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beef·eat·er noun : a yeoman of the guard of an English monarch

beef·steak noun : a slice of beef suitable for broiling or frying

beefy adjective beef·i·er; -est : heavily and powerfully built : BRAWNY

Synonyms

brawny, burly, husky—more at HUSKY

bee·hive noun : HIVE 1, 3

bee·keep·er noun : a person who raises bees

— bee·keep·ing noun

bee·line noun : a straight direct course

been past participle of BE

beep·er noun : a small radio receiver that beeps when signaled to alert the person carrying it

beer noun : an alcoholic beverage brewed from malt and hops

— beery adjective

bees·wax noun : WAX 1

beet noun : a garden plant with edible leaves and a thick sweet root used as a vegetable, as a source of sugar, or as forage; also : its root

1beetle noun : any of an order of insects having four wings of which the stiff outer pair covers the membranous inner pair when not in flight

2beetle verb bee·tled; bee·tling : to jut out : PROJECT

Synonyms

bulge, overhang, poke, project, protrude, stick out—more at BULGE

be·fall verb -fell ; -fall·en : to happen to : OCCUR

Synonyms

be, betide, chance, come, go, happen, occur, pass, transpire—more at HAPPEN

be·fit verb : to be suitable to

Synonyms

do, fit, go, serve, suit—more at DO

be·fog verb 1 : to make dark, dim, or indistinct : OBSCURE

2 : to make mentally unclear or uncertain : CONFUSE

Synonyms

[1] becloud, blur, cloud, darken, dim, fog, haze, mist, obscure, overcast, overshadow, shroud—more at CLOUD

[2] addle, baffle, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, confound, confuse, disorient, muddle, muddy, mystify, perplex, puzzle—more at CONFUSE

1before adverb or adjective 1 : in front

2 : at an earlier time : PREVIOUSLY

Synonyms

ahead, beforehand, previously—more at AHEAD

2before preposition 1 : in front of

2 : earlier than

3 : in a more important category than

Synonyms

ahead of, ere, of, previous to, prior to, to; also till, until, up to

Antonyms

after, following

3before conjunction 1 : earlier than the time that

2 : more willingly than

be·fore·hand adverb or adjective : in advance

Synonyms

ahead, before, early, previously—more at AHEAD

be·foul verb : to make foul (as with dirt or waste)

Synonyms

begrime, besmirch, blacken, dirty, muddy, smirch, soil, stain—more at DIRTY

contaminate, defile, foul, poison, pollute, taint—more at CONTAMINATE

be·friend verb : to act as friend to

be·fud·dle verb : to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink : CONFUSE

Synonyms

addle, baffle, befog, bemuse, bewilder, confound, confuse, disorient, muddle, muddy, mystify, perplex, puzzle—more at CONFUSE

beg verb begged; beg·ging 1 : to ask as a charity; also : ENTREAT

2 : EVADE; also : assume as established, settled, or proved <~ the question>

Synonyms

appeal, beseech, entreat, implore, importune, petition, plead, pray, solicit, supplicate; also sponge

be·get verb -got ; -got·ten or -got; -get·ting : to become the father of : SIRE

1beggar noun : one that begs; especially : a person who begs as a way of life

2beggar verb : IMPOVERISH

beg·gar·ly adjective 1 : contemptibly mean or inadequate

2 : marked by unrelieved poverty

beg·gary noun : extreme poverty

Synonyms

destitution, impecuniousness, impoverishment, indigence, need, pauperism, penury, poverty, want—more at POVERTY

be·gin verb be·gan ; be·gun ; be·gin·ning 1 : to do the first part of an action : COMMENCE

2 : to come into being : ARISE; also : FOUND

3 : ORIGINATE, INVENT

Synonyms

[1] commence, embark, enter, get off, launch, open, start, strike; also create, generate, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, invent, originate

Antonyms

conclude, end, finish, terminate

[2] arise, commence, dawn, form, found, materialize, originate, spring, start; also be, breathe, exist, live, subsist

Antonyms

cease, end, stop

be·gin·ner noun : one

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