Bear up.
- 1. (Active.) Support, uphold, sustain, keep from falling.
- 2. (Passive.) Stand firm, show fortitude.
Bear with. See bear, 4.
Bear witness. Testify, depose, state, affirm, declare, aver, avow, say, swear.
Beast, n.
- 1. Quadruped, beast of the field, four-footed creature.
- 2. Brute, irrational animal.
- 3. Brutal or bestial person, brute, savage, sensualist, clod.
Beastly, a. Brutish, brutal, bestial, sensual, coarse, repulsive, inhuman, abominable, vile, filthy, loathsome.
Beat, v. a.
- 1. Strike, knock, hit, thump, bethump, belabor, drub, maul, pommel, baste, thrash, thwack, bang, whack,
pound, punch, cudgel, cane, whip, buffet, lay blows upon.
- 2. Hammer, forge
- 3. Pound, bruise, pulverize, comminute, bray, break in pieces.
- 4. Batter, smite, pelt, dash against
- 5. Conquer, overcome, subdue, vanquish, overpower, defeat, checkmate.
- 6. (Colloq.) Excel, surpass, outdo, cut out.
Beat, v. n.
- 1. Pulsate, throb.
- 2. Dash, strike.
- 3. (Naut.) Go against the wind, go a zigzag course.