Beau - English meaning

noun

A person who has a particular regard for someone or something.

Usage examples:

He was a great admirer of henry james

noun

Someone who finds someone else sexually attractive, or someone who admires someone or something

Usage examples:

She's got plenty of admirers., she's got a secret admirer who keeps sending her gifts., the policy …

noun

The flat cutting edge of a knife, saw, or other tool or weapon.

Usage examples:

Cut cleanly using a sharp blade

verb

Skate using rollerblades.

Usage examples:

She loves to run, bike, blade, and explore the city

noun

The thin, flat cutting part of a tool or weapon

Usage examples:

The blade on this knife isn’t very sharp., the boy made a whistle from a blade of grass.

noun

The red liquid that circulates in the arteries and veins of humans and other vertebrate animals, carrying oxygen to and carbon dioxide from the tissues of the body.

Usage examples:

Drops of blood

verb

Initiate (someone) in a particular activity.

Usage examples:

Clubs are too slow to blood young players

noun

A member of a north american people belonging to the blackfoot confederacy.

Usage examples:

Even if charlie had concentrated more on the blackfeet and bloods, the overall look of de yong's wa…

noun

A person's regular male companion with whom they have a romantic or sexual relationship.

Usage examples:

His mum was a single mother who had a succession of boyfriends, none of whom were able to act as a …

noun

A man or boy with whom a person is having a romantic relationship

noun

A supporter of king charles i in the english civil war.

Usage examples:

Those loyal to parliament were called roundheads; those loyal to the king were cavaliers.

adjective

Showing a lack of proper concern; offhand.

Usage examples:

Anne was irritated by his cavalier attitude

adjective

Not serious or caring enough about matters that other people are serious about

Usage examples:

A cavalier attitude toward public health concerns

noun

A vain and conceited man; a dandy.

Usage examples:

His manner assures her ‘that he was exactly the coxcomb she had heard him described to be.’

noun

The crest or comb of a domestic cock.

noun

A man who is too proud of his appearance

noun

A man unduly concerned with looking stylish and fashionable.

Usage examples:

His floppy handkerchiefs and antique cufflinks gave him the look of a dandy

adjective

Excellent.

Usage examples:

Things are all fine and dandy

adjective

Very good

Usage examples:

I’m doing just dandy, thanks.

noun

Used as an affectionate form of address to a beloved person.

Usage examples:

Good night, darling

adjective

Beloved.

Usage examples:

His darling wife

noun

Used to show affection when speaking to someone

Usage examples:

Hello, darling., here’s a picture of my darling child.

noun

The day of the month or year as specified by a number.

Usage examples:

What's the date today?

verb

Establish or ascertain the date of (an object or event).

Usage examples:

They date the paintings to 1460–70

noun

A sweet, dark brown oval fruit containing a hard stone, usually eaten dried.

Usage examples:

However, she warned diabetics to be wary of fruits with moderate calorific values such as mango, po…

noun

A man; a guy (often as a form of address).

Usage examples:

Hey dude, what's up?

verb

Dress up elaborately.

Usage examples:

My brother was all duded up in silver and burgundy

noun

A person, vehicle, or group accompanying another for protection or as a mark of rank.

Usage examples:

A police escort

verb

Accompany (someone or something) somewhere as an escort.

Usage examples:

He escorted her back to her hotel

verb

To go with someone or something as a companion or guard

Usage examples:

He escorted her to her car in the parking lot because it was after dark., anytime a clerk transfers…

noun

A man to whom someone is engaged to be married.

Usage examples:

My fiancé and i were childhood sweethearts

noun

A person who has formally promised to marry another

Usage examples:

I’d like you to meet irene, my fiancée.

noun

A person who supports and admires a particular person or set of ideas.

Usage examples:

Followers of nietzsche

noun

Someone who obeys or supports another person or that person’s ideas

Usage examples:

The newly elected governor appeared overcome with emotion as he thanked his followers., they are en…

noun

A company or product that only makes new changes, enters a market, etc. after other companies or products have done this first

Usage examples:

Law firms are not leaders in business, they are followers., our analysis supports the view of germa…

noun

A man who is concerned with his clothes and appearance in an affected and excessive way.

Usage examples:

The fops and dandies had no interest in war and concentrated instead on their seraglios.

noun

(especially in the past) a man who is extremely interested in his appearance and who wears very decorative clothes

adjective

(of a person or their behaviour) brave; heroic.

Usage examples:

She had made gallant efforts to pull herself together

noun

A man who is charmingly attentive to women.

Usage examples:

He launches himself into a gallant's career of amorous intrigue

verb

(of a man) flirt with (a woman).

Usage examples:

Mowbray was gallanting the polish lady

noun

A partner in a sexual or romantic relationship outside marriage.

Usage examples:

I think she had a secret lover

noun

A partner in a romantic or physical relationship

Usage examples:

The remote island is ideal for nature lovers.

noun

Either of a pair of people engaged together in the same activity.

Usage examples:

Arrange the children in pairs so that each person has a partner

verb

A friendly form of address by one man to another.

Usage examples:

How you doing, partner?

noun

A timber framework secured to and strengthening the deck of a wooden ship around a hole through which a mast, capstan, pump, etc. pass.

Usage examples:

The mast was not chocked at the partners as it should have been

noun

A vain or conceited person, especially one who dresses or behaves extravagantly.

Usage examples:

I am pretty sure i'm a drink-soaked popinjay myself, and formerly many things of a disreputable nat…

noun

Someone, usually a man, who is too interested in and proud of their own appearance

Usage examples:

He regarded his rival as a conceited popinjay.

adjective

Firmly fixed, supported, or balanced; not shaking or moving.

Usage examples:

The lighter the camera, the harder it is to hold steady

verb

Make or become steady.

Usage examples:

I took a deep breath to steady my nerves

exclamation

Used as a warning to someone to keep calm or take care.

Usage examples:

Steady now! we don't want you hurting yourself

noun

A man who pursues a relationship with a particular woman, with a view to marriage.

Usage examples:

She decided to marry her suitor

noun

A man who wants a particular woman to agree to marry him

noun

A company that wants to buy another company

Usage examples:

A suitor for sth a german private equity firm is understood to be one of the suitors for the compan…

noun

A young lover or suitor.

Usage examples:

‘you sound like a lovesick swain,’ she told him, and walked to the window.

noun

A young man who loves, or is having a relationship with, a woman

noun

A person with whom someone is having a romantic relationship.

Usage examples:

The pair were childhood sweethearts

noun

A person you love, esp. one with whom you have a romantic relationship

Usage examples:

Jeanne was my high school sweetheart., hi, sweetheart., she’s a sweetheart.

verb

(especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid.

Usage examples:

Her bruised knee was already swelling up

noun

A full or gently rounded shape or form.

Usage examples:

The soft swell of her breast

adjective

Excellent; very good.

Usage examples:

You're looking swell

noun

A rich or upper-class person.

Usage examples:

A ban won't just affect a few toffs and their rich country chums.

verb

Be smartly dressed.

Usage examples:

He was all toffed up in officer's broadcloth

noun

A rich person from a high social class

Usage examples:

Gone are the days when champagne-drinking was just for toffs.