Bee-line, n. Straight line, right line, air-line, shortest distance, most direct line.
Beelzebub, n. (Popular error for following word.)
Beelzebul, n. Beelzebub (popularly), Satan, Prince of Demons. See apollyon.
Bee-moth, n. Wax-moth.
Beetle, n.
- 1. Mallet, maul.
- 2. Coleopter, scarabæus, scarab, scarabee, clock.
Beetle, v. n. Protrude, project, jut, jut out, hang over.
Beetle-head, n. Simpleton, fool. See dunce.
Beetle-headed, a. Dull, stupid, obtuse, foolish, senseless, witless, insensible, sluggish, stolid, mindless, brainless, weak-headed, addle-headed, addle-pated, blunder-headed, muddle-headed, beef-witted, bovine, fat-headed, dull-brained, shallow-brained, lack-witted, short-witted, dull-witted, blunt-witted, shallow-pated, clod-pated, thick-skulled, wanting, heavy, doltish, sottish, blockish, wooden-headed, dunderheaded, bull- headed, slow, slow of apprehension, void of understanding.
Beeves, n. pl. Neat-cattle.
Befall, v. a. Betide, overtake, bechance, happen to.
Befall, v. n. Happen, chance, betide, supervene, occur, take place, come to pass.
Befit, v. a. Suit, fit, become, be suitable or proper for, be appropriate for, comport with, be in keeping with.
Befitting, a. Becoming, suitable, fit, proper, right, meet, seemly, appropriate, congruous, decorous.
Befog, v. a.
- 1. Cover with fog, shroud in fog, wrap in mist.
- 2. Confuse, mystify, muddle, obfuscate, puzzle, perplex, embarrass, bewilder.
Befool, v. a. Infatuate, fool, dupe, deceive, delude, cheat, chouse, trick, hoax, stultify, hoodwink, circumvent, overreach, beguile, impose upon, practise upon, play upon, make a fool of. See bamboozle.
Before, prep.
- 1. Preceding, in advance of, ahead of, in front of, in the van of.
- 2. Prior to, previous to.