Beggar - English meaning

adjective

(of a person or organization) declared in law as unable to pay their debts.

Usage examples:

His father went bankrupt and the family had to sell their home

noun

A person judged by a court to be insolvent, whose property is taken and disposed of for the benefit of their creditors.

Usage examples:

But we will provide more effective protection against the small minority of bankrupts who abuse the…

verb

Reduce (a person or organization) to bankruptcy.

Usage examples:

The strike nearly bankrupted the union

noun

An unpleasant or despicable person.

Usage examples:

He lied to me, the bastard!

adjective

(of a thing) no longer in its pure or original form; debased.

Usage examples:

A bastard darwinism

noun

An unpleasant person

Usage examples:

He was a bastard to his wife., you lied to me, you bastard!, humorous you won again? you lucky bast…

noun

A man.

Usage examples:

He's a nice bloke

noun

A man

noun

A man, often one who is considered to be ordinary

Usage examples:

Paul's a really good bloke (= i like him a lot)., he's a funny (sort of) bloke (= slightly strange).

noun

A body.

Usage examples:

A line-up of stunning bods

abbreviation

Biochemical oxygen demand.

noun

Informal for body

Usage examples:

That guy has a great bod!, he's just an ordinary bod, no-one special., odd bod she's a bit of an od…

noun

The physical structure, including the bones, flesh, and organs, of a person or an animal.

Usage examples:

It's important to keep your body in good condition

verb

Give material form to something abstract.

Usage examples:

He bodied forth the traditional prussian remedy for all ills

noun

The whole physical structure that forms a person or animal

Usage examples:

A good diet and plenty of exercise will help you to keep your body healthy., she rubbed suncream ov…

noun

A male child or youth.

Usage examples:

A four-year-old boy

exclamation

Used to express strong feelings, especially of excitement or admiration.

Usage examples:

Oh boy, that's wonderful!

noun

A male child or, more generally, a male of any age

Usage examples:

A teenage/adolescent boy, as a young boy, my father used to walk three miles to school., you've bee…

verb

Separate or cause to separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain.

Usage examples:

The branch broke with a loud snap

noun

An interruption of continuity or uniformity.

Usage examples:

The magazine has been published without a break since 1950

noun

Former term for breaking cart.

idiom

To destroy or defeat someone or something

Usage examples:

The strikes had brought the economy to its knees.

noun

Used as a term of abuse, typically for a man.

Usage examples:

I just hope you didn't hurt the poor bugger

verb

Cause serious harm or damage to.

Usage examples:

I'm all for living life to the full and bugger the consequences

exclamation

Used to express annoyance or anger.

noun

A vagrant.

Usage examples:

Bums had been known to wander up to their door and ask for a sandwich

verb

Get by asking or begging.

Usage examples:

They tried to bum money off us

adjective

Of poor quality; bad or wrong.

Usage examples:

Not one bum note was played

noun

A child's term for a rabbit.

Usage examples:

Think bunny rabbits, chocolates and valentine cards.

noun

A rabbit

noun

A person who tries to get something from someone else without paying for it

Usage examples:

Watch out - he’s a cadger who will borrow anything you have and never return it.

verb

(of the skin) become cracked, rough, or sore, especially through exposure to wind or cold weather.

Usage examples:

His skin is very dry and chaps easily

noun

A cracked or sore patch on the skin.

Usage examples:

Our lips will be covered in chaps.

noun

A man or boy.

Usage examples:

He sounded like a nice, caring sort of chap

noun

The mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual.

Usage examples:

Running away was not in keeping with her character

verb

Inscribe or write (something).

Usage examples:

You have well charactered him

noun

The particular combination of things about a person or place, esp. things you cannot see, that make that person or place different from others

Usage examples:

[ c ] the idea was to modernize the house without changing its homey character., [ u ] it’s a theat…

noun

A small sheltered bay.

Usage examples:

Be bold and take some time to explore some of the sheltered coves and quiet bays that can be found …

noun

A man.

Usage examples:

He is a perfectly amiable cove

noun

A curved part of a coast that partly surrounds an area of water

Usage examples:

You have to drive on a dirt road to reach the cove., the cottage is set in a sheltered cove.

noun

An animal, as distinct from a human being.

Usage examples:

Night sounds of birds and other creatures

noun

Any living thing, esp. an animal

Usage examples:

It seems clear to me that people are creatures of emotion.

noun

Any large or small living thing that can move independently

Usage examples:

Rainforests are filled with amazing creatures., living creature don't all living creatures have cer…

verb

Cause severe and disabling damage to; deprive of the ability to function normally.

Usage examples:

Developing countries are crippled by their debts

noun

A person with a severe limitation of a specified kind.

Usage examples:

An emotional cripple

verb

Deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg

adjective

Having or acting as a hard outer layer or covering.

Usage examples:

Crusty bread

noun

A young person who is homeless or travels constantly, has a shabby appearance, and rejects conventional values.

Usage examples:

She cuts a curious figure amid the crusties and mud-stained tree-huggers

adjective

Having a hard outer layer

Usage examples:

Fresh, crusty bread

adjective

In a very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect.

Usage examples:

A derelict georgian mansion

noun

A person without a home, job, or property.

Usage examples:

Derelicts who could fit all their possessions in a paper bag

adjective

(of buildings or equipment) not cared for and in bad condition

noun

(in christian and jewish belief) the supreme spirit of evil; satan.

Usage examples:

Belief in the devil

verb

Act as a junior assistant for a barrister or other professional.

Usage examples:

There is the possibility of devilling for fellow members of the bar

noun

An evil being, often represented in human form but with a tail and horns

Usage examples:

What the devil are you doing?

noun

A domesticated carnivorous mammal that typically has a long snout, an acute sense of smell, non-retractable claws, and a barking, howling, or whining voice.

Usage examples:

‘all dogs have an intense sense of smell, and every dog likes to sniff,’ smith said.

verb

Follow (someone) closely and persistently.

Usage examples:

Photographers seemed to dog her every step

noun

A canine domesticated by man since prehistoric times

noun

A person who sleeps rough; a tramp.

noun

Someone who has no home and no money

noun

A very lazy person

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 man

Usage examples:

Some dude just asked me if i knew you., [ as form of address ] dude, where were you last night?, co…

noun

Non-standard spelling of fellow, used in representing speech in various dialects.

Usage examples:

You can't blame the wee fella

noun

(spelled the way it is often spoken) fellow

Usage examples:

Where did you meet this fella?

noun

(spelled the way it is often spoken) fellow

Usage examples:

Where did you meet this fella?

noun

A man or boy.

Usage examples:

He was an extremely obliging fellow

adjective

Sharing a particular activity, quality, or condition with someone or something.

Usage examples:

They urged the troops not to fire on their fellow citizens

noun

A man

Usage examples:

He was a big fellow with broad shoulders., dr. rodriguez is a fellow of the american college of phy…

noun

A person who takes advantage of others' generosity without giving anything in return.

Usage examples:

They look like a bunch of freeloaders trying to take advantage of the whole situation.

noun

A person who has the advantage of something given, such as money, food, or a place to stay, without offering anything in exchange

noun

A person who uses money, food, a room in a house, etc. given by other people, but who gives nothing to them in exchange

noun

A female child.

Usage examples:

A six-year-old girl

noun

A female child or, more generally, a female of any age

Usage examples:

Two little girls showed us around the kindergarten., the girls’ basketball team is undefeated., we …

noun

A female child or young woman, especially one still at school

Usage examples:

Two girls showed us round the classrooms.

noun

A man.

Usage examples:

He's a nice guy

verb

Make fun of; ridicule.

Usage examples:

She never stopped guying him about his weight

verb

Secure with a guy or guys.

Usage examples:

It was set on concrete footings and guyed with steel cable

idiom

To have no money

Usage examples:

He doesn't have a bean, other than what we give him.

noun

A homeless person; a tramp or vagrant.

Usage examples:

Cohen includes a category of songs about hoboes, tramps, vagabonds, etc. who populated the boxcars …

noun

A man, especially one of a particular type.

Usage examples:

The raiders quarterback is one tough hombre

verb

Make (a person or area) poor.

Usage examples:

The wars had impoverished him

verb

To make someone very poor

Usage examples:

The new law is likely to further impoverish single parents., he was made to pay a ruinous fine that…

adjective

Single; separate.

Usage examples:

Individual tiny flowers

noun

A single human being as distinct from a group.

Usage examples:

Boat trips for parties and individuals

noun

A single person or thing, esp. when compared to the group or set to which it belongs

Usage examples:

We will remember him as an individual who always tried to make people happy., every company has its…

noun

An adult male human being.

Usage examples:

A tall man with a beard

verb

(of personnel) work at, run, or operate (a place or piece of equipment) or defend (a fortification).

Usage examples:

The helpline is manned by trained staff

exclamation

Used, irrespective of the sex of the person addressed, to express surprise, admiration, delight, etc., or for emphasis.

Usage examples:

Wow, like cosmic, man

adjective

Given to begging.

Usage examples:

Possibly it was sheer vanity and love of easily-won applause that drove him to act out the role of …

noun

A beggar.

Usage examples:

I thought of dorothy wordsworth who coined the phrase, ‘the rant and cant of the staled beggar’, as…

noun

Someone, especially a member of a religious group, who lives by asking people they do not know for money

Usage examples:

She abandoned her job and her career, and lived as a homeless mendicant on the streets of philadelp…

noun

A short period of time.

Usage examples:

Hang on a mo!

abbreviation

Month.

suffix

Forming nouns denoting a book size by the number of leaves into which a sheet of paper has been folded.

Usage examples:

Twelvemo

noun

A very poor person.

Usage examples:

He died a pauper

noun

A very poor person

verb

Make very poor; impoverish.

Usage examples:

The party pauperized the country while claiming to be empowering its people

noun

A human being regarded as an individual.

Usage examples:

The porter was the last person to see her prior to her disappearance

combining form

Used as a neutral alternative to -man in nouns denoting professional status, a position of authority, etc.

Usage examples:

Chairperson

noun

A man, woman, or child

Usage examples:

Neil armstrong was the first person to set foot on the moon., the auditorium can seat about 500 peo…

noun

The physical destruction or disintegration of something or the state of disintegrating or being destroyed.

Usage examples:

A large white house falling into gentle ruin

verb

Reduce (a building or place) to a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration.

Usage examples:

The castle was ruined when dynamite was used to demolish one of the corner towers

verb

To spoil or destroy something

Usage examples:

It would be a shame to ruin such a beautiful place., that guy isn’t going to ruin my life.

noun

A person who borrows from or lives off others.

Usage examples:

Welfare scroungers

noun

The surface of the ground, with the grass growing on it; turf.

Usage examples:

Underneath the sod was a layer of humus

verb

Cover with sods or pieces of turf.

Usage examples:

The stadium has been sodded

verb

Used to express one's anger or annoyance at someone or something.

noun

The spiritual or immaterial part of a human being or animal, regarded as immortal.

Usage examples:

It ignores all the empirical evidence for animal awareness while resting on an assumption for which…

noun

The part of a person that some people believe continues to exist in some form after the body has died, or the part of a person or thing that expresses the basic qualities that make it what it is

Usage examples:

May her soul rest in peace., he is the soul of honor, and would never intentionally try to deceive …

noun

The spiritual part of a person that some people believe continues to exist in some form after their body has died, or the part of a person that is not physical and experiences deep feelings and emotions

Usage examples:

She suffered greatly while she was alive, so let us hope her soul is now at peace.

noun

A person who lives at others' expense.

Usage examples:

Asylum-seekers and refugees are not spongers and freeloaders, according to minister o'donoghue.

noun

A person who gets money, food, etc. from other people, especially in order to live without working

noun

An object that one need not, cannot, or does not wish to give a specific name to.

Usage examples:

Look at that metal rail thing over there

A separate and self-contained entity

noun

A device, product, or part of nature that is not named

Usage examples:

There’s a new thing that seals plastic bags., there are some nice things in the stores on sale righ…

verb

Walk heavily or noisily.

Usage examples:

He tramped about the room

noun

A person who travels from place to place on foot in search of work or as a vagrant or beggar.

Usage examples:

In this category fall some of the adaptive activities of psychotics, autists, pariahs, outcasts, va…

verb

To walk with heavy steps

Usage examples:

[ i ] i’ve been tramping through museums all day., tramps knew the houses where you got good food.,…

noun

A person who wanders from place to place without a home or job.

Usage examples:

Vagabond tales is loosely based around the adventures of a musical vagabond who travels around the …

adjective

Having no settled home.

Usage examples:

A vagabond poacher

verb

Wander about as or like a vagabond.

Usage examples:

He went vagabonding about the world

noun

A person without a settled home or regular work who wanders from place to place and lives by begging.

Usage examples:

When stern bought his first camera in 1948, he wandered around the bowery in chinatown, photographi…

adjective

Relating to or living the life of a vagrant.

Usage examples:

Vagrant beggars

noun

A person who has no home or job and who moves from place to place

noun

A person of a specified kind.

Usage examples:

He always was an unlucky wight

proper noun

A shipping forecast area covering the english channel roughly between the strait of dover and the meridian of poole.

noun

A ghost, or a dead person who has come back to life

noun

An adult female human being.

Usage examples:

A drawing of a young woman

combining form

In nouns denoting a woman of a specified nationality or origin.

Usage examples:

Englishwoman

noun

An adult female human being

Usage examples:

Our chief of police is a woman, and our mayor is a woman, too., she is an active, elderly woman., m…

noun

An unfortunate or unhappy person.

Usage examples:

Can the poor wretch's corpse tell us anything?

noun

Someone who has suffered a lot and deserves sympathy

Usage examples:

The poor wretches had no chance to survive.