗ (Tanglewood Tales) · And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew him not.↗ (Torah GEN.42.8, JPS 1917)

brevity — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) Using few words; being short and to the point when speaking or writing.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) The shortness of time something lasts, as in «the brevity of life».↗ Example: The teacher praised the brevity of my answer.↗ · For brevity, I will only list the main points.↗ · Brevity is the soul of wit.↗ · The brevity of the summer made us sad.↗ · Text messages need brevity.↗ · The speech was famous for its brevity: only two minutes.↗ · Haiku poems show the beauty of brevity.↗

brew — Everyday, meaning 1: To make beer by soaking, boiling and fermenting grain.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To make tea or coffee by mixing it with hot water.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (noun, UK, informal) A cup of tea: «fancy a brew?».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (verb) Of something bad, to be about to happen: a storm is brewing, trouble is brewing.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (noun) A mixture, especially a strange one, like a witch's brew.↗ Example: Gran brewed a pot of tea.↗ · Fancy a brew?↗ I'll put the kettle on.↗ · The witches stirred their bubbling brew.↗ · Dark clouds showed a storm was brewing.↗ · I could tell trouble was brewing in the playground.↗ · Monks used to brew beer in the abbey.↗ · The moor-woman was at her brewing.↗

brewery — Everyday, meaning 1: A factory or building where beer is made.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A company that makes beer.↗ Example: The old brewery is now a museum.↗ · You could smell malt near the brewery.↗ · Shire horses used to pull carts for the brewery.↗ · The town's biggest employer is a brewery.↗ · Breweries use huge metal tanks.↗ · To the Marsh Woman's brewery Inge sunk down to a place which no one can endure for long.↗

briar — Everyday, meaning 1: A briar is a prickly bush or wild rose with thorny stems that grows in hedges and woods.↗ Example: The prince had to cut through the thick briar to reach the castle.↗ · The briars scratched his arms as he pushed through.↗ · The bramble and briar grew over the walls of the palace.↗

bribe — Everyday, meaning 1: Money or a gift given to someone to make them do something dishonest or unfair, such as break a rule.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb) To offer someone money or a gift to make them do what you want, often wrongly.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal, joking) A treat given to get a child to do something ("a sweet as a bribe").↗ Example: The guard took a bribe and let the thief go.↗ · It is against the law to bribe a police officer.↗ · Mum bribed us with ice cream to tidy our rooms.↗ · The judge refused the bribe.↗ · I won't take a bribe, said the referee.↗ · My little brother can be bribed with stickers.↗ · Offering a bribe can lead to prison.↗ · Eriphyle, unable to withstand the tempting bait, accepted the bribe, and thus Amphiaraus was compelled to join the army.↗ · Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person.↗ (Torah DEU.27.25, JPS 1917)↗ · In whose hands is craftiness, and their right hand is full of bribes.↗ (Writings PSA.26.10, JPS 1917)↗ · He that putteth not out his money on interest, nor taketh a bribe against the innocent.↗ (Writings PSA.15.5, JPS 1917)↗ · And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.↗ (Prophets 1SA.8.3, JPS 1917)↗

bribery — Everyday, meaning 1: Giving or offering money, gifts or favours to someone so they will do something dishonest or unfair for you.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal, humorous) Offering a treat to get someone to do something, as parents sometimes do.↗ Example: Bribery is against the law.↗ · The official went to prison for bribery.↗ · Mum used a little bribery to get us to eat our sprouts.↗ · The referee was accused of bribery.↗ · Bribery makes things unfair for honest people.↗ · At this last bribery, Pinocchio could no longer resist and said firmly:↗ · For the company of the godless shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.↗ (Writings JOB.15.34, JPS 1917)↗

brick — Everyday, meaning 1: A brick is a hard block made of baked clay, used to build walls and houses.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Brick is the material: «a brick house».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A toy brick is a building block.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To brick up a gap is to fill it with bricks.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: «You're a brick» is an old way to say someone is very kind and helpful.↗ Example: A wall has 20 rows of 15 bricks.↗ · Each brick weighs 3 kg.↗ · He lays 200 bricks an hour.↗ · How many bricks are left?↗ · The third little pig built his house of bricks.↗ · Our school is an old red brick building.↗ · They built the wall brick by brick.↗ · The toddler stacked his toy bricks into a tower.↗ · It was built of red brick, with projecting gables.↗ · 'Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore.↗ (Torah EXO.5.7, JPS 1917)↗ · Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.'↗ (Torah EXO.5.18, JPS 1917)↗ · And they said one to another: 'Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly.'↗ And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.↗ (Torah GEN.11.3, JPS 1917)↗ · A people that provoke Me to My face continually, that sacrifice in gardens, and burn incense upon bricks; (Prophets ISA.65.3, JPS 1917)↗ · 'The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stones; the sycamores are cut down, but cedars will we put in their place.'↗ (Prophets ISA.9.9, JPS 1917)↗

brickkiln — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A furnace or oven for baking clay bricks.↗

bricklayer — Everyday, meaning 1: A bricklayer is a worker who builds walls, houses and chimneys with bricks.↗ Example: The bricklayer built a wall around the garden.↗ · Not far from the fountain there lived a family of bricklayers.↗ · "Where is your pitcher?" asked the bricklayer.↗

bridal — Everyday, meaning 1: Bridal means of or for a bride or a wedding.↗ Example: They arrived very soon at the bridal hall.↗ · The prince rode on, leaving the bridal pair in the castle.↗ · There must be no blood on my bridal bouquet.↗

bride — Everyday, meaning 1: A woman on her wedding day, or a woman who has just got married.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (church, Bible) Christians sometimes call the church «the bride of Christ», a picture of Jesus's love for his people.↗ Example: The bride wore a long white dress.↗ · The bride and groom cut the cake together.↗ · My aunt will be a bride next spring.↗ · The flower girl walked in front of the bride.↗ · Everyone stood up when the bride came in.↗ · In the fairy tale the princess became the prince's bride.↗ · The bride's father made a funny speech.↗ · The bride was delighted with it.↗ · Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire?↗ (Prophets JER.2.32, JPS 1917)↗ · A garden shut up is my sister, my bride; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.↗ (Writings SNG.4.12, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my bride; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one bead of thy necklace.↗ (Writings SNG.4.9, JPS 1917)↗

bridegroom — Everyday, meaning 1: A bridegroom is a man on his wedding day, or just before it.↗ Example: The irritated bridegroom rushed in.↗ · "Sit here, and await the bridegroom," she said.↗ · The bridegroom jumped into the grave.↗ · Then she said: 'A bridegroom of blood in regard of the circumcision.'↗ (Torah EXO.4.26, JPS 1917)↗ · Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said: 'Surely a bridegroom of blood art thou to me.'↗ (Torah EXO.4.25, JPS 1917)↗ · Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run his course.↗ (Writings PSA.19.6, JPS 1917)↗ · For as a young man espouseth a virgin, so shall thy sons espouse thee; and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.↗ (Prophets ISA.62.5, JPS 1917)↗ · Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride out of her pavilion.↗ (Prophets JOL.2.16, JPS 1917)↗

bridesmaid — Everyday, meaning 1: A bridesmaid is a girl or woman who helps the bride on her wedding day and walks with her at the ceremony.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (idiom) «Always the bridesmaid, never the bride» means always nearly winning but never quite winning.↗ Example: I was a bridesmaid at my aunt's wedding.↗ · The bridesmaids wore pale blue dresses.↗ · My sister is the chief bridesmaid.↗ · The little bridesmaid scattered petals up the aisle.↗ · Bridesmaids help the bride get ready on the big day.↗ · Our team was always the bridesmaid, never the bride, until this year's final.↗

bridge — Everyday, meaning 1: A bridge is something built over a river, road or valley so people or vehicles can go across.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The bridge of your nose is its top part between the eyes.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The bridge of a ship is where the captain steers it.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To bridge a gap is to join two things or make a difference smaller.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Bridge is also a card game.↗ Example: The bridge is 200 m long.↗ · A train crosses the bridge.↗ · There are 3 bridges over the river.↗ · How long does it take to cross?↗ · The Sydney Harbour Bridge is called «the Coathanger».↗ · We built a bridge from paper straws to hold a toy car.↗ · The troll lived under the bridge.↗ · His glasses sat on the bridge of his nose.↗ · They turned, and ran back across the bridge.↗

bridle — Everyday, meaning 1: The straps, metal bit and reins put on a horse's head to control it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb) To put a bridle on a horse.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb) To show sudden anger or offence, often by pulling your head up: «she bridled at the remark».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (verb) To control or hold back something, like your temper.↗ Example: She put the bridle on the pony.↗ · The horse shook its head against the bridle.↗ · He bridled at being called a baby.↗ · Hold the reins of the bridle gently.↗ · We rode along a bridleway through the forest.↗ · My horse, and bridle, and saddle!"↗ · Who shall come within his double bridle?↗ (Writings JOB.41.5, JPS 1917)↗ · For He hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, and they have cast off the bridle before me.↗ (Writings JOB.30.11, JPS 1917)↗ · A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools.↗ (Writings PRO.26.3, JPS 1917)↗

brie — Everyday, meaning 1: A soft, creamy French cheese with a white, soft rind, originally from the Brie region near Paris.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (a name) Brie is also a region of France.↗ Example: We had brie and grapes at the picnic.↗ · Brie has a soft white rind.↗ · Dad cut a slice of brie for his sandwich.↗ · Brie comes from France.↗ · The brie was so ripe it was runny.↗ · My little brother doesn't like the smell of brie.↗