(transitive) To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.
(transitive, archaic) To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.
(transitive, obsolete) To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.
abbes
abbes
noun
plural of abbe
abets
abets
noun
plural of abet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abet
abies
abies
noun
A tannin made from the barks of firs and spruces.
A tree of the genus Abies.
ables
ables
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of able
absee
absey
absey
noun
(obsolete) ABC; alphabet.
(obsolete) Absey book; abecedary.
(obsolete) An alphabetical acrostic list.
abuse
abuse
noun
(now rare) Catachresis.
(obsolete) A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception.
Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.
Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
Misuse; improper use; perversion.
Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.
verb
(transitive) To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage.
(transitive) To imbibe a drug for a purpose other than it was intended; to intentionally take more of a drug than was prescribed for recreational reasons; to take illegal drugs habitually.
(transitive) To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
(transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert
(transitive, archaic) To violate; defile; to rape; (reflexive) to masturbate.
(transitive, obsolete) Misrepresent; adulterate.
(transitive, obsolete) To deceive; to trick; to impose on; misuse the confidence of.
(transitive, obsolete, Scotland) Disuse.
abyes
abyes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abye
asben
babes
babes
noun
(treated as a singular noun; plural babes) Alternative form of babe used as a term of endearment to a loved one.
plural of babe
baese
bakes
bakes
noun
plural of bake
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bake
bales
bales
noun
plural of bale
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bale
banes
banes
noun
plural of bane
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bane
bares
bares
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bare
barse
barse
noun
(UK, vulgar, slang) The perineum of a man.
The perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch.
based
based
adj
(Internet slang, originally 4chan) Admirable for rejecting liberalism or left-wing values.
(Internet slang, originally 4chan) Admirable; praiseworthy.
(slang, of a person) Not caring what others think about one's personality, style, or behavior; focused on maintaining individuality.
Founded on; having a basis; often used in combining forms.
verb
Being derived from (usually followed by on or upon).
Having a base
Having a base of operations.
basel
basel
Proper noun
A city in Switzerland.
baser
baser
adj
comparative form of base: more base
bases
bases
noun
plural of base
plural of basis
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of base
basie
baske
basle
basle
Proper noun
A city in Switzerland; spelling of
baste
baste
noun
A basting; a sprinkling of drippings etc. in cooking.
verb
(archaic, slang) To beat with a stick; to cudgel.
(by extension) To coat over something.
To mark (sheep, etc.) with tar.
To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.
To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.
basye
bates
bates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bate
batse
beads
beads
noun
A beaded necklace.
plural of bead
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bead
beaks
beaks
noun
plural of beak
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beak
beals
beals
noun
plural of beal
beams
beams
noun
plural of beam
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beam
beans
beans
noun
(slang) A cut that reaches the hypodermis.
(slang, archaic) Money.
(slang, chiefly in the negative) An insignificant value or amount.
(slang, urban) Pills; drugs in pill form.
(slang, vulgar) Testes.
plural of bean
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bean
bears
bears
noun
plural of bear
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bear
beast
beast
adj
(slang, chiefly Midwestern and northeastern US) great; excellent; powerful
noun
(figuratively) Something unpleasant and difficult.
(more specific) A domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal.
(prison slang, derogatory) A sex offender.
(slang) Anything regarded as larger or more powerful than one of its normal size or strength.
(slang) Someone who is particularly impressive, especially athletically or physically.
A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.
A thing or matter, especially a difficult or unruly one.
Any animal other than a human; usually only applied to land vertebrates, especially large or dangerous four-footed ones.
verb
(Britain, military) to impose arduous exercises, either as training or as punishment.
beats
beats
noun
plural of beat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beat
beaus
becks
becks
noun
plural of beck
beefs
beefs
noun
plural of beef
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beef
beeps
beeps
noun
plural of beep
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beep
beers
beers
noun
plural of beer
beest
beest
noun
beestings, colostrum
verb
(archaic) second-person singular present indicative or subjunctive of be
beets
beets
noun
plural of beet
beggs
beisa
beisa
noun
An antelope (Oryx beisa, East African oryx)
belis
belis
noun
plural of beli
bells
bells
noun
(nautical) Ship's bells; the strokes on a ship's bell, every half-hour, to mark the passage of time.
Short for bell-bottoms.
plural of bell
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bell
belts
belts
noun
plural of belt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of belt
belus
bemas
bemas
noun
plural of bema
bemis
bends
bends
noun
(nautical) The thickest and strongest planks in a wooden ship's side, wales.
(underwater diving, pathology, usually with the) Synonym of decompression sickness.
plural of bend
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bend
benes
benes
noun
plural of bene
benis
benis
noun
(Internet slang) Penis.
bensh
bents
bents
noun
plural of bent
bergs
bergs
noun
plural of berg
berks
berks
noun
plural of berk
berms
berms
noun
plural of berm
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of berm
berns
besan
besan
noun
Gram flour, as used in Indian and Burmese cuisine.
besee
besee
verb
(reflexive, dialectal) To look about oneself; look to oneself.
(transitive, dialectal) To look to; see to; attend to; care for; take care of; provide for; treat; arrange.
(transitive, obsolete or dialectal) To look at; see; mind; regard; favour.
beset
beset
verb
(nautical) Of a ship, to get trapped by ice.
(transitive) To decorate something with jewels etc.
(transitive) To surround or hem in.
(transitive, sometimes figurative) To attack or assail, especially from all sides.
besew
besew
verb
(transitive) To sew.
besht
besin
besit
besit
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To sit around; sit about; besiege.
(transitive, obsolete) To sit properly upon, as clothes; to suit; become.
(transitive, obsolete) To sit upon.
besom
besom
noun
(Scotland, Northern England, derogatory) A troublesome woman.
A broom made from a bundle of twigs tied onto a shaft.
Any cleansing or purifying agent.
verb
(archaic, poetic) To sweep.
besot
besot
verb
(transitive) To muddle, stupefy, or cause to act foolishly, as with alcoholic liquor or infatuation.
bespy
bespy
verb
(transitive) To send spies to; beset with espionage.
besra
besra
noun
A bird of prey of southern Asia, Accipiter virgatus.
besse
bessi
bessy
bessy
Proper noun
name; today more often spelled Bessie.
bests
bests
noun
plural of best
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of best
betas
betas
noun
plural of beta
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beta
betes
beths
beths
noun
plural of beth
betis
betrs
betsi
betso
betsy
betsy
Proper noun
A diminutive form of the female given name Elizabeth.
bevis
bevus
bices
bices
noun
plural of bice
bides
bides
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bide
biens
biers
biers
noun
plural of bier
bikes
bikes
noun
plural of bike
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bike
biles
biles
noun
plural of bile
bines
bines
noun
plural of bine
biose
biose
noun
(biochemistry) Any carbohydrate having two carbon atoms; in reality - glycolaldehyde
(biochemistry) Synonym of disaccharide
birse
birse
noun
(Scotland) bristle
bises
bises
noun
plural of bise
biset
biset
noun
(mathematics) A pair of ordered sets of the same magnitude.
A species of pigeon, Columba livia.
bisie
bisme
bites
bites
noun
plural of bite
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bite
bizes
blase
blase
adj
Alternative spelling of blasé
blebs
blebs
noun
plural of bleb
blens
blens
noun
(Cornwall, zoology) The bib or pout (Trisopterus, or Gadus, luscus), a common fish of the cod family, Gadidae.
(UK, dialectal, zoology) The common cod; codfish
bless
bless
intj
(UK, Canada, informal) Used as an expression of endearment, gratitude, or (ironically) belittlement.
verb
(Perl programming, transitive, past tense only blessed) To turn (a reference) into an object.
(archaic, with from) To secure, defend, or prevent from.
(obsolete) To wave; to brandish.
To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
To honor as holy, glorify; to extol for excellence.
To invoke divine favor upon.
To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.
To make the sign of the cross upon, so as to sanctify.
blest
blest
verb
Archaic spelling of blessed
blets
blets
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blet
blues
blues
noun
(Australian rules football) Carlton Football Club.
(drug slang) Any of various blue pills sold on the street, mimicking the appearance of prescription pain killer tablets but often laced with fentanyl that leads to overdose deaths (see opioid epidemic).
(music) A musical form, African-American in origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar blues structure and using the blues scale.
(music, always singular) A musical composition following blues forms.
(rugby league) New South Wales.
(singular or plural, informal) One's particular life experience, particularly including the hardships one has faced.
(singular or plural, informal) The negative emotional state produced by a particular action, occupation, experience or idea.
(soccer, Birmingham) Birmingham City FC.
(soccer, Liverpudlian) Everton FC.
(soccer, London) Chelsea FC.
(soccer, Manchester) Manchester City FC.
(usually in the plural, informal) A feeling of sadness or depression.
A uniform made principally of a blue fabric, and especially a full dress uniform thus colored.
plural of blue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blue
bmews
bodes
bodes
noun
plural of bode
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bode
boers
boise
boles
boles
noun
plural of bole
bones
bones
noun
(informal) The act of two fists meeting together in the manner equivalent to a high-five.
(plural only) The framework or foundation of something.
A percussive folk musical instrument played as a pair in one hand, often made from bovine ribs.
plural of bone
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bone
boose
boose
noun
(dialect) A stall for an animal (usually a cow).
Alternative spelling of booze
bores
bores
noun
plural of bore
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bore
boser
bosey
bosey
noun
(cricket, obsolete) A googly.
botes
botes
noun
plural of bote
bouse
bouse
noun
(obsolete) a carouse; a booze
(obsolete) drink, especially alcoholic drink
verb
(obsolete) To drink immoderately; to carouse; to booze.
bowes
bowes
noun
plural of bowe
verb
Obsolete form of bow.
bowse
bowse
noun
A carouse; a drinking bout; a booze.
verb
(archaic) To drink excessively and socially; to carouse.
(nautical) To haul or hoist (something) with a tackle.
boxes
boxes
noun
plural of box
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of box
boyes
boyse
braes
braes
noun
plural of brae
brees
brees
noun
plural of bree
brens
brens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bren
bress
brest
brest
noun
Obsolete spelling of breast
brews
brews
noun
plural of brew
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brew
bries
bries
noun
plural of brie
brise
brise
noun
(obsolete, rare) A tract of land that has been left untilled for a long time.
brose
brose
noun
(Scotland) Oatmeal mixed with boiling water or milk.
bsaee
bsage
bsche
bsdes
bsele
bseng
bshec
bshed
bsmet
bsrec
bsret
bstie
btise
bulse
bulse
noun
(now rare) A bag or package of diamonds, gold dust or other precious materials.
burse
burse
noun
(ecclesiastical) An ornamental case to hold the corporal when not in use.
(now chiefly historical) A purse.
(obsolete) A kind of bazaar.
(obsolete) A stock exchange; a bourse.
A fund or foundation for the maintenance of the needy scholars in their studies.
bused
buses
buses
noun
plural of bus
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bus