Helen Fenton

Be: Definition and part of speech

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Be

  1. v. i. To signify; to represent or symbolize; to answer to.
  2. v. i. To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.
  3. v. i. To exist in a certain manner or relation, — whether as a reality or as a product of thought; to exist as the subject of a certain predicate, that is, as having a certain attribute, or as belonging to a certain sort, or as identical with what is specified, — a word or words for the predicate being annexed; as, to be happy; to be here; to be large, or strong; to be an animal; to be a hero; to be a nonentity; three and two are five; annihilation is the cessation of existence; that is the man.
  4. v. i. To take place; to happen; as, the meeting was on Thursday.

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.

Be-: Definition and part of speech

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Be-

  1. To make the action of a verb particular or definite; as, beget (to get as offspring); beset (to set around).
  2. A prefix, originally the same word as by;
  3. To intensify the meaning; as, bespatter, bestir.
  4. To render an intransitive verb transitive; as, befall (to fall upon); bespeak (to speak for).

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.

Beach: Definition and part of speech

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Beach

  1. n. The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand.
  2. n. Pebbles, collectively; shingle.

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.

Beacon: Definition and part of speech

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Beacon

  1. n. That which gives notice of danger.
  2. n. A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.
  3. n. A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners.
  4. n. A high hill near the shore.

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.