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- breeze noun (a breeze, breezes); verb (breeze in/through — informal)
1) A breeze is a light, gentle wind. 2) A breeze is something very easy to do: «The test was a breeze». 3) To breeze in or breeze through… - brethren noun (plural; old plural of brother)
Fellow members of a church or religious group, used to address them in old or formal language ("Dearly beloved brethren"). - bribe noun (a bribe, bribes); verb (bribe, bribes, bribed, bribing)
Money or a gift given to someone to make them do something dishonest or unfair, such as break a rule. - bribery noun (bribery, uncountable)
Giving or offering money, gifts or favours to someone so they will do something dishonest or unfair for you. - brick noun (brick, bricks); verb (brick up, bricks, bricked, bricking)
A brick is a hard block made of baked clay, used to build walls and houses. - brickkiln noun
A furnace or oven for baking clay bricks. - bride noun (a bride, brides)
A woman on her wedding day, or a woman who has just got married. - bridegroom noun (bridegrooms)
1) A bridegroom is a man on his wedding day, or just before it. - bridle noun (a bridle, bridles); verb (bridle, bridles, bridled, bridling)
The straps, metal bit and reins put on a horse's head to control it. - brier noun (briers)
1) A brier is another spelling of briar, a prickly bush with thorny stems. - bright adjective (bright, brighter, brightest); adverb (brightly; bright — in «bright and early»)
Giving out or full of strong light: a bright light, a bright sunny day. - brighten verb (brighten, brightens, brightened, brightening)
To become brighter or lighter, or to make something brighter: «The sky brightened after the rain». - brightness noun (brightness — uncountable)
How much light something gives off or reflects; a bright lamp has high brightness. - brim noun (brim, brims); verb (brim, brims, brimmed, brimming)
The brim of a cup, glass or bowl is its top edge: full to the brim. - brimstone noun (brimstones)
Brimstone is an old word for sulphur, a yellow stone that burns with a bad smell. - bring verb (bring, brings, brought, bringing)
To bring is to carry something to a place where someone is: «Bring your book to school». - brink noun (the brink, brinks)
1) The edge of a cliff, a steep place or water. 2) The point where something very good or very bad is about to happen: on the brink of… - brit noun (a Brit, Brits)
A person from Britain (the United Kingdom of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). - british adjective (British); noun (the British)
British means from or about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, or its people. - broad adjective (broad, broader, broadest)
1) Broad means wide from one side to the other. 2) Broad means including many different things, general rather than detailed. 3) «In broad… - broke verb (past simple of break: break, breaks, broke, broken, breaking); adjective (broke, informal)
1) Broke is the past form of break: I broke the window. 2) Broke (informal) means having no money: I'm broke until my next pocket money. - broken adjective (broken); verb (break, breaks, broke, broken, breaking — broken is the past participle)
1) Broken means damaged, or in pieces. 2) Broken means not working: «The TV is broken». 3) A broken promise is one that was not kept. 4)… - brood noun (brood, broods); verb (brood, broods, brooded, brooding)
A family of baby birds or other young animals born at the same time. - brook noun (a brook, brooks); verb (brook, brooks, brooked, brooking — formal)
1) A small stream of fresh water. 2) (formal, verb) To allow or put up with something, usually in the negative: «She would brook no… - broom noun (a broom, brooms); verb (broom — rare)
1) A broom is a brush with a long handle for sweeping floors. 2) Broom is also a wild bush with small yellow flowers. - broth noun (broths)
1) Broth is a thin, hot soup made by boiling meat, fish or vegetables in water. - brother noun (brother, brothers; old plural brethren)
A brother is a boy or man who has the same parents as you. - brotherhood noun (brotherhood, uncountable; a brotherhood, brotherhoods)
Friendship and loyalty between people, like the feeling between brothers. - brotherly adjective
Like a brother, or showing the kindness and loyalty that brothers owe each other. - brow noun (a brow, brows)
Your brow is your forehead, the part of your face above your eyes. - bruise noun (a bruise, bruises); verb (bruise, bruises, bruised, bruising)
A purple, blue or dark mark on the skin caused by a bump or knock that breaks tiny blood vessels underneath without breaking the skin. - brush noun (a brush, brushes); verb (brush, brushes, brushed, brushing; brush off, brush up)
A tool with many bristles on a handle, used for cleaning, painting or tidying hair: toothbrush, paintbrush, hairbrush. - brutish adjective
Stupid and rough, like an animal that cannot think. - bucket noun (bucket, buckets); verb (bucket — rain very hard, UK slang)
A bucket is an open round container with a handle for carrying water, sand or other things. - buckler noun (bucklers)
1) A small round shield held in the hand, used in old times (old use). 2) (verb, rare) to protect with a shield. - bud noun (a bud, buds); verb (bud, buds, budded, budding)
A bud is a small swelling on a plant that will open into a leaf or a flower. - budding adjective (no change); verb form (bud, buds, budded, budding)
1) Just starting to grow or develop; beginning to show promise. 2) Of a plant, beginning to form buds or new leaves. - build verb (build, builds, built, building); noun (build — body shape)
To build is to make something by putting parts together, like a house, a tower or a model. - builder noun (a builder, builders)
A builder is a person whose job is to build or repair houses and other buildings. - building noun (a building, buildings); verb form (-ing form of «build»)
A structure with walls and a roof, such as a house, school, shop or church. - bull noun (bull, bulls)
1) A bull is an adult male cow. 2) A bull can also be the male of some other big animals, such as elephants, whales and seals. 3) The… - bullock noun (a bullock, bullocks)
A young male cow that has been castrated (had its parts removed so it cannot father calves), usually raised for beef. - bulrush noun (bulrushes)
A tall reed-like water plant with a brown, furry head, growing in marshes and at the edge of ponds. - bulwark noun (bulwarks)
1) A wall or strong defence against attack. 2) The raised side of a ship above the deck. - bunch noun (bunch, bunches); verb (bunch, bunches, bunched, bunching)
A bunch is a group of things held together, like a bunch of bananas, grapes, keys or flowers. - bundle noun (bundle, bundles); verb (bundle, bundles, bundled, bundling)
A bundle is a group of things tied or wrapped together, like sticks or papers. - burden noun (a burden, burdens); verb (burden, burdens, burdened, burdening)
1) A heavy load that you carry. 2) A difficult duty, worry or problem that is hard to deal with. 3) (verb) To give someone a heavy load or… - burdened adjective (burdened); also past tense and past participle of burden
1) Carrying a heavy load. 2) Weighed down by worries, duties, debts or problems. - burdensome adjective (burdensome; more burdensome, most burdensome) — formal
1) (formal) Heavy or hard to carry. 2) (formal) Causing a lot of work, worry or difficulty, as in «burdensome rules». - burial noun (a burial, burials); verb bury (buried)
The act of putting a dead body in the ground or a grave. - buried verb, past and past participle of «bury» (bury, buries, buried, burying); adjective (buried)
Put into a hole in the ground and covered with earth. - burn verb (burn, burns, burned/burnt, burning); noun (a burn, burns)
To be on fire, to make flames and heat: "The wood is burning.". - burning adjective (burning); verb form (-ing of burn: burn, burns, burned/burnt, burning); noun (burning — uncountable)
On fire; giving out flames and heat: a burning building. - burnished adjective; past form of the verb burnish (burnish, burnishes, burnished, burnishing)
Burnished means polished until it shines brightly, like metal. - burnt verb, past and past participle of «burn» (burn, burns, burnt or burned, burning); adjective (burnt)
1) Damaged or destroyed by fire or heat. 2) Cooked too long so it is black or dark and tastes bad. 3) Hurt by fire, heat, the sun or a… - burst verb (burst, bursts, burst, bursting); noun (a burst, bursts)
To burst is to break open suddenly because there is too much inside, like a balloon or a pipe. - bury verb (bury, buries, buried, burying)
To bury means to put something in a hole in the ground and cover it with earth. - bush noun (bush, bushes; the bush)
A bush is a plant like a small tree with many branches close to the ground. - business noun (business, businesses)
A business is a company, shop or firm that makes or sells things to earn money. - busy adjective (busy, busier, busiest); verb (busy yourself — to keep busy)
Having a lot to do; working on something now: «Mum is busy cooking». - but conjunction (but); preposition (but — except); adverb (but — only, rare); noun (buts — objections)
But joins two ideas that are different or surprising together. - butler noun (a butler, butlers)
A butler is the chief male servant in a large, rich house, who looks after the wine, the dining room and the other servants. - butter noun (butter, uncountable); verb (butter, butters, buttered, buttering)
Butter is a soft, yellow food made from cream, which people spread on bread or use in cooking. - buttocks noun
The two rounded parts of the body that a person sits on. - buttress noun (a buttress, buttresses); verb (buttress, buttresses, buttressed, buttressing)
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. - buy verb (buy, buys, bought, buying); noun (a good buy)
1) To buy is to get something by paying money for it. 2) A buy is something bought: this coat was a good buy (it was worth the money). - buyer noun (a buyer, buyers)
A person who buys something: the buyer of the house. - buzzing verb form (buzz, buzzes, buzzed, buzzing); adjective (buzzing); noun (buzzing — uncountable)
Buzzing is making a low humming sound like a bee or fly. - by preposition; adverb (go by, put by, stop by)
By shows who does something: a book by Roald Dahl. - bypath noun
A side path, away from the main road. - byway noun (byways)
A byway is a small side road or lane, quieter than a main road. - byword noun
A saying or name that people use as a short example of something, often an example of something bad.
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