English Dictionary

be-

/bɪ/

prefix

(rare or no longer productive) By, near, next to, around, close to. / (rare or no longer productive) Around; about. / (rare or no longer productive) About, regarding, concerning, over.

Before the storm hit, we were able to secure all the windows.

意味（1）

(rare or no longer productive) By, near, next to, around, close to.

beleaguer, bestand, beset, besit

意味（2）

(rare or no longer productive) Around; about.

begather, belay, belook, bestir, belive, besmell, bewrap

意味（3）

(rare or no longer productive) About, regarding, concerning, over.

bewrite, betalk, betell, bemoan, bemourn, bewail, beknow, besing, bespeak

意味（4）

(rare or no longer productive) On, upon, at, to, in contact with something.

beclothe, becall, besee, behold, befall, bedo, beshine, besmile, betone

意味（5）

(rare or no longer productive) Off, away, over, across

becut, bedeal, betake, bego, behead, belimb, benim, bereave, besleeve, betrunk

意味（6）

(rare or no longer productive) As an intensifier; i.e. thoroughly, excessively; completely; utterly.

bebreak, begladden, belabour, behate, bedazzle

意味（7）

(rare or no longer productive) All around; about; abundantly; all over.

belave, belick, bescatter, bekiss

意味（8）

(rare or no longer productive) Forming verbs derived from nouns or adjectives, usually with the sense of "to make, become, or cause to be".

becalm, bedark, befree, befriend, bedim, beken, benight, benothing, bewet, besmooth, bestrange

意味（9）

(archaic or informal) Used to intensify adjectives meaning "adorned with something", often those with the suffix -ed.

besequined, befeathered, beclawed, bewebbed, betasseled, beloved