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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • bear a resemblancephraseC1To look somewhat like somebody or something else.
  • bear responsibilityphraseC1To carry the duty for something.
  • bear upphraseC1To keep going bravely under strain.
  • bear witnessphraseC1To state formally what you saw or know.
  • bearing/ˈbɛə̯ɹɪŋ/nounC15 meaningsA direction given as an angle measured from north.
  • beat around the bush/ˈbiːt əˌɹaʊ̯nd ðə bʊʃ/phraseC1
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  • beat-upadjectiveC1Worn and damaged from long use.
  • beauty/ˈbjuːti/nounA22 meaningsThe quality that makes something wonderful to look at.
  • beckon/ˈbɛkən/verbC12 meaningsTo signal to somebody to come nearer.
  • becoming/bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ/adjectiveC12 meaningsSuiting somebody well, of clothes or appearance.
  • bedfellow/ˈbɛdˌfɛloʊ/nounC1Somebody sharing a bed, or an unlikely partner.
  • bedraggled/bɪˈdɹæɡl̩d/adjectiveC1Wet, dirty and untidy.
  • bedrollnounC1Bedding rolled up for carrying.
  • beef/biːf/nounA22 meaningsThe meat of a cow.
  • befall/bɪˈfɔːl/verbC1To happen to somebody, usually for the worse.
  • befit/bɪˈfɪt/verbC1To be suitable for somebody's rank or occasion.
  • beforehand/bɪˈfɔːhænd/adverbC1Ahead of the time in question.
  • begrudge/bɪˈɡɹʌd͡ʒ/verbC1To resent giving somebody what they have.
  • beguilingadjectiveC1Charming in a way that may mislead.
  • behemoth/bəˈhi(ː).məθ/nounC1Something enormously large and powerful.
  • beholden/bɪˈhəʊldən/adjectiveC1Owing a debt of gratitude to somebody.
  • belch/ˈbɛltʃ/verbB22 meaningsTo let wind up noisily from the stomach.
  • beleaguered/bɪˈliːɡəd/adjectiveC1Under constant pressure from all sides.
  • belfry/ˈbɛlfɹi/nounC1The part of a tower where the bells hang.
  • belittle/bɪˈlɪt.əl/verbC1To make somebody or their work seem small.
  • bellyfulnounC1As much as you can stand of something.
  • below parphraseC1Not as good as the usual standard.
  • bemoan/bɪˈməʊn/verbC1To complain sadly about something.
  • bemused/bɪˈmjuːzd/adjectiveC1Puzzled and unable to make sense of things.
  • bend over backwardsphraseC1To try extremely hard to please someone.
  • beneath/bɪˈniːθ/prepositionB12 meaningsIn a lower position than something.
  • benefactor/ˈbɛnəˌfæktəː/nounC1Somebody who gives money or help.
  • beneficiary/ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əɹ.i/nounC1Somebody who receives an advantage or a legacy.
  • benevolence/bəˈnɛvələns/nounC1Kindly feeling and the wish to do good.
  • benevolent/bəˈnɛvələnt/adjectiveC1Kind, generous and wishing good to others.
  • benign/bɪˈnaɪn/adjectiveC12 meaningsGentle and harmless.
  • beninnounC1A country in West Africa.
  • bent/bɛnt/adjectiveB25 meaningsCurved or twisted out of its proper straight shape.
  • bequeath/bɪˈkwiːθ/verbC12 meaningsTo leave something to somebody in your will.
  • bequest/bɪˈkwɛst/nounC1Something left to somebody in a will.
  • berate/bɪˈɹeɪt/verbC1To scold somebody at length.
  • bereaved/bɪˈɹiːvd/adjectiveC1Having recently lost somebody close to death.
  • bereavement/bɪˈriːvmənt/nounC1The state of having lost somebody to death.
  • beset/bɪˈsɛt/verbC1To trouble from every side at once.
  • best/bɛst/adjectiveA14 meaningsOf the highest quality; better than all the others.
  • bestial/ˈbɛs.ti.əl/adjectiveC1Savagely cruel, like an animal.
  • betray/bɪˈtɹeɪ/verbB23 meaningsTo act against somebody who trusted you.
  • betrothal/bɪˈtɹəʊ.ðəl/nounC1A formal promise to marry.
  • betrothed/bɪˈtɹəʊðd/nounC1An old-fashioned, literary word for the person one has promised to marry, used unchanged for a man or a woman rather than the French-derived pair.
  • better/ˈbɛt.ə/adjectiveA14 meaningsOf higher quality, skill or value than something else.
  • betterment/ˈbɛtəmənt/nounC1A rise in a person's condition or standing in life, such as the lift that schooling gives to the poor.
  • bewitching/bəˈwɪt͡ʃɪŋ/adjectiveC1So charming that you cannot look away.
  • bhutannounC1Himalayan kingdom that measures Gross National Happiness.
  • biannual/bʌɪˈanjuːəl/adjectiveC1Happening twice in a year.
  • bias/ˈbaɪ.əs/nounB2+4 meaningsA leaning toward or against something that stops you judging it fairly.
  • bib shortsnounC1Padded shorts held up by shoulder straps.
  • bid/bɪd/nounB22 meaningsAn offer of a price at a sale.
  • bigot/ˈbɪɡət/nounC1Somebody stubbornly intolerant of other views.
  • bigotry/ˈbɪɡ.ə.tɹi/nounC1Stubborn intolerance of other people's views.
  • bile/baɪl/nounC12 meaningsA bitter fluid made by the liver.