English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Becoming
(a.)
Appropriate or fit; congruous; suitable; graceful;
befitting.
Becoming
(n.)
That which is becoming or appropriate.
Becomingly
(adv.)
In a becoming manner.
Becomingness
(n.)
The quality of being becoming, appropriate, or fit;
congruity; fitness.
Becripple
(v. t.)
To make a cripple of; to cripple; to lame.
Becuna
(n.)
A fish of the Mediterranean (Sphyraena spet). See
Barracuda.
Becurl
(v. t.)
To curl; to adorn with curls.
Bed
(n.)
The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile.
Bed
(v. t.)
To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as
a bed.
Bed
(n.)
The foundation or the more solid and fixed part or framing of
a machine; or a part on which something is laid or supported; as, the
bed of an engine.
Bed
(n.)
The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.
Bed
(n.)
The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid.
Bed
(v. t.)
To place in a bed.
Bed
(v. t.)
To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with.
Bed
(v. i.)
To go to bed; to cohabit.
Bed
(v. t.)
To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or
recumbent position.
Bed
(n.)
An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a
couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft
material, in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed (as, a
feather bed), or this with the bedclothes added. In a general sense,
any thing or place used for sleeping or reclining on or in, as a
quantity of hay, straw, leaves, or twigs.
Bed
(v. t.)
To furnish with a bed or bedding.
Bed
(v. t.)
To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and
security, surrounded or inclosed; to embed; to furnish with or place
upon a bed or foundation; as, to bed a stone; it was bedded on a rock.
Bed
(v. t.)
To plant or arrange in beds; to set, or cover, as in a bed
of soft earth; as, to bed the roots of a plant in mold.