Become, v. n. 1. Be.
2. Change to, be changed to, be converted into, get to be, come to be.
Become, v. a. Suit, befit, be suitable to, be proper for, be appropriate to.
Becoming, a. 1. Fit, proper, suitable, meet, appropriate, congruous, right, seemly.
2. Comely, graceful, neat, pretty.
Become of, Be the fate of, be the end of, be the final condition of.
Be confined, 1. Be restrained, be shut up, be shut in.
2. Be brought to bed, lie in, be in child-bed.
Bed, n. 1. Couch, berth, resting-place, place to sleep in.
2. Raised plot (of ground).
3. Layer, stratum, seam, vein.
Bed, v. a. Embed.
Bedaub, v. a. Smear, daub, besmear, soil, daub over.
Bedeck, v. a. Adorn, decorate, embellish, beautify, ornament, deck, emblazon, gild, array, garnish, grace, bedizen, set out, set off, trick out.
Bedew, v. a. Moisten, wet, damp, dampen.
Bedim, v. a. Darken, dim, obscure, cloud, becloud.
Bedizen, v. a. Adorn (gaudily), deck, bedeck.
Bedlam, n. Madhouse, lunatic hospital, lunatic asylum, hospital for the insane.
Bedlamite, n. Madman, lunatic, maniac, crazy person, insane person.
Bedouin, n. Nomadic Arab.
Bedridden, a. Confined to the bed.
Beef, n. Flesh of neat-cattle.
Bee-house, n. Apiary, beehive.
Bee-line, n. Straight line, right line, shortest distance, most direct line.
Bee-moth, n. Wax-moth.
Beetle, v. n. Protrude, project, jut, jut out, hang over.
Beetle-head, n. Simpleton, fool, dunce.
Beetle-headed, a. Dull, stupid, obtuse, foolish, senseless, witless, insensible, sluggish, slow of apprehension, void of understanding.
Beeves, n. pl. Neat-cattle.
Befall, v. a. Betide, overtake, happen to.
Befall, v. n. Happen, occur, take place.
Befit, v. a. Suit, fit, become, be suitable or proper for, be appropriate for.
Befitting, a. Becoming, suitable, fit, proper, right, meet, seemly, appropriate, congruous.
Befool, v. a. Infatuate, dupe, deceive, delude, cheat, chouse, trick, diddle, hoax, stultify, hoodwink, circumvent, overreach, beguile, bamboozle, impose upon, practise upon, play upon, make a fool of.
Before, prep. 1. Preceding.
2. Prior to, previous to.
3. In the presence of, face to face with.
4. Near the front of, in front of.
Before, ad. 1. Toward the front.
2. In advance, farther onward.
3. Formerly, in time past, of old.
4. Hitherto, up to that time.
5. Above, in a former part.