(intransitive, now usually literary) To exist; to have real existence, to be alive. / (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist. / (intransitive) To occupy a place.

(dialectal, possibly dated) Alternative form of by. Also found in compounds, especially oaths, e.g. begorra.

The name of the Cyrillic script letter Б / б.

(gymnastics) A gymnastics apparatus, a narrow wooden rail used in artistic (athletic) gymnastics. / (gymnastics) A gymnastics event using the balance beam apparatus.

A plush toy in the shape of a bear. / A lovable, endearing, large, strong, hairy, or sweet man, particularly one who is gentle in spite of a burly or gruff appearance.

Defeated. / Repeatedly struck, or formed or flattened by blows. / (cooking, of a liquid) Mixed by paddling with a wooden spoon or other implement. / (dated) Trite; hackneyed.

past participle of beat

A stroke; a blow. / A pulsation or throb. / (music) A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece. / A rhythm.

(transitive) To hit; to strike. / (transitive) To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.

simple past tense of beat / (especially colloquial) past participle of beat