- 2. Strip, zone, stretch, long and narrow piece or region.
- 3. Constraint, restraint, check.
Bemire, v. a. Daggle, draggle, bedaggle, be-draggle, besmirch, mire, muddy, befoul, foul, dirty, soil.
Bemoan, v. a. Bewail, lament, deplore, moan over, mourn over, express sorrow for.
Bemused, a. Stupefied, confused, bewildered, muddled, muzzy, tipsy, half-seas-over, half-drunk.
Bench, n.
- 1. Long seat, seat, form.
- 2. Work-bench.
- 3. [With The.] Judge’s seat, woolsack.
- 4. Court, tribunal, body of judges, rank of a judge.
Bend, v. a.
- 1. Curve, crook, bow, incurvate, flex, make crooked, deflect, draw.
- 2. Direct, turn, incline.
- 3. Exert, apply (earnestly), direct (attentively).
- 4. [Usually in the passive.] Incline, determine, resolve, set.
- 5. Subdue, cause to yield, bring to submission, make submissive, persuade, influence, mould, dispose,
bias.
- 6. (Naut.) Fasten, make fast.
Bend, v. n.
- 1. Crook deflect, deviate, swerve, diverge, incline, be crooked, be bent, be curved.
- 2. Lean, incline, turn, deflect, deviate, diverge.
- 3. Overhang, jut out, jut, beetle.