Vi fant 29 definisjoner av be på engelsk.
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| be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" | ||
| look have a certain outward or facial expression; "How does she look?"; "The child looks unhappy"; "She looked pale after the surgery" | ||
| hurt, suffer give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back" | ||
| be well be healthy; feel good; "She has not been well lately" | ||
| suffer feel pain or be in pain | ||
| feel be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state; "My cold is gone--I feel fine today"; "She felt tired after the long hike"; "She felt sad after her loss" | ||
| remain, rest, stay be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.; "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war" | ||
| continue exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks" | ||
| coruscate, sparkle, scintillate be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity; "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall" | ||
| bedevil, befuddle, confound, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, confuse, throw make stupid with alcohol | ||
| rank take or have a position relative to others; "This painting ranks among the best in the Western World" | ||
| point repair the joints of bricks; "point a chimney" | ||
| need, require, want have or feel a need for; "always needing friends and money" | ||
| compact, pack have the property of being packable or of compacting easily; "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well" | ||
| rest be at rest | ||
| cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting" | ||
| seethe, boil boil vigorously; "The liquid was seething"; "The water rolled" | ||
| moon about, moon around, mope be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed | ||
| seem, appear, look appear to one's own mind or opinion; "I seem to be misunderstood by everyone"; "I can't seem to learn these Chinese characters" | ||
| seem, appear appear to one's own mind or opinion; "I seem to be misunderstood by everyone"; "I can't seem to learn these Chinese characters" | ||
| owe be in debt; "She owes me $200"; "I still owe for the car"; "The thesis owes much to his adviser" | ||
| belong be owned by; be in the possession of; "This book belongs to me" | ||
| cover clothe, as if for protection from the elements; "cover your head!" | ||
| represent point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance; "our parents represented to us the need for more caution" | ||
| account furnish a justifying analysis or explanation; "I can't account for the missing money" | ||
| cut across be contrary to ordinary procedure or limitations; "Opinions on bombing the Serbs cut across party lines" | ||
| begin, start set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life" | ||
| begin set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life" | ||
| stand have or maintain a position or stand on an issue; "Where do you stand on the War?" | ||
| delimitate, delimit, define, delineate, specify give a definition for the meaning of a word; "Define `sadness'" | ||
| go be abolished or discarded; "These ugly billboards have to go!"; "These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge" | ||
| make sense, add up be reasonable or logical or comprehensible | ||
| comprise, consist be composed of; "The land he conquered comprised several provinces"; "What does this dish consist of?" | ||
| turn up, prove, turn out establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture" | ||
| account for give reasons for; "Can you account for all these absences?" | ||
| remain be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.; "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war" | ||
| stick by, stand by, adhere, stick be available or ready for a certain function or service | ||
| lollygag, hang around, lallygag, loiter, mess about, mill around, mill about, lounge, footle, loaf, tarry, lurk, linger be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?" | ||
| amount, total, add up, number, come be tantamount or equivalent to; "Her action amounted to a rebellion" | ||
| matter, weigh, count to be oppressive or burdensome; "weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind" | ||
| rate assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" | ||
| deserve, merit be worthy or deserving; "You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done" | ||
| buy accept as true; "I can't buy this story" | ||
| shine be clear and obvious; "A shining example" | ||
| fall pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work" | ||
| depend be contingent upon (something that is elided); "That depends" | ||
| underlie be or form the base for | ||
| stink be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance; "This term paper stinks!" | ||
| suck draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth; "suck the poison from the place where the snake bit"; "suck on a straw"; "the baby sucked on the mother's breast" | ||
| subtend, delimit be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry | ||
| body forth, incarnate, embody, substantiate make concrete and real | ||
| contain, hold, take be capable of holding or containing; "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon" | ||
| cost, be require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice; "This mistake cost him his job" | ||
| measure determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of; "Measure the length of the wall" | ||
| buzz, hum, seethe call with a buzzer; "he buzzed the servant" | ||
| abound be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities | ||
| disaccord, discord, disagree be of different opinions; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions" | ||
| gape, yawn, yaw be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon" | ||
| be given, tend, lean, incline, run manage or run; "tend a store" | ||
| go, run be abolished or discarded; "These ugly billboards have to go!"; "These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge" | ||
| figure, enter understand; "He didn't figure her" | ||
| press place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure; "pressed flowers" | ||
| rage feel intense anger; "Rage against the dying of the light!" | ||
| interrelate, relate place into a mutual relationship; "I cannot interrelate these two events" | ||
| rut be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals | ||
| stagnate cease to flow; stand without moving; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries" | ||
| stagnate cease to flow; stand without moving; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries" | ||
| come in handy be useful for a certain purpose | ||
| squat sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm" | ||
| hoodoo bring bad luck; be a source of misfortune | ||
| impend be imminent or about to happen; "Changes are impending" | ||
| range, run let eat; "range the animals in the prairie" | ||
| stay on, remain, continue, stay be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.; "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war" | ||
| sell persuade somebody to accept something; "The French try to sell us their image as great lovers" | ||
| translate change from one form or medium into another; "Braque translated collage into oil" | ||
| head up, head remove the head of; "head the fish" | ||
| come in for be subject to or the object of; "The governor came in for a lot of criticism" | ||
| compare examine and note the similarities or differences of; "John compared his haircut to his friend's"; "We compared notes after we had both seen the movie" | ||
| come, fall come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June" | ||
| run into, encounter collide violently with an obstacle; "I ran into the telephone pole" | ||
| gravitate move due to the pull of gravitation; "The stars gravitate towards each other" | ||
| pay bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action; "You'll pay for this!"; "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later" | ||
| diverge move or draw apart; "The two paths diverge here" | ||
| shine be clear and obvious; "A shining example" | ||
| iridesce be iridescent; "The corals iridesced under the surface of the clear water" | ||
| lie tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29" | ||
| stand have or maintain a position or stand on an issue; "Where do you stand on the War?" | ||
| hang suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste; "hang the venison for a few days" | ||
| litter give birth to a litter of animals | ||
| suit be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs" | ||
| end, terminate bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" | ||
| fit insert or adjust several objects or people; "Can you fit the toy into the box?"; "This man can't fit himself into our work environment" | ||
| lend give temporarily; let have for a limited time; "I will lend you my car"; "loan me some money" | ||
| let go be relaxed; "Don't be so worried all the time--just let go!" | ||
| belong be owned by; be in the possession of; "This book belongs to me" | ||
| belong be owned by; be in the possession of; "This book belongs to me" | ||
| curve, wind, twist coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch" | ||
| jumble, mingle assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence" | ||
| promise make a promise or commitment | ||
| accept, take tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies" | ||
| clean remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey" | ||
| draw cause to localize at one point; "Draw blood and pus" | ||
| wash to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking; "The cat washes several times a day" | ||
| balance compute credits and debits of an account | ||
| hail, come greet enthusiastically or joyfully | ||
| act behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" | ||
| test undergo a test; "She doesn't test well" | ||
| seem appear to one's own mind or opinion; "I seem to be misunderstood by everyone"; "I can't seem to learn these Chinese characters" | ||
| answer understand the meaning of; "The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered" | ||
| beat come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" | ||
| hold keep from exhaling or expelling; "hold your breath" | ||
| count include as if by counting; "I can count my colleagues in the opposition" | ||
| contain be capable of holding or containing; "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon" | ||
| connect join for the purpose of communication; "Operator, could you connect me to the Raffles in Singapore?" | ||
| sell persuade somebody to accept something; "The French try to sell us their image as great lovers" | ||
| sell persuade somebody to accept something; "The French try to sell us their image as great lovers" | ||
| kill destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods" | ||
| make act in a certain way so as to acquire; "make friends"; "make enemies" | ||
| grace, adorn, beautify, deck, decorate, embellish knock down with force; "He decked his opponent" | ||
| consist be composed of; "The land he conquered comprised several provinces"; "What does this dish consist of?" | ||
| work arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times" | ||
| lubricate make slippery or smooth through the application of a lubricant; "lubricate the key" | ||
| breathe draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring" | ||
| trim adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used | ||
| swing alternate dramatically between high and low values; "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down" | ||
| osculate have at least three points in common with; "one curve osculates the other"; "these two surfaces osculate" | ||
| retard cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate; "This drug will retard your heart rate" | ||
| transplant place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient | ||
| cohere have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results; "the principles by which societies cohere" | ||
| object express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent; "She never objected to the amount of work her boss charged her with"; "When asked to drive the truck, she objected that she did not have a driver's license" | ||
| stick saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill" | ||
| recognize perceive to be the same | ||
| distribute give to several people; "The teacher handed out the exams" | ||
| put out retire; "he was put out at third base on a long throw from left field" | ||
| broil, bake cook under a broiler; "broil fish" | ||
| drown, swim die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake" | ||
| swim move as if gliding through water; "this snake swims through the soil where it lives" | ||
| belong be owned by; be in the possession of; "This book belongs to me" | ||
| be - occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" | ||
| stretch along, stretch extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body; "Stretch your legs!"; "Extend your right arm above your head" | ||
| go to, attend give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said" | ||
| occupy, fill live (in a certain place); "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor" | ||
| populate, inhabit, dwell, live fill with inhabitants; "populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting" | ||
| inhabit be present in; "sweet memories inhabit this house" | ||
| keep one's distance, keep one's eyes off, keep one's hands off, stay away, stand back stand away from an object or person; "He stood back to look at her" | ||
| extend to, reach, touch be in or establish communication with; "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia" | ||
| lead, extend, pass, go, run cause to undertake a certain action; "Her greed led her to forge the checks" | ||
| lead, go cause to undertake a certain action; "Her greed led her to forge the checks" | ||
| continue, extend, cover exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks" | ||
| poke out, reach out, extend attempt to communicate; "I try to reach out to my daughter but she doesn't want to have anything to do with me" | ||
| lie tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29" | ||
| sit serve in a specific professional capacity; "the priest sat for confession"; "she sat on the jury" | ||
| sit around, sit serve in a specific professional capacity; "the priest sat for confession"; "she sat on the jury" | ||
| face cover the front or surface of; "The building was faced with beautiful stones" | ||
| straddle be noncommittal | ||
| follow behave in accordance or in agreement with; "Follow a pattern"; "Follow my example" | ||
| center on have as a center; "The region centers on Charleston" | ||
| lie, rest tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29" | ||
| belong, go be owned by; be in the possession of; "This book belongs to me" | ||
| come come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June" | ||
| be - have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war" | ||
| live | ||
| be - work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our resident philosopher" | ||
| follow | ||
| vet provide veterinary care for | ||
| cox act as the coxswain, in a boat race | ||
| be - spend or use time; "I may be an hour" | ||
| use up, occupy, take live (in a certain place); "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor" | ||
| be - to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form; "let her be" | ||
| remain, rest, stay be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.; "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war" | ||
| be - be identical to; be someone or something; "The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house" | ||
| be - happen, occur, take place; "I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the kitchen" | ||