📖 B — The English dictionary · page 54

bulgarian — Everyday, meaning 1: Of or from Bulgaria, a country in Europe.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The language spoken in Bulgaria.↗ Example: There is an interesting Bulgarian legend.↗ · My friend speaks Bulgarian.↗ · The Bulgarian folk tale had a dragon in it.↗

bulge — Everyday, meaning 1: A bulge is a round lump that sticks out from something that is usually flat.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To bulge is to stick out in a round lump because something inside is pushing.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A bulge can be a sudden increase, like a bulge in the number of pupils.↗ Example: His pockets were bulging with sweets.↗ · The frog's eyes bulged.↗ · There was a bulge under the carpet.↗ · Don't eat food from a bulging tin.↗ · My school bag is bulging with books.↗ · The snake had a big bulge after its meal.↗ · The strongman had bulging muscles.↗ · The balloon bulged as we blew more air in.↗ · The Scarecrow was thinking again, and his head bulged out so horribly that Dorothy feared it would burst.↗

bulgy — Everyday, meaning 1: Swelling out in round lumps; bulging.↗ Example: The frog stared at me with bulgy eyes.↗ · My school bag is all bulgy with books.↗ · The alien had a bulgy green head.↗ · His pockets were bulgy with conkers.↗ · The goldfish has bulgy eyes.↗

bulk — Everyday, meaning 1: The bulk of something is most of it: «the bulk of the work».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Bulk is the large size or weight of something: «the elephant's huge bulk».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In bulk means in large amounts, usually for a cheaper price each: «buy rice in bulk».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To bulk up is to get bigger, often by gaining muscle.↗ Example: The bulk of the class finished early.↗ · We buy toilet paper in bulk because it's cheaper.↗ · The bear's great bulk blocked the path.↗ · He's trying to bulk up for rugby.↗ · The bulk of the money went on the new library.↗ · A bulk pack of 24 pencils costs less per pencil.↗ · The great bulk of them are not the immediate work of Æsop.↗

bulky — Everyday, meaning 1: Large, heavy and awkward in shape or size; hard to carry.↗ Example: The two bulky men turned towards the school.↗ · She rolled a bulky Fenian like a wheel.↗ · The parcel was too bulky to carry.↗

bull — Everyday, meaning 1: A bull is an adult male cow.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A bull can also be the male of some other big animals, such as elephants, whales and seals.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The bull's-eye is the centre of a target.↗ Example: The bull stood alone in the field.↗ · A sign said «Beware of the bull».↗ · The farmer keeps one bull and many cows.↗ · A bull elephant can be very large.↗ · The arrow hit the bull's-eye.↗ · He ran like a bull in a china shop.↗ · Take the bull by the horns and ask her.↗ · thirty milch camels and their colts, forty kine and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals.↗ (Torah GEN.32.15, JPS 1917)↗ · 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.↗ (Torah LEV.9.2, JPS 1917)↗ · Many bulls have encompassed me; strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.↗ (Writings PSA.22.13, JPS 1917)↗ · Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?↗ (Writings PSA.50.13, JPS 1917)↗ · Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.↗ (Writings JOB.21.10, JPS 1917)↗

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.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (figurative) A bulldog is a person who is very stubborn and brave and never lets go of a task.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A bulldog clip is a strong metal clip for holding papers together.↗ Example: Our neighbour's bulldog snores very loudly.↗ · Bulldogs can find it hard to breathe in hot weather.↗ · Use a bulldog clip to keep your worksheets together.↗ · The team mascot is a bulldog.↗ · She tackled the problem like a bulldog and never gave up.↗ · We played British Bulldog until someone fell over.↗ · A French bulldog has big, bat-like ears.↗

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.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) A bulldozer is a person who forces their way and does not listen to others.↗ Example: A bulldozer flattened the ground for the new school.↗ · Keep away from the bulldozer, the driver can't see you.↗ · My little brother loves toy bulldozers.↗ · The old houses were bulldozed to build a road.↗ · She acted like a bulldozer in the meeting.↗ · The bulldozer pushed the rocks into a pile.↗

bullet — Everyday, meaning 1: A bullet is a small piece of metal shot out of a gun.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A bullet point is a dot (•) in front of each item in a list.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Bullet is used for things that are very fast, like a bullet train.↗ Example: Write the facts as bullet points.↗ · The bullet train travels very fast.↗ · If you find a bullet or a gun, don't touch it — tell an adult.↗ · Each bullet point should be short.↗ · I bit the bullet and told Mum I broke the vase.↗ · The police found a bullet at the scene.↗ · He went like a bullet out of a gun.↗

bulletin — Everyday, meaning 1: A short official news report, on TV, radio or online.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A short printed newsletter from a school, club or group.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A short official notice about something important, such as the weather or someone's health.↗ Example: We heard the news bulletin on the radio.↗ · The school bulletin comes out every Friday.↗ · A weather bulletin warned of heavy snow.↗ · Pin your poster on the bulletin board.↗ · The hospital gave a short bulletin about the patient.↗ · Check the club bulletin for match times.↗

bulletproof — Everyday, meaning 1: Strong enough to stop bullets from going through, like a bulletproof vest or glass.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) Not able to fail or be harmed; very safe or certain.↗ Example: Police officers wear bulletproof vests.↗ · The president's car has bulletproof glass.↗ · The bank counter is protected by bulletproof screens.↗ · His excuse wasn't bulletproof, and the teacher saw through it.↗ · Nobody is bulletproof, so ride your bike carefully.↗

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.↗ Example: A bullfight takes place in a ring called a bullring.↗ · Many people think bullfights are cruel.↗ · The matador waved a red cape at the bull in the bullfight.↗ · Some towns have banned bullfights.↗ · We learnt about the debate over bullfights in Spain.↗

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.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The main bullfighter is called a matador.↗ Example: The bullfighter waved a red cape.↗ · Many people protest that bullfighting is cruel.↗ · The matador is the most famous bullfighter.↗ · Some cities in Spain have banned bullfights.↗ · In the painting a bullfighter stands in the ring.↗ · Bulls are colour-blind to red; they charge at the moving cape.↗

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.↗ Example: The bullfrog croaked loudly from the pond.↗ · A bullfrog can eat a small bird.↗ · Bullfrog tadpoles can take two years to grow up.↗ · We heard bullfrogs calling at night by the lake.↗ · The bullfrog jumped into the water with a splash.↗

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.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (US) A young bull.↗ Early Modern English, meaning 1: A young male animal of the cattle family.↗ Example: The farmer moved the bullocks to the top field.↗ · A pair of bullocks pulled the heavy cart.↗ · The bullock grazed quietly by the river.↗ · In India, bullock carts carry crops to market.↗ · The bullocks crowded round the water trough.↗ · Grandad sold three bullocks at the market.↗ · “We do not understand,” said the bullocks.↗ · one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering; (Torah NUM.7.15, JPS 1917)↗ · And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, at the door of the tent of meeting.↗ (Torah EXO.29.11, JPS 1917)↗ · And the anointed priest shall bring of the blood of the bullock to the tent of meeting.↗ (Torah LEV.4.16, JPS 1917)↗ · And when the bullock was slain, the child was brought to Eli.↗ (Prophets 1SA.1.25, JPS 1917)↗ · I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds.↗ (Writings PSA.50.9, JPS 1917)↗ · And it shall please the LORD better than a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.↗ (Writings PSA.69.32, JPS 1917)↗ · one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering;↗ (Torah NUM.7.15, JPS 1917) · “We do not understand,” said the bullocks.↗ (The Jungle Book) · And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, at the door of the tent of meeting.↗ (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.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To bully someone is to keep hurting, threatening, teasing or leaving them out on purpose.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Bully can also be an old friendly word for a good fellow, used when speaking warmly to a friend.↗ Example: Tell a teacher if someone is bullying you.↗ · The bully took his lunch money.↗ · Being bullied is never your fault.↗ · We stood up for her when the bully called her names.↗ · Our school has an anti-bullying week.↗ · Bullying online is called cyberbullying.↗ · A real friend never bullies you.↗ · The bully said sorry in the end.↗

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.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: As part of the verb, bullying means treating someone like this now.↗ Example: Bullying is never okay.↗ · Tell a teacher if someone is bullying you.↗ · Our school has a rule against bullying.↗ · Leaving someone out on purpose can be bullying.↗ · Cyberbullying happens online.↗ · He stopped bullying after the teacher spoke to him.↗ · If you see bullying, don't join in — get help.↗ · It's not your fault if you are being bullied.↗

bulrush — Everyday, meaning 1: A tall reed-like water plant with a brown, furry head, growing in marshes and at the edge of ponds.↗ Example: I am seeking the three bulrushes.↗ · He was careful of the third bulrush.↗ · The ducks hid among the bulrushes.↗ · 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.↗ (Torah EXO.2.3, JPS 1917)↗ · Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?↗ (Prophets ISA.58.5, JPS 1917)↗

bulwark — Everyday, meaning 1: A wall or strong defence against attack.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The raised side of a ship above the deck.↗ Example: After Hector's death, the Trojans lost their great bulwark.↗ · The waves crashed against the castle bulwarks.↗ · The rocky cliff was a bulwark against the sea.↗ · 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.↗ (Torah DEU.20.20, JPS 1917)↗ · 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.↗ (Prophets ISA.26.1, JPS 1917)↗ · 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)↗ · 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.↗ (Prophets ISA.29.7, JPS 1917)↗

bum — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal, UK/Australia) Your bottom, the part you sit on.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal, US) A homeless person or someone who will not work; can be unkind.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) A person who spends all their time on a hobby (a beach bum, a gym bum).↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (slang) To bum something: to ask someone for it for free (bum a ride).↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (slang, US) Bad or poor quality (a bum deal, a bum knee).↗ Everyday, meaning 6: Bum can also be a deep booming sound, like a cannon or a drum.↗ Example: The baby fell on his bum.↗ · Sit on your bum and stay still!↗ (UK, informal)↗ · He spent the summer as a beach bum.↗ · Can I bum a lift home?↗ (slang)↗ · That's a bum deal; you paid too much.↗ (US slang)↗ · I bummed around at home all Saturday.↗ · Get off your bum and help!↗ · The whole city was illuminated in the evening, and the cannons went off with a bum! bum! and the soldiers presented arms.↗

bumble — Everyday, meaning 1: To bumble is to hum or buzz, as a bee does when it flies about.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To bumble is to move or talk in a clumsy, muddled way.↗ Example: The bee began to bumble among the roses.↗ · He bumbled through his speech and lost his place.↗ · Mr Bumble Bee bumbled round the garden all afternoon.↗