English words: B

1119 words under B; 901–1000 on this page.

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• brindled adjective (brindled, no change)
  Brindled means brown or grey with dark streaks or stripes in the coat.
• brine noun (brine, uncountable); verb…
  Very salty water.
• bring verb (bring, brings, brought, bringing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To bring is to carry something to a place where someone is: «Bring your book to school».
• bringest verb, old form used with thou
  «bringest» means «you bring», a form of «bring»: To bring is to carry something to a place where someone is: «Bring your book to school».
• bringeth verb, old form of «brings» (he, she, it)
  «bringeth» means «brings», a form of «bring»: To bring is to carry something to a place where someone is: «Bring your book to school».
• brink noun (the brink, brinks)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The edge of a cliff, a steep place or water.
• briny adjective (brinier, briniest); noun (the briny)
  Briny means salty, like sea water.
• brioche noun (a brioche, brioches; brioche, uncountable)
  A soft, sweet French bread made with eggs and butter, often shaped like a bun with a little top knot.
• brisk adjective (brisk, brisker, briskest)
  Brisk means quick and energetic («a brisk walk»).
• brisket noun (brisket, uncountable; a brisket)
  Meat cut from the chest of a cow, cooked slowly until it is soft.
• briskly adverb (briskly)
  Briskly means quickly and with energy, in a lively way.
• bristle noun (a bristle, bristles); verb…
  A short, stiff hair, like the hairs on a toothbrush, a brush or a pig's back.
• bristly adjective (bristly, bristlier, bristliest)
  Covered with short, stiff hairs.
• brit noun (a Brit, Brits)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A person from Britain (the United Kingdom of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland).
• british adjective (British); noun (the British)everyday · Jewish tradition
  British means from or about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, or its people.
• briton noun (a Briton, Britons)
  A person from Britain; a British citizen.
• brittle adjective (brittle, brittler, brittlest — or more brittle)…
  Brittle means hard but easily broken, snapping or cracking instead of bending: brittle glass, brittle bones, dry brittle leaves.
• broad adjective (broad, broader, broadest)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Broad means wide from one side to the other.
• broadband noun (broadband — uncountable); adjective (broadband)
  Broadband is a fast internet connection that can send a lot of information at once, used in homes, schools and offices.
• broadcast verb…
  To broadcast means to send out a programme on television, radio or the internet: "the match will be broadcast live".
• broadcaster noun (broadcaster, broadcasters)
  A company that sends out radio or TV programmes, such as the BBC.
• broadly adverb (broadly)
  In a general way, without all the details, as in «broadly speaking».
• brocade noun (brocades)
  Brocade is a rich cloth woven with patterns, often with gold or silver thread.
• broccoli noun (broccoli — uncountable; a broccoli floret)
  Broccoli is a green vegetable with a thick stalk and many small tight flower buds on top that look like tiny trees.
• brochure noun (a brochure, brochures)
  A brochure is a small thin booklet or leaflet with pictures and information, usually about a product, a place to visit or a service.
• brogue noun (brogues)
  A brogue is a strong leather shoe with small holes punched in its pattern.
• broil verb (broils, broiled, broiling); noun (broils, old use)
  To broil is to cook food over or under a hot flame or fire.
• broiled adjective; past form of broil (broiled)
  Broiled means cooked over or under a hot flame, grilled.
• broke verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Broke is the past form of break: I broke the window.
• broken adjective (broken); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Broken means damaged, or in pieces.
• broker noun (brokers)
  A broker is a person who buys and sells things for other people, such as shares, goods or old pictures.
• brolly noun (a brolly, brollies), informal
  An umbrella.
• brontosaurus noun (a brontosaurus, brontosauruses or brontosauri)
  A huge plant-eating dinosaur with a very long neck, long tail and four thick legs; its name means "thunder lizard".
• bronze noun (bronze; a bronze, bronzes); adjective (bronze)
  Bronze is a hard brown-gold metal made by mixing copper and tin.
• brooch noun (brooches)
  A brooch is a piece of jewellery with a pin, worn to fasten or decorate clothes.
• brood noun (brood, broods); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A family of baby birds or other young animals born at the same time.
• brooding adjective (brooding); verb -ing form of brood…
  Thinking for a long time about something that makes you sad, worried or angry.
• broody adjective (broody, broodier, broodiest)
  Wanting to sit on her eggs to keep them warm until they hatch.
• brook noun (a brook, brooks); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A small stream of fresh water.
• brooklet noun (brooklets)
  A brooklet is a small brook, a little stream of running water.
• broom noun (a broom, brooms); verb (broom — rare)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A broom is a brush with a long handle for sweeping floors.
• broomstick noun (broomsticks)
  A broomstick is the long wooden handle of a broom.
• broth noun (broths)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Broth is a thin, hot soup made by boiling meat, fish or vegetables in water.
• brother noun (brother, brothers; old plural brethren)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A brother is a boy or man who has the same parents as you.
• brotherhood noun (brotherhood, uncountable; a brotherhood, brotherhoods)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Friendship and loyalty between people, like the feeling between brothers.
• brotherly adjectiveJewish tradition
  Like a brother, or showing the kindness and loyalty that brothers owe each other.
• broughtest verb, old form used with thou (past)
  «broughtest» means «you brought», a form of «bring»: To bring is to carry something to a place where someone is: «Bring your book to…
• brow noun (a brow, brows)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Your brow is your forehead, the part of your face above your eyes.
• brown adjective (brown, browner, brownest); noun (brown); verb…
  Brown is the colour of chocolate, wood or soil.
• brownie noun (a brownie, brownies; a Brownie, Brownies)
  A small square of rich, soft chocolate cake, often with nuts.
• brownish adjective (brownish)
  Slightly brown; of a colour that is close to brown but not quite.
• browse verb (browse, browses, browsed, browsing); noun (a browse)
  To look through things in a relaxed way, without looking for something particular: «browse in a bookshop».
• browser noun (a browser, browsers)
  A browser is a computer program used to look at websites on the internet, such as Chrome, Safari or Firefox.
• browsing verb form (browse, browses, browsed, browsing); noun…
  Looking through things in a relaxed way without searching for anything special, as in shops or books.
• bruin noun (bruins)
  A bear.
• bruise noun (a bruise, bruises); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A purple, blue or dark mark on the skin caused by a bump or knock that breaks tiny blood vessels underneath without breaking the skin.
• brummie noun (a Brummie, Brummies — informal, UK); adjective…
  A person from Birmingham, the big city in the middle of England.
• brunch noun (brunch, brunches); verb…
  A meal eaten in the late morning instead of breakfast and lunch, often bigger than breakfast.
• brunt noun…
  The worst part or the main force of something bad, such as an attack, a storm or blame.
• brush noun (a brush, brushes); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A tool with many bristles on a handle, used for cleaning, painting or tidying hair: toothbrush, paintbrush, hairbrush.
• brushing verb form…
  Brushing means cleaning or tidying something with a brush: brushing your teeth, brushing your hair.
• brushwood noun (brushwood — uncountable)
  Small broken branches and twigs lying on the ground or cut from trees.
• brushwork noun (brushwork — uncountable)
  The way a painter uses a paintbrush, and the marks the brush leaves on a painting.
• brutal adjective (brutal, more brutal, most brutal)
  Brutal means very cruel and violent.
• brutality noun (brutalities)
  Cruel, violent treatment of people or animals; very harsh behaviour.
• brutally adverb (no change)
  In a cruel, savage way, with great violence.
• brute noun (a brute, brutes); adjective (brute)
  A cruel, violent or rough person.
• brutish adjectiveJewish tradition
  Stupid and rough, like an animal that cannot think.
• bryony noun (bryony, uncountable; a bryony, bryonies); proper noun…
  Bryony is a climbing plant found in hedges in Britain and Europe; there are two kinds, white bryony and black bryony, both with shiny red…
• bubble noun (a bubble, bubbles); verb…
  A bubble is a thin round ball of liquid with air or gas inside, like a soap bubble.
• bubbly adjective (bubbly, bubblier, bubbliest); noun…
  Full of bubbles: bubbly water, bubbly bath.
• buck noun (a buck, bucks); verb (buck, bucks, bucked, bucking)
  A dollar.
• bucket noun (bucket, buckets); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A bucket is an open round container with a handle for carrying water, sand or other things.
• bucketful noun (a bucketful, bucketfuls)
  The amount that one bucket can hold: «a bucketful of water».
• buckle noun (a buckle, buckles); verb…
  A buckle is a metal or plastic clip on a belt, strap or shoe that fastens two ends together.
• buckler noun (bucklers)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A small round shield held in the hand, used in old times (old use).
• buckskin noun (buckskins)
  Soft, pale leather made from the skin of a deer; also a cloth or thing made of it.
• buckskins noun (plural only)
  Clothes made of buckskin, such as leggings, jackets or trousers.
• buckwheat noun (buckwheat — uncountable)
  A plant grown for its small, triangle-shaped seeds, which are cooked like grain or ground into flour.
• bud noun (a bud, buds); verb (bud, buds, budded, budding)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A bud is a small swelling on a plant that will open into a leaf or a flower.
• buddha proper noun (the Buddha); noun…
  The Buddha was a teacher who lived in ancient India and started the religion of Buddhism.
• buddhism noun (Buddhism — proper noun, uncountable)
  Buddhism is a religion and way of life that follows the teaching of the Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama), who taught how to end suffering…
• buddhist noun (a Buddhist, Buddhists); adjective (Buddhist)
  A Buddhist is a person who follows Buddhism, the religion based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama.
• budding adjective (no change); verb form…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Just starting to grow or develop; beginning to show promise.
• buddleia noun (a buddleia, buddleias; also buddleja)
  A bush with long, cone-shaped clusters of purple, white or pink flowers that attract many butterflies; also called the butterfly bush.
• buddy noun (a buddy, buddies); verb…
  A buddy (informal) is a friend or partner.
• budge verb (budge, budges, budged, budging); noun (rare)
  To budge is to move a little, or to make something heavy or stuck move a little.
• budgerigar noun (a budgerigar, budgerigars; budgie — informal)
  A small, long-tailed parrot from Australia, usually green and yellow in the wild, kept as a pet in many colours; usually called a budgie.
• budget noun (a budget, budgets); verb…
  A budget is a plan for how much money you will spend and save.
• budgie noun (a budgie, budgies)
  A small, bright green, blue or yellow parrot that people often keep as a pet in a cage; its full name is budgerigar.
• buff noun (a buff, buffs); adjective (buff, buffer); verb…
  A buff is a person who knows and loves a lot about one subject: «a film buff», «a history buff».
• buffalo noun (a buffalo, buffalo or buffaloes or buffalos); verb…
  A buffalo is a large wild or farmed animal of the cattle family with big curved horns, such as the African buffalo (Cape buffalo) or the…
• buffer noun (a buffer, buffers); verb…
  Something that protects one thing from another or softens a hit or shock.
• buffet noun (a buffet, buffets); verb…
  A buffet (said «BUFF-ay» or «boo-FAY») is a meal where food is set out on a table and people serve themselves.
• buffeting verb form (buffet, buffets, buffeted, buffeting); plural…
  Hitting or pushing again and again, as wind or waves do; knocking about roughly.
• buffoon noun (buffoons)
  A person who acts silly or clownish to make others laugh; a clown or fool.
• bug noun (a bug, bugs); verb (bug, bugs, bugged, bugging)
  A small insect or other tiny crawling creature, like a beetle or an ant.
• bugbear noun (bugbears)
  A bogey or imaginary monster that frightens children (old use).
• bugger noun (a bugger, buggers); verb (bugger — rude); exclamation…
  A swear word said when something goes wrong ("Bugger! I missed the bus").
• bugle noun (a bugle, bugles); verb (bugle — rare)
  A bugle is a brass instrument like a small, simple trumpet with no valves, used to play short tunes and signals.

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