| beforehand |
in advance; at a previous time; earlier. |
| befoul |
to make foul; defile. [2 definitions] |
| befriend |
to be or act as a friend to. |
| befuddle |
to stupefy with or as though with liquor. [2 definitions] |
| beg |
to ask for (food, money, or other necessities) as charity or as a gift. [4 definitions] |
| began |
past tense of begin. |
| beget |
to generate (offspring); cause to begin life, esp. to father. [2 definitions] |
| beggar |
one who begs, esp. as a means of survival. [4 definitions] |
| beggarly |
extremely poor or unkempt; like a beggar. [2 definitions] |
| beggary |
the state of being a beggar; extreme poverty. [3 definitions] |
| begin |
to perform the first step in a process; start. [6 definitions] |
| beginner |
someone just beginning to acquire new knowledge or learn a new skill. |
| beginning |
(sometimes pl.) the first part or origin of a thing or process; start. [2 definitions] |
| begird |
to fasten around; encircle. |
| beg off |
to ask to be exempted from fulfilling an obligation. |
| be going to |
used as an auxiliary verb to express a plan or intention to carry out some action, or to express a prediction of what seems likely to occur based on certain evidence. |
| begone |
go away (usu. used in imperative). |
| begonia |
a tropical plant of which some species are cultivated as houseplants, bearing bright, waxy flowers of various colors and having leaves that are often varicolored or veined. |
| begot |
past tense and a past participle of beget. |
| begotten |
a past participle of beget. |
| begrime |
to soil with or as though with grime; make grimy. |