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Bee
WordNet
noun
(1) Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
(2) A social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
From , from , from . Cognate with Dutch , Upper German , Swedish ; and (from Indo-European) with Latvian , Russian , Old Irish .
Noun
- A flying insect, of the order Hymenoptera, superfamily Apoidea.
- A contest, especially for spelling, see spelling bee.
- A gathering for a specific purpose, e.g. a sewing bee or a quilting bee.
See also
Noun
- A ring or torque; a bracelet.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VII:
- And Kynge Arthure gaff hir a ryche bye of golde; and so she departed.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial, Penguin 2005, p. 16:
- ...restoring unto the world much gold richly adorning his Sword, two hundred Rubies, many hundred Imperial Coynes, three hundred golden Bees, the bones and horseshoe of his horse enterred with him...
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VII:
Verb
- Archaic spelling of the verb be.
- Quotations
- 1604 Reverend Cawdrey Table Aleph: held that a ‘Nicholaitan is an heretike, like Nicholas, who held that wiues should bee common to all alike.’