Beforehand, ad. Previously, in anticipation, in advance.
Beforehand, a. Forehanded, in comfortable circumstances (as respects property), well off, well to do.
Before the wind, With the wind, in the direction of the wind.
Befoul, v. a. Soil, pollute, daggle, draggle, foul, bemire, dirty.
Befriend, v. a. Favor, encourage, patronize, countenance, assist, help, aid, benefit, act as a friend to, do a good turn for, be kind to.
Beg, v. a. 1. Crave, solicit, beseech, implore, supplicate, conjure, pray for, petition for, seek by petition, ask earnestly.
2. Assume, take for granted, consider as true.
Beg, v. n. Solicit charity, ask alms.
Beget, v. a. 1. Generate, procreate, engender, breed, get, be the father of.
2. Produce, originate, give rise to.
Beggar, n. Mendicant, pauper, starveling, poor or indigent person.
Beggar, v. a. 1. Impoverish, ruin, render poor, reduce to poverty, bring to want.
2. Surpass, exceed, go beyond, be above, put at fault, show to be inadequate.
Beggarly, a. 1. Destitute, indigent, needy, poor.
2. Sorry, mean, abject, base, low, paltry, shabby, vile, scurvy, miserable, contemptible, despicable, pitiful, pitiable, servile, slavish, grovelling, base-minded, low-minded, mean-spirited.
Beggary, n. Poverty, indigence, penury, destitution, want, distress, mendicancy, mendicity.
Begin, v. n. 1. Originate, arise, take rise.
2. Commence, make a beginning, take the first step, break ground, break the ice.
Begin, v. a. Commence, institute, originate, enter upon, set about, set on foot, set in operation.
Beginner, n. Tyro, novice.
Beginning, n. 1. Commencement, outset, opening, start.
2. Origin, source, rise.
Begird, v. a. 1. Gird, bind with a girdle.
2. Surround, encompass, environ, encircle, enclose, engird.
Begone, interj. 1. Depart, go away, haste away, be off, get thee gone.
2. Away, let us go, let us be off.
Begrudge, v. a. Grudge, envy the possession of.
Beguile, v. a. 1. Delude, cheat, deceive, befool.
2. Divert, amuse, entertain, cheer, solace.
Behalf, n. Benefit, advantage, profit, interest, account, behoof.
Be hanged, Come to the gallows.
Behave, v. n. Act, conduct one's self, demean one's self, acquit one's self, behave one's self.
Behave one's self, Behave.
Behavior, n. Deportment (on particular occasions), conduct, bearing, demeanor, carriage, manner, mien, air, port.