All English words - page 570

Meanings of Bestrides:

verb

Stand astride over; straddle.

Usage examples:

He bestrode me, defending my prone body

Meanings of Bestriding:

verb

Stand astride over; straddle.

Usage examples:

He bestrode me, defending my prone body

Meanings of Bestrode:

verb

Stand astride over; straddle.

Usage examples:

He bestrode me, defending my prone body

Meanings of Bests:

verb

Outwit or get the better of (someone).

Usage examples:

She refused to allow herself to be bested

adjective

Of the most excellent or desirable type or quality.

Usage examples:

The best midfielder in the country

adverb

To the highest degree; most (used with verbs suggesting a desirable action or state or a successful outcome)

Usage examples:

They named the pictures they liked best

noun

That which is the most excellent, outstanding, or desirable.

Usage examples:

Buy the best you can afford

Meanings of Bestseller:

noun

A book or other product that sells in very large numbers.

Usage examples:

Her autobiography is an international bestseller

Meanings of Bestsellerdom:

noun

The state or fact of being a bestseller.

Meanings of Bestsellers:

noun

A book or other product that sells in very large numbers.

Usage examples:

Her autobiography is an international bestseller

Meanings of Bestselling:

adjective

Selling in greater quantities than others of the same kind.

Usage examples:

A bestselling novel

Meanings of Bet:

verb

Risk a sum of money or valued item against someone else's on the basis of the outcome of an unpredictable event such as a race or game.

Usage examples:

He bet on baseball games

noun

An act of betting a sum of money.

Usage examples:

She had a bet on the derby

Meanings of Bet the farm:

phrase

Risk everything that one owns on a bet, investment, or enterprise.

Usage examples:

This isn't a great time to bet the farm on the internet

idiom

To risk everything

Usage examples:

Don't bet the farm on these stocks.

Meanings of Bet your bottom dollar:

idiom

Used to say that you are completely certain that something is true or will happen

Usage examples:

You can bet your bottom dollar that she'll be the next president.

Meanings of Beta:

noun

The second letter of the greek alphabet ( β, β ), transliterated as ‘b’.

adjective

Used to describe a product or system that is at the second stage of development and that is being tested by a few customers before it is offered for sale

Usage examples:

Beta software, the beta is still being tested., shares with a beta greater than one are more volati…

Meanings of Betaine:

noun

A crystalline compound with basic properties found in many plant juices.

Usage examples:

The physiological characterization of transgenic plants suggested that betaine might accelerate pro…

Meanings of Betaines:

noun

A crystalline compound with basic properties found in many plant juices.

Usage examples:

The physiological characterization of transgenic plants suggested that betaine might accelerate pro…

Meanings of Betake:

verb

Go to.

Usage examples:

I shall betake myself to my lodgings

Meanings of Betake-oneself:

verb

To go somewhere

Usage examples:

I shall betake myself to my lodgings.

Meanings of Betaken:

verb

Go to.

Usage examples:

I shall betake myself to my lodgings

Meanings of Betakes:

verb

Go to.

Usage examples:

I shall betake myself to my lodgings

Meanings of Betaking:

verb

Go to.

Usage examples:

I shall betake myself to my lodgings

Meanings of Betas:

noun

The second letter of the greek alphabet ( β, β ), transliterated as ‘b’.

adjective

Used to describe a product or system that is at the second stage of development and that is being tested by a few customers before it is offered for sale

Usage examples:

Beta software, the beta is still being tested., shares with a beta greater than one are more volati…

Meanings of Betatron:

noun

An apparatus for accelerating electrons in a circular path by magnetic induction.

Usage examples:

In august 1948, the american military government in germany denied a request by scientists in götti…

Meanings of Betatrons:

noun

An apparatus for accelerating electrons in a circular path by magnetic induction.

Usage examples:

In august 1948, the american military government in germany denied a request by scientists in götti…

Meanings of Bete:

noun

A person or thing that you dislike very much or that annoys you

Usage examples:

My particular bête noire is cigarette butts being left in half-empty glasses.

Meanings of Bete-noire:

noun

A person or thing that you dislike very much or that annoys you

Usage examples:

My particular bête noire is cigarette butts being left in half-empty glasses.

Meanings of Betel:

noun

The leaf of an asian evergreen climbing plant, which in the east is chewed as a mild stimulant.

Usage examples:

Smoking tobacco, drinking alcohol, and having a poor diet are important risk factors in the west, a…