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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: being - belie</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="being"> being, verb, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>verb the present participle of be. Ex. The dog is being fed. <DD>noun 1. a person; living creature. Ex. Men, women, and children are human beings. Some modern weapons can destroy every being in a large city. (SYN) individual, entity. <DD> 2. life; existence. Ex. The world came into being long ago. (SYN) actuality. <DD> 3. nature; constitution. Ex. Artists throw their whole being into their work. (SYN) essence. <DD> 4. (Philosophy.) <DD> a. that which is actual and complete as both concept and body in space or time. Ex. to worship God, as the Supreme Being. <DD> b. that which exists as a logically flawless concept within a given epistemology, such as beauty and truth as Platonic archetypes. <DD> c. a state or condition of fully realized potentialities; end point of the process of becoming. <DD>adj. existing; present. Ex. All is well, for the time being. (SYN) existent, actual. </DL> <A NAME="beja"> Beja, noun sing. and pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a nomadic tribe of Hamitic people living in the region between the Nile and the Red Sea. <DD> 2. a member of this tribe. <DD> 3. the language of this tribe. </DL> <A NAME="bejabers"> bejabers, interjection, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an oath, exclamation, or expression indicating annoyance, anger, surprise, or the like. Ex. This time, bejabers, they have dealt me ten winners (John Dickson Carr). </DL> <A NAME="bejasus"> bejasus, interjection, noun. =bejesus.</DL> <A NAME="bejeaned"> bejeaned, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> wearing jeans. </DL> <A NAME="bejel"> bejel, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a disease similar to yaws, occurring chiefly in Syria and other countries of the eastern Mediterranean. </DL> <A NAME="bejesus"> bejesus, interjection, noun. =bejabers.</DL> <A NAME="bejewel"> bejewel, transitive verb, -eled, -eling or (especially British) -elled, -elling.<DL COMPACT><DD> to adorn with or as if with jewels. Ex. The sky is bejeweled with stars. </DL> <A NAME="beke"> beke, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French Creole.) a white settler. Ex. Martinique still has its white aristocracy, the bekes (London Times). </DL> <A NAME="beknave"> beknave, transitive verb, -knaved, -knaving.<DL COMPACT><DD> to call a person a knave. </DL> <A NAME="bel"> bel, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Physics.) a unit for measuring the difference in intensity level of sounds, equal to ten decibels. </DL> <A NAME="bel"> Bel, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the Babylonian god of creation. </DL> <A NAME="belabor"> belabor, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to beat vigorously; thrash. Ex. The rider belabored his tired horse with a stick. (SYN) buffet, pummel. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) to set upon with too much talk or advice. Ex. Rip Van Winkle's wife belabored him for being lazy. </DL> <A NAME="belabour"> belabour, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) belabor. </DL> <A NAME="belandthedragon"> Bel and the Dragon,<DL COMPACT><DD> a book of the Old Testament Apocrypha, in the canon of the Greek and Roman Catholic Bibles as part of Daniel. </DL> <A NAME="belarusianorbelarussian"> Belarusian or Belarussian, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. of or having to do with Belarus. <DD>noun a native or inhabitant of Belarus. Also, Belorussian, Byelorussian, Byelarussian. </DL> <A NAME="belated"> belated, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. happening late; coming late or too late; delayed. Ex. belated thanks. Your belated letter has arrived at last. <DD> 2. overtaken by the darkness of the night. Ex. The belated travelers lost their way after sunset. adv. belatedly. noun belatedness. </DL> <A NAME="belaud"> belaud, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to laud highly; bepraise. Ex. [He] was belauded by the universal American press (Edgar Allan Poe). </DL> <A NAME="belay"> belay, verb, -layed, -laying, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t., v.i. 1. (Nautical.) to fasten (a rope) by winding it around a pin or cleat. <DD> 2. to make a belay. <DD>noun a turn or fastening of a rope, such as around a projection of rock, to aid in mountain climbing. expr. belay that! or belay there! (Informal.) stop that! hold on there! enough! Ex. "Belay that and listen!" the first mate shouted. </DL> <A NAME="belayingpin"> belaying pin,<DL COMPACT><DD> a pin in a rail of a ship around which ropes can be wound and fastened. </DL> <A NAME="belcanto"> bel canto,<DL COMPACT><DD> singing characterized by full, rich, broad, and flexible tone, especially an Italian singing style (developed in the 1600's and 1700's) tending to passages displaying the singer's technical skills and other ornamentation. </DL> <A NAME="belch"> belch, verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. 1. to throw out gas from the stomach through the mouth; eructate. <DD> 2. to throw out or shoot forth contents violently. Ex. cannon belching at the enemy. <DD>v.t. to throw out with force. Ex. The volcano belched fire and ashes. <DD>noun 1. a belching. <DD> 2. the substance belched. noun belcher. </DL> <A NAME="beldam"> beldam, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. an old woman. <DD> 2. an ugly old woman; hag; witch. <DD> 3. (Obsolete.) a grandmother. </DL> <A NAME="beldame"> beldame, noun. =beldam.</DL> <A NAME="beleaguer"> beleaguer, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to surround with troops; besiege. Ex. British troops under Cornwallis were beleaguered at Yorktown by patriot forces. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) to surround; beset. Ex. The President is beleaguered by problems. noun beleaguerer. noun beleaguerment. </DL> <A NAME="belemnite"> belemnite, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a dart-shaped fossil now recognized as the shell of an extinct mollusk allied to the cuttlefish; thunderstone. <DD> 2. the animal itself. </DL> <A NAME="belemnoid"> belemnoid, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun any mollusk of a suborder of extinct cephalopods having two gills, including the belemnite. <DD>adj. dart-shaped. </DL> <A NAME="belesprit"> bel-esprit, noun, pl. beaux-esprits.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) a person of genius or brilliant wit. Ex. The world thought me a beauty and a bel-esprit (Margaret Edgeworth). </DL> <A NAME="belfried"> belfried, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a belfry. </DL> <A NAME="belfry"> belfry, noun, pl. -fries.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a tower for a bell or bells, usually attached to a church or other building. Ex. The belfry was toppled by high winds in the storm. <DD> 2. a space in a tower for a bell or bells. Ex. Pigeons are always roosting in the belfry. </DL> <A NAME="belg"> Belg.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. Belgian. <DD> 2. Belgium. </DL> <A NAME="belga"> belga, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a Belgian unit of money used from 1926 to 1945, restricted to use in foreign exchange, and valued at five Belgian francs. </DL> <A NAME="belgae"> Belgae, noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> an ancient Celtic people of northern Gaul. </DL> <A NAME="belgian"> Belgian, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a person born or living in Belgium. <DD> 2. any one of a breed of large, heavy draft horses with a huge body and a chestnut or bay-colored coat. <DD>adj. of Belgium or its people. </DL> <A NAME="belgianhare"> Belgian hare,<DL COMPACT><DD> a large, reddish-brown, domestic rabbit. </DL> <A NAME="belgianmalinois"> Belgian Malinois,<DL COMPACT><DD> a breed of sheep dog with a short-haired coat and longer hair along the back of the hind legs. </DL> <A NAME="belgiansheepdog"> Belgian sheepdog,<DL COMPACT><DD> any dog of a breed having a black coat and formerly used to herd sheep. </DL> <A NAME="belgiantervuren"> Belgian Tervuren,<DL COMPACT><DD> a breed of sheep dog that holds its ears stiffly erect and has a long tail. </DL> <A NAME="belgic"> Belgic, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. of or having to do with the Belgae. <DD> 2. of or having to do with the Netherlands. <DD> 3. =Belgian. <DD>noun the Gaulish language used by the Belgae. </DL> <A NAME="belgo"> Belgo-,<DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) Belgian and ______. Ex. the Belgo-German frontier = the Belgian and German frontier. </DL> <A NAME="belgravia"> Belgravia, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> rich and fashionable people; high society (from the name of a fashionable section in London). </DL> <A NAME="belgravian"> Belgravian, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. of or having to do with Belgravia, a fashionable section of the western part of London. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) <DD> a. aristocratic. <DD> b. fashionable. <DD>noun 1. a person who livesin Belgravia. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) <DD> a. an aristocrat. <DD> b. a member of high society. </DL> <A NAME="belial"> Belial, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the Devil; Satan, especially as the personification of evil; the Antichrist. <DD> 2. a fallen angel in Milton's poem Paradise Lost. </DL> <A NAME="belie"> belie, transitive verb, -lied, -lying.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to give a false idea of; misrepresent. Ex. Her frown belied her usual good nature. (SYN) contradict, controvert. <DD> 2. to show to be false; prove to be mistaken. (SYN) disprove, refute. <DD> 3. to fail to come up to; disappoint. Ex. He stole again, and so belied our hopes. (SYN) betray. noun belier. </DL> <A HREF="belief.dic">NEXT</A>