Helen Fenton

Beastly: Definition and part of speech

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Beastly

  1. a. Abominable; as, beastly weather.
  2. a. Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast.
  3. a. Characterizing the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of man; brutal; filthy.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Beat: Definition and part of speech

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Beat

  1. p. p. of Beat
  2. imp. of Beat
  3. v. t. To punish by blows; to thrash.
  4. v. t. To scour or range over in hunting, accompanied with the noise made by striking bushes, etc., for the purpose of rousing game.
  5. v. t. To dash against, or strike, as with water or wind.
  6. v. t. To tread, as a path.
  7. v. t. To overcome in a battle, contest, strife, race, game, etc.; to vanquish or conquer; to surpass.
  8. v. t. To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; — often with out.
  9. v. t. To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
  10. v. t. To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo. See Alarm, Charge, Parley, etc.
  11. 1p. p. 1 of Beat
  12. 1imp. 1 of Beat

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Beaten: Definition and part of speech

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Beaten

  1. of Beat
  2. a. Made smooth by beating or treading; worn by use.
  3. a. Vanquished; conquered; baffled.
  4. a. Exhausted; tired out.
  5. a. Become common or trite; as, a beaten phrase.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bean caper: Definition and part of speech

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Bean caper

  1. A deciduous plant of warm climates, generally with fleshy leaves and flowers of a yellow or whitish yellow color, of the genus Zygophyllum.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bean trefoil: Definition and part of speech

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Bean trefoil

  1. A leguminous shrub of southern Europe, with trifoliate leaves (Anagyris foetida).

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bore: Definition and part of speech

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Bore

  1. imp. of Bear
  2. v. t. To perforate or penetrate, as a solid body, by turning an auger, gimlet, drill, or other instrument; to make a round hole in or through; to pierce; as, to bore a plank.
  3. v. t. To form or enlarge by means of a boring instrument or apparatus; as, to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole.
  4. v. t. To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; as, to bore one’s way through a crowd; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
  5. v. t. To weary by tedious iteration or by dullness; to tire; to trouble; to vex; to annoy; to pester.
  6. v. t. To befool; to trick.
  7. v. i. To make a hole or perforation with, or as with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool; as, to bore for water or oil (i. e., to sink a well by boring for water or oil); to bore with a gimlet; to bore into a tree (as insects).
  8. v. i. To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns; as, this timber does not bore well, or is hard to bore.
  9. v. i. To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
  10. v. i. To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air; — said of a horse.
  11. 1imp. 1 of Bear
  12. 1v. t. 1 To perforate or penetrate, as a solid body, by turning an auger, gimlet, drill, or other instrument; to make a round hole in or through; to pierce; as, to bore a plank.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bearing: Definition and part of speech

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Bearing

  1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Bear
  2. n. The manner in which one bears or conducts one’s self; mien; behavior; carriage.
  3. n. Patient endurance; suffering without complaint.
  4. n. The situation of one object, with respect to another, such situation being supposed to have a connection with the object, or influence upon it, or to be influenced by it; hence, relation; connection.
  5. n. Purport; meaning; intended significance; aspect.
  6. n. The act, power, or time of producing or giving birth; as, a tree in full bearing; a tree past bearing.
  7. n. That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports; as, a lintel or beam may have four inches of bearing upon the wall.
  8. n. The portion of a support on which anything rests.
  9. n. Improperly, the unsupported span; as, the beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports.
  10. n. The part of an axle or shaft in contact with its support, collar, or boxing; the journal.
  11. 1p. pr. & vb. n. 1 of Bear
  12. 1n. 1 The manner in which one bears or conducts one’s self; mien; behavior; carriage.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bear: Definition and part of speech

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Bear

  1. n. Alt. of Bere
  2. v. t. To support or sustain; to hold up.
  3. v. t. To support and remove or carry; to convey.
  4. v. t. To conduct; to bring; — said of persons.
  5. v. t. To possess and use, as power; to exercise.
  6. v. t. To sustain; to have on (written or inscribed, or as a mark), as, the tablet bears this inscription.
  7. v. t. To possess or carry, as a mark of authority or distinction; to wear; as, to bear a sword, badge, or name.
  8. v. t. To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbor
  9. v. t. To endure; to tolerate; to undergo; to suffer.
  10. v. t. To gain or win.
  11. 1n. 1 Alt. of Bere
  12. 1v. t. 1 To support or sustain; to hold up.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.