B
- battalion noun (battalions)
A battalion is a large group of soldiers, part of an army regiment. - batter noun (batter, uncountable; a batter, batters); verb (batter, batters, battered, battering)
Batter is a runny mixture of flour, eggs and milk used to make pancakes, cakes or to coat fried food. - battery noun (battery, batteries)
A small object that stores electricity and gives it to torches, toys, phones and remote controls. - batting noun (batting — uncountable); verb form (bat, bats, batted, batting)
Batting is hitting a ball with a bat, especially in baseball, cricket and softball; it is the turn when your team tries to score. - battle noun (a battle, battles); verb (battle, battles, battled, battling)
A battle is a fight between armies, ships or planes in a war. - battlefield noun (a battlefield, battlefields)
A battlefield is a place where a battle is or was fought. - battlement noun (battlements)
The battlements are the walls on the top of a castle, with gaps like teeth, where guards can shelter. - bauble noun (a bauble, baubles)
1) A shiny ball or decoration hung on a Christmas tree. 2) A small, cheap piece of jewellery or a pretty object of little value. - bawl verb (bawl, bawls, bawled, bawling)
1) To cry very loudly, like a baby. 2) To shout loudly and roughly. 3) (informal) «bawl someone out» = to tell them off angrily. - bawling verb form (bawl, bawls, bawled, bawling); noun (bawling — uncountable)
Crying very loudly, like a baby or an upset child. - bay noun (a bay, bays); adjective (bay — reddish-brown, of a horse); verb (bay, bays, bayed, baying — of dogs or wolves)
A bay is part of the sea or a lake that curves into the land. - bayonet noun (bayonets); verb (bayonets, bayoneted, bayoneting)
A bayonet is a sharp steel blade that fits on the end of a rifle for close fighting. - bazaar noun (a bazaar, bazaars)
A market, especially in the Middle East or South Asia, with many small shops and stalls in a street or covered area. - bb abbreviation (BB, bb)
A BB is a small round metal pellet fired from an air gun called a BB gun. - bc abbreviation (BC — before Christ; also used for British Columbia; bc — informal «because» in text messages)
BC is written after a year to mean that many years before the year 1 in the usual calendar, counted backwards: Julius Caesar died in 44 BC. - bce abbreviation (BCE, B.C.E.)
1) BCE stands for «Before the Common Era», used after a year number to show years counted backwards from the start of the usual calendar… - be verb (be; am, is, are; was, were; been; being; short forms I'm, he's, they're, isn't, aren't, wasn't, weren't)
To be means to exist, to be there: There is a cat in the garden. - beach noun (beach, beaches); verb (beach, beaches, beached — run or pull a boat or whale onto land)
The area of sand or small stones next to the sea or a lake. - beacon noun (a beacon, beacons)
A beacon is a light or fire on a hill, tower or coast that warns people or guides them, like a lighthouse light. - bead noun (bead, beads); verb (bead — to put beads on, rare)
A bead is a small ball or shape with a hole through it, put on a string to make a necklace or bracelet. - beadle noun (beadles)
1) (old use) A beadle was a minor officer in a town or parish who kept order, called people to meetings or rang the bell. - beady adjective (beady, beadier, beadiest)
1) Small, round and shiny, like a bead; used mostly about eyes. 2) (informal) Watching very closely and suspiciously, as in «a beady eye». - beagle noun (a beagle, beagles)
A beagle is a small to medium hunting dog with long floppy ears, short legs and a white, brown and black coat. - beak noun (a beak, beaks)
The hard pointed mouth of a bird, which it uses to eat, pick things up and build nests. - beam noun (beam, beams); verb (beam, beams, beamed, beaming)
A beam is a long, strong piece of wood or metal that holds up a roof or floor in a building. - bean noun (bean, beans); verb (bean — informal, to hit on the head)
A bean is a seed you can eat, which grows in a pod. - beanbag noun (a beanbag, beanbags)
A large soft bag filled with small plastic balls, used as a comfy chair. - beanstalk noun (a beanstalk, beanstalks)
The tall stem of a bean plant that climbs up a pole or string. - bear noun (bear, bears); verb (bear, bears, bore, borne, bearing)
A bear is a big, strong animal with thick fur, like a brown bear, polar bear or black bear. - bearcat noun (a bearcat, bearcats)
1) The binturong, a furry animal from the forests of South and Southeast Asia with a long tail it can grip with; it is neither a bear nor… - beard noun (a beard, beards); verb (beard someone — old, to face boldly, rare)
A beard is the hair that grows on the chin and cheeks of a man. - bearded adjective (bearded)
Bearded means having a beard, hair growing on the chin and cheeks. - beardless adjective
1) Beardless means without a beard, as a young man or boy usually is. - bearer noun (bearers)
1) A bearer is a person who carries something, such as a load, a flag, a coffin or a sick person on a stretcher. - bearing noun (a bearing, bearings); verb, -ing form of bear (bear, bears, bore, borne, bearing)
A direction measured in degrees clockwise from north, written with three figures: a bearing of 090 degrees is east. - bearskin noun (bearskins)
A bearskin is the thick skin or fur of a bear. - beast noun (a beast, beasts); (slang) adjective-like use
A beast is a large, wild or frightening animal. - beastly adjective (beastlier, beastliest)
1) (informal, British, old-fashioned) Beastly means very unpleasant, nasty or annoying. 2) Beastly can also mean cruel or unkind. - beat verb (beat, beats, beat, beaten, beating); noun (a beat, beats); adjective (beat — informal, very tired)
1) To beat is to win against someone. 2) To beat is to hit again and again. 3) To beat food is to mix it fast, like eggs. 4) A beat is a… - beaten verb (past participle of beat: beaten); adjective (beaten)
Beaten is the form of "beat" after have or be: lost to someone in a game ("We were beaten 3–0"). - beater noun (beaters)
A beater is a person who goes through bushes or woods to drive out game such as deer or birds towards the hunters. - beating noun (beatings)
A beating is a hitting with a stick or hands as a punishment. - beau noun (a beau, beaux or beaus); French word (beau)
A beau is a boyfriend or a man who is courting a woman. - beauteous adjective
1) (old use, poetic) Beauteous means very beautiful. - beautiful adjective (beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful)
1) Beautiful means very pleasant to look at, hear or experience. 2) Beautiful can mean very good or kind, as in a beautiful thing to do. - beautifully adverb (beautifully)
In a beautiful way; in a way that is very pleasant to see or hear. - beautify verb (beautify, beautifies, beautified, beautifying)
1) To beautify something is to make it more beautiful. - beauty noun (beauty, uncountable; a beauty, beauties)
The quality of being very pleasing to look at, hear or think about. - beaver noun (a beaver, beavers); verb (beaver away — informal, to work hard)
A beaver is a large rodent with thick brown fur, strong teeth and a wide, flat tail, that lives near rivers and lakes. - because conjunction (because; because of); casual short forms (cos, coz, 'cause, bc)
Because gives the reason for something: I am wet because it rained. - beckon verb (beckons, beckoned, beckoning)
To beckon is to move the hand or head to call someone to come closer. - become verb (become, becomes, became, becoming; past participle become)
1) To become is to start to be something. A seed becomes a plant. 2) To become is to change into something new over time, like a… - bed noun (bed, beds); verb (bed down — to sleep somewhere)
1) A bed is furniture you sleep on. 2) A garden bed (flower bed) is a patch of ground for plants. 3) The bed of a river or sea is the… - bedchamber noun (a bedchamber, bedchambers — old)
1) (old, formal) A bedroom, especially in a palace or a grand house. - bedclothes noun (bedclothes – plural only)
1) The covers on a bed: sheets, blankets, a duvet or quilt, and pillowcases. - bedding noun (bedding — uncountable)
The sheets, blankets, duvets, pillows and pillowcases on a bed. - bedraggled adjective (bedraggled)
1) Wet, dirty and messy, as when you have been out in rain or mud. 2) Looking untidy, worn out and sorry for yourself. - bedrock noun (bedrock, uncountable)
1) The solid rock that lies under soil and loose rocks. 2) The basic idea or part that everything else depends on. - bedroom noun (bedroom, bedrooms)
1) A bedroom is a room for sleeping, with a bed in it. 2) «A three-bedroom house» has three such rooms. - bedside noun (a bedside, bedsides); adjective (bedside, as in bedside table)
1) The area next to a bed. 2) Used before a noun for things kept next to a bed: a bedside table, bedside lamp. 3) Being at someone's… - bedstead noun (bedsteads)
The frame of a bed, the part that holds up the mattress. - bedtime noun (bedtime, bedtimes)
1) Bedtime is the time when you usually go to bed. 2) Bedtime can also describe things done just before sleeping, like a bedtime story. - bee noun (a bee, bees)
1) A bee is a flying insect with a hairy body, often yellow and black striped, that collects nectar and pollen from flowers; some bees… - beech noun (a beech, beeches; beech — the wood, uncountable)
A beech is a large tree with smooth grey bark and shiny oval leaves, found in Europe and North America. - beechwood noun (beechwoods)
A wood or forest made of beech trees. - beef noun (beef, uncountable; a beef, beefs — complaint); verb (beef up, beefs, beefed)
1) The meat from a cow, bull or ox. 2) (slang) A complaint or a quarrel with someone (What's your beef? He has beef with me). 3)… - beehive noun (a beehive, beehives)
1) A box or other structure where bees live and make honey. 2) A hairstyle piled high on the head. - beekeeper noun (a beekeeper, beekeepers); verb-related: beekeeping
1) A person who keeps bees in hives to collect honey and wax. 2) Someone who looks after bees as a hobby or job. - beep noun (a beep, beeps); verb (beep, beeps, beeped, beeping)
A beep is a short, high sound made by a machine, like a microwave, a car horn or a phone. - beer noun (beer, beers; a beer)
An alcoholic drink for adults, made from grain (usually barley) and hops, fizzy and often golden or brown; it is not for children. - beeswax noun (beeswax, uncountable)
The yellow wax that honeybees make to build their honeycomb. - beet noun (beet, beets; beetroot)
A beet is a round dark red vegetable that grows under the ground; in the UK it is called beetroot. - beethoven noun (a name; Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), a German composer, one of the most famous in history; he kept writing music even after he became deaf. - beetle noun (beetle, beetles); verb (beetle off — hurry away, rare)
1) A beetle is an insect with a hard shiny back. Like all insects it has 6 legs. 2) The hard back is really a pair of wing cases that… - beetroot noun (a beetroot, beetroots; beetroot — uncountable as food); US: beet
Beetroot is a round, dark red root vegetable that grows under the ground. - befall verb (befall, befalls, befell, befallen) (old use)
To happen to someone, often something bad: «If you do ill, ill will befall you.» - befit verb (befit, befits, befitted, befitting) (old use)
To be right and suitable for someone: «treated as befits your rank» means treated as is right for their rank. - befitting adjective (no change in form) (old use)
Right and suitable for a person or an occasion: a dress befitting a bride. - befool verb (befool, befools, befooled, befooling) (old use)
To fool or trick someone, so that they look foolish. - before preposition (before lunch); adverb (I have seen it before); conjunction (before you go)
Before means earlier than something else: before lunch. - beforehand adverb (beforehand)
1) Beforehand means earlier, before something else happens, often to get ready. - befriend verb (befriend, befriends, befriended, befriending)
1) To become a friend to someone, especially someone who is new, lonely or needs help. 2) To make friends with an animal so it trusts you. - beg verb (beg, begs, begged, begging)
To ask someone very strongly, again and again, for something you want a lot. - beget verb (beget, begets, begot or begat, begotten, begetting) (old use)
To become the father of a child; in old tales, to produce children or new things. - beggar noun (a beggar, beggars); verb (beggar, beggars, beggared — rare)
A person who is very poor and lives by asking people for money or food. - beggarman noun (beggarmen) (old use)
A man who begs for money or food. - begging verb, -ing form of beg (beg, begs, begged, begging); noun (begging); adjective (begging)
Asking someone very strongly or desperately for something: begging for one more story. - begin verb (begin, begins, began, begun, beginning)
1) To begin is to start doing something. 2) To begin is to start happening or existing: «The film begins at 7». 3) To begin with means… - beginner noun (a beginner, beginners)
1) A beginner is a person who is just starting to learn or do something and does not have much skill yet. - beginning noun (beginning, beginnings); verb (begin, begins, began, begun, beginning)
1) The beginning is the first part or the start of something. 2) Beginning is also the -ing form of begin: «It is beginning to rain». - begrimed adjective (from the verb begrime)
Covered with dirt, especially dark dirt or soot. - begrudge verb (begrudge, begrudges, begrudged, begrudging)
To feel unhappy that someone has or gets something, and wish they did not have it: «why do you begrudge me my playmates?» - behalf noun (only in the phrases "on behalf of" and "on someone's behalf")
1) For someone, as their representative, or in their place. 2) For the good of someone. - behave verb (behave, behaves, behaved, behaving)
To act or do things in a certain way: behave well, behave badly, behave strangely. - behavior noun (behaviors) (American spelling of «behaviour»)
The way a person or animal acts; how someone conducts themselves, good or bad. - behaviour noun (behaviour, behaviours — usually no plural)
The way a person or animal acts, especially how good or bad, polite or rude it is. - behead verb (behead, beheads, beheaded, beheading)
1) To cut off a person's head as a punishment or execution. - beheaded verb (behead, beheads, beheaded, beheading — this is the past form); adjective (beheaded)
1) Killed by having the head cut off. 2) Having had the head or top part removed, as with a flower or statue. - beheading noun (a beheading, beheadings); verb, -ing form of behead (behead, beheads, beheaded, beheading)
1) Cutting off someone's head as a punishment; an execution. 2) (verb) Cutting off the head of a person or animal. - behest noun (behests) (old use)
A command or order, often from someone in charge: «at his behest» means as he ordered.
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