Словарь английских синонимов и синонимичных выражений. Том I. A – I.
Шрифт:
Bassetting, n. Cropping out, out-crop.
Bastard, n. Love-child, illegitimate child, natural child.
Bastard, a. 1. Illegitimate.
2. Spurious, false, counterfeit, not genuine.
Baste, v. a. 1. Beat (with a stick), cudgel, cane, drub, thrash.
2. Moisten with fat.
3. Sew (with long stitches).
Bastinado, n. Cudgelling or beating (on the soles of the feet).
Bastinado, v. a. Cudgel or beat (on the soles of the feet).
Batch, n. Certain quantity (as of bread, ore, &c., treated at one time).
Bate, v. a. Abate, lessen, diminish, decrease, reduce, rebate, remit.
Bathe, v. a. Wash, lave.
Bathe, v. n. Wash the body, go into a bath, take a bath.
Bathos, n. Anticlimax.
Bating, prep. Except, excepting.
Batten, n. Thin strip.
Batten, v. a. 1. Fasten with battens.
2. Fatten, make fat.
Batten, v. n. Grow fat.
Batter, v. a. 1. Beat, smite, pelt, dash against.
2. Bruise, break, shatter, shiver, smash, demolish, destroy, strike down, knock down, shake to pieces, shiver to pieces.
Batter, v. n. (Masonry.) Slope backward.
Batter, n. (Masonry.) Slope backward.
Battle, n. Combat, engagement, action, conflict, contest, fight, rencontre, collision, skirmish, brush, affair.
Battle array, Order of battle.
Bawble, n. Trinket, gewgaw, toy, trifle, plaything, gimcrack, knack, knick-knack, jiggumbob.
Bawd, n. Procurer, pander, pimp.
Bawdy, a. Obscene, filthy, indecent, impure, smutty, lewd.
Bawdy-house, n. Brothel, stew, bagnio, whore-house, house of prostitution, house of ill fame.
Bawl, v. n. Hoot, shout, vociferate, yell, howl, roar, cry, squall.
Bay, a. Reddish-brown.
Bay, n. 1. Bight, inlet of the sea.
2. Recess (as in a room), opening.
3. Compartment.
4. Bay-tree, laurel-tree (Laurus nobilis).
Bay, v. n. Bark.
Bayberry, n. Wax-myrtle (Myrica cerifera).
Bay-rum, n. Spirit of Myrcia (rum distilled with the leaves of Myrcia acris).
Bays, n. pl. Crown, garland, wreath, honorary distinction.
Bay-salt, n. Common salt (as obtained by evaporation of sea-water), chloride of sodium.
Bay-tree, n. Bay, laurel-tree.
Bazaar, n. Market-place.
Be, v. n. Exist (whether in fact or in imagination), subsist, have existence, have being.
Beach, n. Shore, coast, strand, seaboard, seacoast.
Beacon, n. 1. Signal-fire.
2. Mark, sign, signal.
Beak, n. 1. Bill, mandible, neb.
2. Prow, bow, stem.
Beam, n. 1. Girder, piece of timber.
2. Ray, pencil, streak, gleam, glimmer.
Beam, v. n. Shine, emit rays.
Beam, v. a. Shoot forth, emit in rays or beams.
Beamy, a. Radiant, beaming.
Bear, v. a. 1. Uphold, support, sustain, hold up.
2. Carry, transport, convey, waft.
3. Possess, have, hold.
4. Endure, suffer, undergo, brook, tolerate, abide, put up with, bear with, take patiently or easily, have patience with, submit to.
5. Admit, permit, allow, admit of, be capable of.
6. Maintain, keep up, carry on.
7. Entertain, cherish, harbor.
8. Be answerable for, be charged with.
9. Produce, yield.
10. Generate, beget, bring forth, give birth to.
11. Exhibit, utter, show, give.
Bear, v. n. 1. Suffer, submit.
2. Press, push, be oppressive.
3. Be fruitful, be prolific.
4. [Rare.] Imply, intimate.
5. (Naut.) Be situated (with respect to the point of compass).
Bear, n. Bruin.
Bearable, a. Tolerable, endurable, supportable.
Bear a hand, (Naut.) Be quick, make haste.
Beard, v. a. Defy, challenge, dare, take or pluck by the beard, oppose to the face.
Bearded, a. 1. Barbed.
2. (Bot.) Aristate, awned.
Bear date, Be dated.
Bear down, Overwhelm, oppress, crush.
Bear down upon, Attack, assail, assault, charge, march upon, march against, set upon, rush upon, fall upon.
Bear-grass, n. Yucca, Adam's needle, Spanish bayonet.
Bearing, n. 1. Deportment, demeanor, behavior, conduct, carriage, mien, air, port.
2. Relation, dependency, connection.
3. Endurance, suffering.
4. Direction, course, aim, aspect, point of compass.
Bearings, n. pl. Charges (in coats of arms).
Bearish, a. Rough, rude, coarse, savage, boorish, uncivil, uncourteous, discourteous, impolite, ungentlemanly.
Bear one's self, Behave, acquit one's self, conduct one's self.
Bear out, Maintain, support, defend, uphold, justify, make good.
Bear the bell, Be the leader.
Bear the cross, Take up the cross, submit to trials or afflictions.
Bear the palm, Excel, be superior.
Bear up, 1. (Active.) Support, uphold; sustain, keep from falling.
2. (Passive.) Stand firm, show fortitude.
Bear with, Endure, bear, tolerate, put up with, have patience with.
Bear witness, Testify, depose, state, affirm, declare, aver, avow, say, swear.
Beast, n. Brute (fit for the service of man), quadruped, beast of the field, four-footed animal, irrational animal.
Beastly, a. Brutish, brutal, bestial, sensual, irrational.
Beat, v. a. 1. Strike, knock, hit, thump, belabor, drub, maul, pommel, baste, thrash, thwack, bang, lay blows upon.