- 5. Improved in health, less ill.
- 6. More familiar, more intimate. See various meanings of Good.
Better, n.
- 1. Superiority, advantage, victory, upper hand.
- 2. Improvement, greater good.
- 3. Superior.
- 4. Bettor, wagerer, taker of odds.
Better, ad.
- 1. In a superior manner, in a more excellent way, more fully, more completely.
- 2. With greater advantage, more usefully or profitably.
- 3. More, in a higher degree.
Better, v. a. Improve, amend, emend, meliorate, ameliorate, reform, correct, rectify, advance, promote, make or render better.
Better, v. n. Grow, get, or become better, improve, advance, mend, come up.
Better-half, n. (Colloq.) Wife.
Bettering, n. Improvement, amendment, melioration, amelioration, betterment.
Between, prep. Betwixt.
Betwixt, prep. [Nearly obsolete]. Between.
Be upon the tapis. Be under consideration, be on the carpet.
Bevel, n. Chamfer, slope, inclination.
Bevel, v. a. Chamfer.
Beverage, n. Drink, potion.
Bevy, n.
- 1. Flock, covey, swarm, flight.