Learning English words starting with b - B and their meaning
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During this lesson you will be able to look up words that you have seen in the lesson you are doing it will give you a brief explanation and tell you if it's a verb, noun, adjective, adverb, preposition. pronoun or conjunction.
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The Parts of Speech
- n. (noun) - a name word
- v. (verb) - an action word
- ad. (adjective/adverb) - a describing word
- prep. (preposition) - a word used to show a relation
- pro. (pronoun) - a word used in place of a noun
- conj. (conjunction) - a joining word
Words beginning with b
- baby - n. a newly born creature
- back - n. the part behind the front; ad. the other way from forward
- bad - ad. wrong; acting against the law; not good
- balance - v. to make two sides or forces equal
- ball - n. something round
- balloon - n. a device of strong, light material that rises when filled with gas lighter than air
- ballot - n. a piece of paper used for voting
- ban - v. to not permit; to stop; n. an official restriction
- bank - n. an organization that keeps and lends money
- bar - v. to prevent or block
- barrier - n. anything that blocks or makes an action difficult
- base - n. a military center; v. to establish as a fact ("Her research was based on experiments.")
- battle - n. a fight between opposing armed forces
- be - v. to live; to happen; to exist
- beat - v. to hit again and again
- beauty - n. that which pleases the eye, ear or spirit
- because - prep. for the reason that ("He left because he was sick.")
- become - v. to come to be
- bed - n. a sleeping place
- before - prep. earlier
- begin - v. to do the first part of an action; to start
- behavior - n. the way in which a person or animal acts ("The child's behavior was bad because he fought with other children.")
- behind - ad. at the back of; in back of
- believe - v. to think; to feel sure of; to accept as true; to trust
- belong - v. to be owned by; to be a member of
- below - ad. lower than
- best - ad. the most good
- betray - v. to turn against; to be false to
- better - ad. more good than
- between - ad. in the space or time that separates; from one to the other ("talks between two nations")
- big - ad. of great size; not small
- bill - n. a legislative proposal
- biology - n. the scientific study of life or living things in all their forms
- bird - n. a creature that flies
- bite - v. to cut with the teeth
- black - ad. dark; having the color like that of the night sky
- blame - v. to accuse; to hold responsible
- bleed - v. to lose blood
- blind - ad. not able to see
- block - v. to stop something from being done; to prevent movement
- blood - n. red fluid in the body
- blow - v. to move with force, as in air ("The wind blows.")
- blue - ad. having the color like that of a clear sky
- boat - n. something built to travel on water that carries people or goods
- body - n. all of a person or animal; the remains of a person or animal
- boil - v. to heat a liquid until it becomes very hot
- bomb - n. a device that explodes with great force; v. to attack or destroy with bombs
- bone - n. the hard material in the body
- book - n. a long written work for reading
- border - n. a dividing line between nations
- born - v. to come to life; to come into existence
- borrow - v. to take as a loan
- both - ad. not just one of two, but the two together
- bottle - n. a container, usually made of glass, to hold liquid
- bottom - ad. the lowest part of something
- box - n. something to put things into; a container, usually made of paper or wood
- boy - n. a young male person
- boycott - v. to refuse to take part in or deal with
- brain - n. the control center of thought, emotions and body activity of all creatures
- brave - ad. having no fear
- bread - n. a food made from grain
- break - v. to divide into parts by force; to destroy
- breathe - v. to take air into the body and let it out again
- bridge - n. a structure built over a waterway, valley or road so people and vehicles can cross from one side to the other
- brief - ad. short; not long
- bright - ad. giving much light; strong and clear in color
- bring - v. to come with something
- broadcast - v. to send information, stories or music by radio or television; n. a radio or television program
- brother - n. a male with the same father or mother as another person
- brown - ad. having the color like that of coffee
- budget - n. a spending plan
- build - v. to join materials together to make something
- building - n. anything built for use as a house, factory, office, school, store or place of entertainment
- bullet - n. a small piece of metal shot from a gun
- burn - v. to be on fire; to destroy or damage by fire
- burst - v. to break open suddenly
- bury - v. to put into the ground and cover with earth
- bus - n. a public vehicle to carry people
- business - n. one's work; buying and selling to earn money; trade
- busy - ad. doing something; very active
- but - conj. however; other than; yet
- buy - v. to get by paying something, usually money
- by - conj. near; at; next to ("by the road"); from ("a play by William Shakespeare"); not later than ("by midnight")
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