(MLE, MTE, Yorkshire, slang, not comparable) A lot or lots of.
(figuratively) Mere; without embellishment.
Having had what usually covers (something) removed.
Having no decoration.
Having no supplies.
Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
Naked, uncovered.
Not insured.
Threadbare, very worn.
With head uncovered; bareheaded.
Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
adv
(MLE, slang) Very; significantly.
(dialect) Barely.
noun
(architecture) That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.
(‘the bare’) The surface, the (bare) skin.
Surface; body; substance.
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense of bear
(transitive) To uncover; to reveal.
bear
bear
adj
(finance, investments) Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices will fall.
noun
(CB radio, slang, US) A state policeman (short for smokey bear).
(cartomancy) The fifteenth Lenormand card.
(colloquial, US) Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore.
(cooking, uncountable) The meat of this animal.
(engineering) A portable punching machine.
(figuratively) A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.
(finance) An investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices.
(gay slang) A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual.
(nautical) A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck.
(obsolete) A pillowcase; a fabric case or covering as for a pillow.
A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous), related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of the family Ursidae.
Alternative spelling of bere (“barley”).
verb
(chiefly transitive) To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.
(finance, transitive) To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.
(intransitive, figuratively) To take effect; to have influence or force; to be relevant.
(intransitive, military, usually with on or upon) Of a weapon, to be aimed at an enemy or other target.
(intransitive, obsolete) To carry a burden or burdens.
(intransitive, originally nautical) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
(intransitive, usually with on, upon, or against) To push, thrust, press.
(now transitive outside certain set patterns such as 'bear with'; formerly also intransitive) To endure or withstand (hardship, scrutiny, etc.); to tolerate; to be patient (with).
(reflexive, transitive) To behave or conduct (oneself).
(transitive) To admit or be capable of (a meaning); to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.
(transitive) To afford, to be something to someone, to supply with something.
(transitive) To carry on, or maintain; to have.
(transitive) To carry or hold in the mind; to experience, entertain, harbour (an idea, feeling, or emotion).
(transitive) To display (a particular heraldic device) on a shield or coat of arms; to be entitled to wear or use (a heraldic device) as a coat of arms.
(transitive) To give (written or oral testimony or evidence); (figurative) to provide or constitute (evidence or proof), give witness.
(transitive) To have (a certain meaning, intent, or effect).
(transitive) To have (a name, title, or designation).
(transitive) To have or display (a mark or other feature).
(transitive) To possess inherently (a quality, attribute, power, or capacity); to have and display as an essential characteristic.
(transitive) To possess or enjoy (recognition, renown, a reputation, etc.); to have (a particular price, value, or worth).
(transitive) To present or exhibit (a particular outward appearance); to have (a certain look).
(transitive) To support or sustain; to hold up.
(transitive) To sustain, or be answerable for (blame, expense, responsibility, etc.).
(transitive) To warrant, justify the need for.
(transitive, ditransitive) To give birth to (someone or something) (may take the father of the direct object as an indirect object).
(transitive, less commonly intransitive) To produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops.
(transitive, obsolete) To gain or win.
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To take or bring (a person) with oneself; to conduct.
(transitive, of a person or animal) To have (an appendage, organ, etc.) as part of the body; (of a part of the body) to have (an appendage).
(transitive, of a thing) To have (a relation, correspondence, etc.) to something else.
(transitive, of an investment, loan, etc.) To have (interest or a specified rate of interest) stipulated in its terms.
(transitive, of garments, pieces of jewellery, etc.) To wear.
(transitive, of weapons, flags or symbols of rank, office, etc.) To carry upon one's person, especially visibly; to be equipped with.
(transitive, rare) To feel and show (respect, reverence, loyalty, etc.) to, towards, or unto a person or thing.
(transitive, rare) To possess and use, to exercise (power or influence); to hold (an office, rank, or position).
(transitive, rarely intransitive, of a woman or female animal) To carry (offspring in the womb), to be pregnant (with).
beer
beer
noun
(countable) A glass, bottle, or can of any of the above beverages.
(countable) A variety of the above beverages.
(nonstandard) One who is or exists.
(uncountable) A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc.
(uncountable) A solution produced by steeping plant materials in water or another fluid.
(uncountable) An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt, often with hops or some other substance to impart a bitter flavor.
verb
(informal, transitive) To give beer to (someone)
bere
bere
noun
(chiefly Scotland) Barley, especially four-rowed barley or six-rowed barley.
berg
berg
noun
(chiefly South Africa) mountain
An iceberg.
beri
berk
berk
noun
(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory, vulgar) Synonym of cunt in its various senses, (now especially somewhat endearing) a fool, a prat, a twit, etc.
berl
berm
berm
noun
(Indiana, Ohio) A strip of land between a street and sidewalk.
(Western Pennsylvania) Edge of a road.
A ledge between the parapet and the moat in a fortification.
A mound or bank of earth, used especially as a barrier or to provide insulation.
A narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope.
A raised bank or path, especially the bank of a canal opposite the towpath.
A terrace formed by wave action along a beach.
verb
To provide something with a berm
bern
bert
bier
bier
noun
A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woollen cloth.
A litter to transport the corpse of a dead person.
A platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed.
bler
boer
bore
bore
noun
A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.
A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.
A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
Calibre; importance.
One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
Something dull or uninteresting.
The place where such a well exists.
The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
verb
(colloquial) past participle of bear
(intransitive) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
(intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
(intransitive) To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
(obsolete) To fool; to trick.
(proscribed) simple past tense of bare
(transitive) To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
(transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody.
(transitive) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
(transitive) To make a hole through something.
(transitive, sports, slang) To push or drive (a boxer into the ropes, a boat out of its course, etc.).
simple past tense of bear
brae
brae
noun
(Northern England, Scotland) Any hillside or slope.
(Northern England, Scotland) The sloping bank of a river valley.
brea
bred
bred
verb
simple past tense and past participle of breed
bree
bree
noun
(Scotland) The brow; forehead.
(obsolete or dialectal, Scotland) The eyebrow.
(obsolete or dialectal, Scotland) The eyelid.
(obsolete outside Scotland) Broth.
brei
bren
bren
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To burn (to set ablaze).
bres
bret
brev
brev
noun
Alternative form of bruv
brew
brew
noun
(Britain, dialect) An overhanging hill or cliff.
(Britain, slang) A cup of tea.
(slang) A single serving (can, bottle, etc.) of beer.
The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed; a brewage, such as tea or beer.
verb
(intransitive) To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.
(intransitive, of an unwelcome event) To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering.
(transitive) To foment or prepare, as by brewing
(transitive) To heat wine, infusing it with spices; to mull.
(transitive, intransitive) To make a hot soup by combining ingredients and boiling them in water.
(transitive, intransitive) To make beer by steeping a starch source in water and fermenting the resulting sweet liquid with yeast.
(transitive, intransitive) To make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or coffee beans with hot water.
(transitive, obsolete) To boil or seethe; to cook.
brey
brie
brie
noun
An originally French variety of soft cheese made from cow's milk.
bure
bure
noun
A traditional Fijian cottage with a steep thatched roof and wide windows.
byre
byre
noun
(chiefly Britain) A barn, especially one used for keeping cattle in.
ebro
ebro
Proper noun
a river in Spain that flows into the Mediterranean
erbe
gerb
gerb
noun
A firework that produces a fountain of sparks
greb
hebr
herb
herb
noun
(countable) A plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc. are used in medicine.
(countable) Any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavour or season food.
(countable, US, slang) A lame or uncool person.
(countable, botany) A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season
(uncountable, obsolete) Grass; herbage.
(uncountable, slang) Cannabis.
kerb
kerb
noun
(Britain, Australia, New Zealand) The raised edge between the pavement and the roadway, typically made of concrete though originally consisting of a line of kerbstones.
A stone ring built to enclose and sometimes revet the cairn or barrow built over a chamber tomb.
Alternative form of curb (“raised margin along the edge of a well, etc.”)
verb
(Britain, transitive) To damage vehicle wheels or tyres by running into or over a pavement kerb.
To take a dog to the kerb for the purpose of evacuating.
nebr
ober
reba
rebe
rebs
rebs
noun
plural of reb
reub
ribe
robe
robe
noun
(US) The skin of an animal, especially the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap.
A long loose outer garment, often signifying honorary stature.
A wardrobe, especially one built into a bedroom.
The largest and strongest tobacco leaves.
verb
(intransitive) To put on official vestments.
(transitive) To clothe; to dress.
rube
rube
noun
(US, Canada, informal) A person of rural heritage; a yokel.
(derogatory) An uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person.
serb
verb
verb
noun
(figurative) An action as opposed to a trait or thing.
(grammar) A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being.
(obsolete) Any word; a vocable.
(programming) A named command that performs a specific operation on an object.
verb
(transitive, nonstandard, colloquial) To use any word that is or was not a verb (especially a noun) as if it were a verb.
(used as a neutral, unspecific verb, often in linguistics and the social sciences) To perform any action that is normally expressed by a verb.