REVERSE DICTIONARY B
BEAU - BEEQZ
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• BEAU - BEAUTIFUL
• BEAUTIFULLY - BECOMING
• BED - BEDFELLOW
• BEDPAN - BEEF
BEAU
n. 1597 - a gallant, an easygoing fellow, a good fellow; also, a spruce or dashing fellow; sharp-witted, dashing, wild, or reckless fellow; a beau BLADE
n. 1632 - a conceited fop; a petty dandy; a coxcomb; a pert, smart, little impertinent fellow; a conceited, empty-headed little fellow; a contemptuous name for a beau, fop, or dandy; an insignificant person JACK-A-DANDY
n. 1706-7 - a beau, a lover, a suitor, a sweetheart SPARK
n. 1829 - a beau; a boyfriend GENTLEMAN FRIEND
n. 1833 Amer. dial. - a woman's sweetheart; a beau FELLER; FELLOW
n. c1862 Amer. dial. - a sweetheart; a beau JEWLARKER; JEWLARKY; JULARKY
n. Bk1866 Sc. - a showy, vain, vulgar person; a beau; a belle WAPPER
n. Bk1905 Sc. - one who dresses finely; a belle or beau TIPPER
n. 1939 Amer. dial. - a sweetheart; a beau JEWLARK
n. Bk1975 Amer. sl. - a girl's boyfriend; a beau HE-PAL
n. 1632 - a conceited fop; a petty dandy; a coxcomb; a pert, smart, little impertinent fellow; a conceited, empty-headed little fellow; a contemptuous name for a beau, fop, or dandy; an insignificant person JACK-A-DANDY
n. 1706-7 - a beau, a lover, a suitor, a sweetheart SPARK
n. 1829 - a beau; a boyfriend GENTLEMAN FRIEND
n. 1833 Amer. dial. - a woman's sweetheart; a beau FELLER; FELLOW
n. c1862 Amer. dial. - a sweetheart; a beau JEWLARKER; JEWLARKY; JULARKY
n. Bk1866 Sc. - a showy, vain, vulgar person; a beau; a belle WAPPER
n. Bk1905 Sc. - one who dresses finely; a belle or beau TIPPER
n. 1939 Amer. dial. - a sweetheart; a beau JEWLARK
n. Bk1975 Amer. sl. - a girl's boyfriend; a beau HE-PAL
BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFY, BEAUTY
(also see ATTRACTIVE, GOOD-LOOKING, HANDSOME, etc.)
adj. c725 obs. - beautiful, elegant, fair, handsome SMICKER
adj. a1240 obs. - pleasing in appearance; beautiful LUSTY
adj. a1300 obs. - of a person, esp. a woman: beautiful, attractive; also, having a fair and rosy complexion BRIGHT
adj. a1300 obs. - of persons; beautiful or handsome in appearance; finely or fashionably dressed; elegant, foppish QUAINT
adj. a1300 obs. - of pleasing appearance; beautiful, fair; neat, tidy QUEME
adj. c1300 arch. rare - beautiful and noble; used as a conventional complimentary epithet, originally and chiefly for a woman FAIR AND FREE
adj. c1314 obs. - fair, fine, beautiful BEL
adj. c1325 obs. - fair, beautiful BEAU
adj. 1398 obs. - winning favour; hence, pleasing, agreeable, beautiful, comely FAVOURABLE
adj. 1500-20 Sc. & Eng. dial. - fine, excellent, pleasant, beautiful WALLIE; WALLY; WALY
adj. 1500-20 Sc. obs. - comely, beautiful DECOIR; DECORE
adj. 1513 obs. - handsome, beautiful; elegant, graceful; comely in appearance VENUST
adj. a1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - pleasing to the sight; comely; expressing homely beauty BONNY
adj. 1567 obs. - well-formed; comely, beautiful FEATURED
adj. 1598 - beautiful; highly pleasing to the sight BEAUTY
adj. 1598 obs. - physically beautiful or attractive VENEREAL
adj. a1641 obs. rare - beautiful FAIRSOME
adj. 1661 obs. - beautiful or attractive like Venus VENERIAL
adj. 1785 - extremely beautiful BEAUTIFUL AS AN ANGEL
adj. 1789 Sc. - beautiful to the eye but noxious, hurtful FAIR-FARAND
adj. 1881 sl. - stylish, resplendently beautiful, gorgeous; handsome (orig. US) SCRUMPTIOUS
adj. 1888 - resembling Juno in stately beauty JUNOESQUE
adj. 1890 Amer. dial. - fine, elegant, stylish; beautiful CATISH
adj. B1900 Eng. dial. - ancient, beautiful with age, rare ANTIOUS
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - beautiful DENTY-BONNY
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - comely, handsome, pleasing to the eye VIEWSOME
adj. 1912 US - beautiful, graceful, or fine in any way; comely; morally excellent PULCHRITUDINOUS
adj. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - very fine, beautiful SWELLEGANT; SWELLELEGANT; SWELLELLEGOUS
adj. 1936 UK sl. - beautiful, pleasing to look at; good-looking; esp. of women EASY ON THE EYE
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ALAMONAGORGEOUS; BEE-YOO-TIFUL; BE-U-TIFUL; DAZZLING; DEVASTATING; DIVINE; ELEGAZAM; FIT TO KILL; JUST TOO KILLING; PERFECTLY KILLING; PUTRID; RAVING; RED-HOT; RIPPING; RIPSNIPTIOUS; SCRUM; SCRUMBOTIOUS; SCRUMDIDLIUMPTOUS; SCRUMDIFFEROUS; SCRUMDOODLE; SCRUMDUMPISH; SCRUMPTEDIDLEOUS; SENSATIONAL; SIMPLY KILLING; SIMPLY STUNNING; SPANGLORIOUS; SPANKING; SPLENDACEOUS; SPLENDACIOUS; SPLENDATIOUS; SPLENDICULAR; SPLENDICULOUS; SPLENDIDIOUS; SPLENDIDOUS; SPLENDIDROUS; SPLENDIFEROUS; SWELLAGAZAM; SWELLDIFFEROUS; SWELLDOODLE; TOO-TOO DIVINE
adj. 1951 Hawaii - beautiful NANI
adj. 1967 Amer. dial. - fine, elegant, stylish; beautiful KITASH
adj. 1981 Amer. dial. - fine, elegant, stylish; beautiful KATISH
adj. 1990s sl. - of a woman: very beautiful, very sexy BABELICIOUS
adj. Bk1995 US sl. - very beautiful DROP-DEAD GORGEOUS
adj. 1997 US sl. - of a woman: extraordinarily beautiful AGAINST THE LAW
n. c888 obs. - beauty, fairness, good looks FAIR
n. a1225 obs. - fairness, beauty FAIRLEC
n. c1250 obs. - beauty FAIRHEAD
n. a1300 - a person of unusual beauty, excellent, purity, or the like SWAN
n. c1300 obs. exc. arch. - that which conciliates affection or goodwill; attractiveness, comeliness, beauty; an attraction, charm FAVOUR
n. c1320 obs. - fairness, beauty FAIRSHIP
n. 1350 - physical beauty; comeliness PULCHRITUDE
n. a1350 rare - a woman of great worth or beauty; a paragon RUBY
n. c1390 obs. - a gay lady; one who is loved, a sweetheart; a noble or beautiful lady; also, of a man: a gallant GAY
n. c1400 obs. - a beautiful or attractive woman BRIGHT
n. a1413 - a beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman BEAUTY
n. c1450 - a woman; a member of the 'fair sex; esp. a beautiful or beloved woman; one's sweetheart FAIR
n. 1502 - a person, esp. a woman or child, who is considered to be remarkably beautiful, attractive, or appealing ANGEL
n. 1513 obs. - grace, honour, glory, beauty, adornment DECORE
n. 1534 - a beautiful person; chiefly used as a term of endearment, esp. for a woman BEAUTIFUL
n. 1559 obs. - elegance of form; beauty VENUSTY
n. 1566 - a beautiful or handsome young man GANYMEDE
n. 1575 - a woman of great beauty, elegance, or wit SPARK
n. 1579 obs. rare - a beautiful and excellent woman; one who excels in beauty and goodness BELLIBONE
n. a1579 - a beautiful or attractive woman VENUS
n. a1587 obs. - beauty FAIRHOOD
n. 1590 - a brilliant assemblage or crowd of beautiful women or distinguished persons GALAXY
n. 1598 obs. - an imitation of beauty BEAUTY-MOCK
n. 1606 - a woman resembling the goddess Juno in qualities ascribed to her; a woman of stately beauty; a jealous wife, etc. JUNO
n. 1608 obs. rare - a woman whose beauty is not natural; a sham beauty BEAUTY-MOCK
n. 1621 rare - a little Venus; a small, beautiful woman VENERILLA
n. 1623 obs. - beauty, fairness BELLITUDE
n. 1656 obs. - comeliness, beauty, ornament DECOR
n. 1657 obs. rare - beauty, charm VENUS
n. 1658 obs. - a making handsome or beautiful VENUSTATION
n. 1725 sl. - a woman in the bloom of her beauty FAIR ROEBUCK
n. 1727 obs. - beautifulness VENUSTITY; VENUSTNESS
n. 1781 - a beautiful woman and a man considered to be less attractive forming an ill-matched couple BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
n. 18C US sl. - a pretty young woman; a beauty QUEEN
n. 1801 obs. - the ideal Beautiful; the Beautiful, or beauty, in its ideal perfection BEAU-IDEAL
n. 1815 - a beautiful or attractive person or thing PICTURE
n. 1820 - the highest conceived or conceivable type of beauty or excellence of any kind; the perfect type or model BEAU-IDEAL
n. 1823 - a person of resplendent beauty SUNFLOWER
n. 1825 Sc. - a buxom, fresh-coloured girl, who appears handsome in the eyes of the vulgar; a rustic beauty BARNYARD BEAUTY
n. 1833 US sl. - a beautiful woman BEAU
n. 1842 - a young person regarded as beautiful, talented, clever, or energetic BRIGHT YOUNG THING
n. 1861 - a lover of beauty PHILOCALIST
n. 1862 - a measure of beauty (nonce word) CALLIMETER
n. 1862 sl. - a beautiful person; one possessing physical beauty, usually of a girl or woman BEAUT
n. 1866 sl. - a beautiful person or thing BUTE
n. 1868 - a fierce or cruel but beautiful woman PANTHERESS
n. 1881 - one who professes a special appreciation of what is beautiful, and endeavours to carry his ideas of beauty into practical manifestation AESTHETE
n. Bk1881 - an Oriental term for a beautiful woman MOON-FACE
n. 1892 Amer. sl. - something beautiful or attractive KNOCKOUT
n. 1900s Aust. sl. - a notably beautiful woman BONZARINA; BONZERINA
n. 1908 Sc. - a great beauty; a belle; an outstanding person, animal, or thing; the best in a class; a prize specimen, a good price, etc.; something well done VIRE
n. 1909 sl. - a beautiful woman NO-BEYOND JAMMER
n. Bk1911 Sc. - beauty BONNYNESS
n. 1920s sl. - a beautiful upper-class or society woman SILVER PHEASANT
n. 1929 Amer. sl. - a beautiful, spirited, or passionate girl or young woman BEARCAT
n. 1934 sl. - a strikingly beautiful woman EYEFUL
n. 1941 US sl. - a beautiful girl or young woman (African-American usage) CAKE
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - a beauty worth raving about RAVING BEAUTY
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - someone or something beautiful or attractive PEACHERINE; PEACHERINO; PIP; PIPPIN
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - something beautiful or attractive BABY; BEAR; BEAUT OF A LOOKER; BIG WOW; BIRD; BIRD OF A LOOKER; BLINDER; BRICK; BRICK OF A LOOKER; CLASSY LAYOUT; CLASSY SETUP; DANDEROO ; DANDY; DARB OF A LOOKER; DAZZLER; DREAM; DREAM OF A LOOKER; DUCKEROO; DUCKO LOOKER; EYE CATCHER; EYE FILLER; EYE OPENER; EYE SALVE; EYE TREAT; EYE WIDENER; EYEFUL; FETCHER; HOT LOOKER; HOT SKETCH; HOT SPIT; KAYO LOOKER; KNOCKER; LOOKER; LOOKERINO; LULU LOOKER; MEAN SKETCH; NEAT SKETCH; PEACH; PEACHAGULU; PEACHALULU; PEACHAMAROOT; PEACHAROONEY; PERTY; PRETTY-PRETTY; PRIZE EXHIBIT; PRIZE PACKAGE; SLICK ARTICLE; SOME CLASS; SPANKER; SPIFFER; SPIFFY LAYOUT; SPIFFY SETUP; STRIKER; STUNNER; SWEETHEART; SWELL ARTICLE; SWELL LAYOUT; SWELL MERCHANDISE; SWELL SETUP; WHIZ; WOW
n. 1949 - a beautiful, buxom girl GLAMOURLOVELY
n. 1956 sl. - a glamorous and beautiful young woman GORGEOUS GUSSIE
n. 1965 - a person who administers beauty treatments; a beautician AESTHETICIAN
n. 1969 US sl. - a girl; a beautiful girl; a woman (African-American usage) HAMMER
n. 1970s US sl. - anything attractive or beautiful FUNK
n. 1981 US sl. - a young and beautiful girl CHICKIE POO
n. Bk1992 sl. - a beautiful girl (surfers' usage) HECTIC GNARLER
n. Bk1997 Irish sl. - a beautiful girl or young woman GAWZER
n. 20C Aust. sl. - an admirable person; a beautiful woman BONSA; BONSER; BONSTER; BONZA; BONZER; BONZOR
n. E20 US sl. - a beautiful Black woman RAVEN BEAUTY
n. 2001 sl. - a beautiful, well-muscled woman GLAMAZON
n. US - a beautiful woman (Civil War usage) TRICK
vb. a1225 obs. - to make beautiful or attractive; to decorate, to adorn, to embellish FAIR
vb. 1340 obs. - to become or grow beautiful; too appear attractive FAIR
vb. c1340 obs. - to embellish; to beautify EMBELISE
vb. 1387 obs. - to deprive of grace or beauty UNHIGHT
vb. 1390 obs. - to beautify, to adorn, to dress finely QUAINTISE
vb. 1398 arch. - to render beautiful; to beautify, to adorn, to deck BEAUTY
vb. 1483 obs. - to adorn, to make fine or beautiful QUAINT
vb. 1530 obs. or arch. - to adorn, to beautify, to embellish; to grace, to honour DECORATE
vb. 1540 obs. rare - to embellish, to beautify BELLIFY
vb. 1555 obs. - to make seemly or becoming; to bring to a proper condition; to beautify, to adorn HANDSOME
vb. 1557 obs. - to make good-looking; to beautify FASHION
vb. 1592 obs. - to make lustrous, luminous, or bright; to set off with bright colours; generally, to beautify, to adorn ILLUSTRATE
vb. 1610 obs. rare - to rob of beauty; to mar the beauty of, to disfigure DEBELLISH
vb. 1653 obs. rare - to deprive of beauty or grace; to disfigure, to deform DEVENUSTATE
vb. 1656 obs. - to make beautiful, fair, or sightly VENUSTATE
vb. 1876 Eng. dial. - to beautify, to lay out for display SALLIT
vb. 1937 sl. - to beautify GLAM UP
vb. 1966 - to beautify the person PANSY UP
adj. c725 obs. - beautiful, elegant, fair, handsome SMICKER
adj. a1240 obs. - pleasing in appearance; beautiful LUSTY
adj. a1300 obs. - of a person, esp. a woman: beautiful, attractive; also, having a fair and rosy complexion BRIGHT
adj. a1300 obs. - of persons; beautiful or handsome in appearance; finely or fashionably dressed; elegant, foppish QUAINT
adj. a1300 obs. - of pleasing appearance; beautiful, fair; neat, tidy QUEME
adj. c1300 arch. rare - beautiful and noble; used as a conventional complimentary epithet, originally and chiefly for a woman FAIR AND FREE
adj. c1314 obs. - fair, fine, beautiful BEL
adj. c1325 obs. - fair, beautiful BEAU
adj. 1398 obs. - winning favour; hence, pleasing, agreeable, beautiful, comely FAVOURABLE
adj. 1500-20 Sc. & Eng. dial. - fine, excellent, pleasant, beautiful WALLIE; WALLY; WALY
adj. 1500-20 Sc. obs. - comely, beautiful DECOIR; DECORE
adj. 1513 obs. - handsome, beautiful; elegant, graceful; comely in appearance VENUST
adj. a1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - pleasing to the sight; comely; expressing homely beauty BONNY
adj. 1567 obs. - well-formed; comely, beautiful FEATURED
adj. 1598 - beautiful; highly pleasing to the sight BEAUTY
adj. 1598 obs. - physically beautiful or attractive VENEREAL
adj. a1641 obs. rare - beautiful FAIRSOME
adj. 1661 obs. - beautiful or attractive like Venus VENERIAL
adj. 1785 - extremely beautiful BEAUTIFUL AS AN ANGEL
adj. 1789 Sc. - beautiful to the eye but noxious, hurtful FAIR-FARAND
adj. 1881 sl. - stylish, resplendently beautiful, gorgeous; handsome (orig. US) SCRUMPTIOUS
adj. 1888 - resembling Juno in stately beauty JUNOESQUE
adj. 1890 Amer. dial. - fine, elegant, stylish; beautiful CATISH
adj. B1900 Eng. dial. - ancient, beautiful with age, rare ANTIOUS
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - beautiful DENTY-BONNY
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - comely, handsome, pleasing to the eye VIEWSOME
adj. 1912 US - beautiful, graceful, or fine in any way; comely; morally excellent PULCHRITUDINOUS
adj. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - very fine, beautiful SWELLEGANT; SWELLELEGANT; SWELLELLEGOUS
adj. 1936 UK sl. - beautiful, pleasing to look at; good-looking; esp. of women EASY ON THE EYE
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ALAMONAGORGEOUS; BEE-YOO-TIFUL; BE-U-TIFUL; DAZZLING; DEVASTATING; DIVINE; ELEGAZAM; FIT TO KILL; JUST TOO KILLING; PERFECTLY KILLING; PUTRID; RAVING; RED-HOT; RIPPING; RIPSNIPTIOUS; SCRUM; SCRUMBOTIOUS; SCRUMDIDLIUMPTOUS; SCRUMDIFFEROUS; SCRUMDOODLE; SCRUMDUMPISH; SCRUMPTEDIDLEOUS; SENSATIONAL; SIMPLY KILLING; SIMPLY STUNNING; SPANGLORIOUS; SPANKING; SPLENDACEOUS; SPLENDACIOUS; SPLENDATIOUS; SPLENDICULAR; SPLENDICULOUS; SPLENDIDIOUS; SPLENDIDOUS; SPLENDIDROUS; SPLENDIFEROUS; SWELLAGAZAM; SWELLDIFFEROUS; SWELLDOODLE; TOO-TOO DIVINE
adj. 1951 Hawaii - beautiful NANI
adj. 1967 Amer. dial. - fine, elegant, stylish; beautiful KITASH
adj. 1981 Amer. dial. - fine, elegant, stylish; beautiful KATISH
adj. 1990s sl. - of a woman: very beautiful, very sexy BABELICIOUS
adj. Bk1995 US sl. - very beautiful DROP-DEAD GORGEOUS
adj. 1997 US sl. - of a woman: extraordinarily beautiful AGAINST THE LAW
n. c888 obs. - beauty, fairness, good looks FAIR
n. a1225 obs. - fairness, beauty FAIRLEC
n. c1250 obs. - beauty FAIRHEAD
n. a1300 - a person of unusual beauty, excellent, purity, or the like SWAN
n. c1300 obs. exc. arch. - that which conciliates affection or goodwill; attractiveness, comeliness, beauty; an attraction, charm FAVOUR
n. c1320 obs. - fairness, beauty FAIRSHIP
n. 1350 - physical beauty; comeliness PULCHRITUDE
n. a1350 rare - a woman of great worth or beauty; a paragon RUBY
n. c1390 obs. - a gay lady; one who is loved, a sweetheart; a noble or beautiful lady; also, of a man: a gallant GAY
n. c1400 obs. - a beautiful or attractive woman BRIGHT
n. a1413 - a beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman BEAUTY
n. c1450 - a woman; a member of the 'fair sex; esp. a beautiful or beloved woman; one's sweetheart FAIR
n. 1502 - a person, esp. a woman or child, who is considered to be remarkably beautiful, attractive, or appealing ANGEL
n. 1513 obs. - grace, honour, glory, beauty, adornment DECORE
n. 1534 - a beautiful person; chiefly used as a term of endearment, esp. for a woman BEAUTIFUL
n. 1559 obs. - elegance of form; beauty VENUSTY
n. 1566 - a beautiful or handsome young man GANYMEDE
n. 1575 - a woman of great beauty, elegance, or wit SPARK
n. 1579 obs. rare - a beautiful and excellent woman; one who excels in beauty and goodness BELLIBONE
n. a1579 - a beautiful or attractive woman VENUS
n. a1587 obs. - beauty FAIRHOOD
n. 1590 - a brilliant assemblage or crowd of beautiful women or distinguished persons GALAXY
n. 1598 obs. - an imitation of beauty BEAUTY-MOCK
n. 1606 - a woman resembling the goddess Juno in qualities ascribed to her; a woman of stately beauty; a jealous wife, etc. JUNO
n. 1608 obs. rare - a woman whose beauty is not natural; a sham beauty BEAUTY-MOCK
n. 1621 rare - a little Venus; a small, beautiful woman VENERILLA
n. 1623 obs. - beauty, fairness BELLITUDE
n. 1656 obs. - comeliness, beauty, ornament DECOR
n. 1657 obs. rare - beauty, charm VENUS
n. 1658 obs. - a making handsome or beautiful VENUSTATION
n. 1725 sl. - a woman in the bloom of her beauty FAIR ROEBUCK
n. 1727 obs. - beautifulness VENUSTITY; VENUSTNESS
n. 1781 - a beautiful woman and a man considered to be less attractive forming an ill-matched couple BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
n. 18C US sl. - a pretty young woman; a beauty QUEEN
n. 1801 obs. - the ideal Beautiful; the Beautiful, or beauty, in its ideal perfection BEAU-IDEAL
n. 1815 - a beautiful or attractive person or thing PICTURE
n. 1820 - the highest conceived or conceivable type of beauty or excellence of any kind; the perfect type or model BEAU-IDEAL
n. 1823 - a person of resplendent beauty SUNFLOWER
n. 1825 Sc. - a buxom, fresh-coloured girl, who appears handsome in the eyes of the vulgar; a rustic beauty BARNYARD BEAUTY
n. 1833 US sl. - a beautiful woman BEAU
n. 1842 - a young person regarded as beautiful, talented, clever, or energetic BRIGHT YOUNG THING
n. 1861 - a lover of beauty PHILOCALIST
n. 1862 - a measure of beauty (nonce word) CALLIMETER
n. 1862 sl. - a beautiful person; one possessing physical beauty, usually of a girl or woman BEAUT
n. 1866 sl. - a beautiful person or thing BUTE
n. 1868 - a fierce or cruel but beautiful woman PANTHERESS
n. 1881 - one who professes a special appreciation of what is beautiful, and endeavours to carry his ideas of beauty into practical manifestation AESTHETE
n. Bk1881 - an Oriental term for a beautiful woman MOON-FACE
n. 1892 Amer. sl. - something beautiful or attractive KNOCKOUT
n. 1900s Aust. sl. - a notably beautiful woman BONZARINA; BONZERINA
n. 1908 Sc. - a great beauty; a belle; an outstanding person, animal, or thing; the best in a class; a prize specimen, a good price, etc.; something well done VIRE
n. 1909 sl. - a beautiful woman NO-BEYOND JAMMER
n. Bk1911 Sc. - beauty BONNYNESS
n. 1920s sl. - a beautiful upper-class or society woman SILVER PHEASANT
n. 1929 Amer. sl. - a beautiful, spirited, or passionate girl or young woman BEARCAT
n. 1934 sl. - a strikingly beautiful woman EYEFUL
n. 1941 US sl. - a beautiful girl or young woman (African-American usage) CAKE
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - a beauty worth raving about RAVING BEAUTY
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - someone or something beautiful or attractive PEACHERINE; PEACHERINO; PIP; PIPPIN
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - something beautiful or attractive BABY; BEAR; BEAUT OF A LOOKER; BIG WOW; BIRD; BIRD OF A LOOKER; BLINDER; BRICK; BRICK OF A LOOKER; CLASSY LAYOUT; CLASSY SETUP; DANDEROO ; DANDY; DARB OF A LOOKER; DAZZLER; DREAM; DREAM OF A LOOKER; DUCKEROO; DUCKO LOOKER; EYE CATCHER; EYE FILLER; EYE OPENER; EYE SALVE; EYE TREAT; EYE WIDENER; EYEFUL; FETCHER; HOT LOOKER; HOT SKETCH; HOT SPIT; KAYO LOOKER; KNOCKER; LOOKER; LOOKERINO; LULU LOOKER; MEAN SKETCH; NEAT SKETCH; PEACH; PEACHAGULU; PEACHALULU; PEACHAMAROOT; PEACHAROONEY; PERTY; PRETTY-PRETTY; PRIZE EXHIBIT; PRIZE PACKAGE; SLICK ARTICLE; SOME CLASS; SPANKER; SPIFFER; SPIFFY LAYOUT; SPIFFY SETUP; STRIKER; STUNNER; SWEETHEART; SWELL ARTICLE; SWELL LAYOUT; SWELL MERCHANDISE; SWELL SETUP; WHIZ; WOW
n. 1949 - a beautiful, buxom girl GLAMOURLOVELY
n. 1956 sl. - a glamorous and beautiful young woman GORGEOUS GUSSIE
n. 1965 - a person who administers beauty treatments; a beautician AESTHETICIAN
n. 1969 US sl. - a girl; a beautiful girl; a woman (African-American usage) HAMMER
n. 1970s US sl. - anything attractive or beautiful FUNK
n. 1981 US sl. - a young and beautiful girl CHICKIE POO
n. Bk1992 sl. - a beautiful girl (surfers' usage) HECTIC GNARLER
n. Bk1997 Irish sl. - a beautiful girl or young woman GAWZER
n. 20C Aust. sl. - an admirable person; a beautiful woman BONSA; BONSER; BONSTER; BONZA; BONZER; BONZOR
n. E20 US sl. - a beautiful Black woman RAVEN BEAUTY
n. 2001 sl. - a beautiful, well-muscled woman GLAMAZON
n. US - a beautiful woman (Civil War usage) TRICK
vb. a1225 obs. - to make beautiful or attractive; to decorate, to adorn, to embellish FAIR
vb. 1340 obs. - to become or grow beautiful; too appear attractive FAIR
vb. c1340 obs. - to embellish; to beautify EMBELISE
vb. 1387 obs. - to deprive of grace or beauty UNHIGHT
vb. 1390 obs. - to beautify, to adorn, to dress finely QUAINTISE
vb. 1398 arch. - to render beautiful; to beautify, to adorn, to deck BEAUTY
vb. 1483 obs. - to adorn, to make fine or beautiful QUAINT
vb. 1530 obs. or arch. - to adorn, to beautify, to embellish; to grace, to honour DECORATE
vb. 1540 obs. rare - to embellish, to beautify BELLIFY
vb. 1555 obs. - to make seemly or becoming; to bring to a proper condition; to beautify, to adorn HANDSOME
vb. 1557 obs. - to make good-looking; to beautify FASHION
vb. 1592 obs. - to make lustrous, luminous, or bright; to set off with bright colours; generally, to beautify, to adorn ILLUSTRATE
vb. 1610 obs. rare - to rob of beauty; to mar the beauty of, to disfigure DEBELLISH
vb. 1653 obs. rare - to deprive of beauty or grace; to disfigure, to deform DEVENUSTATE
vb. 1656 obs. - to make beautiful, fair, or sightly VENUSTATE
vb. 1876 Eng. dial. - to beautify, to lay out for display SALLIT
vb. 1937 sl. - to beautify GLAM UP
vb. 1966 - to beautify the person PANSY UP
BEAUTIFULLY
adv. a1000 - in a beautiful or comely manner; agreeably, beautifully, brightly, handsomely, nobly FAIR
adv. 1394 obs. rare - beautifully BELLICHE
adv. 1590 - unusually or remarkably well; finely, splendidly, beautifully RARELY
adv. Bk1911 Sc. - beautifully BONNILIE
adv. 1394 obs. rare - beautifully BELLICHE
adv. 1590 - unusually or remarkably well; finely, splendidly, beautifully RARELY
adv. Bk1911 Sc. - beautifully BONNILIE
BEAUTY PARLOUR
n. 1940s US sl. - a hairdresser's; a beauty parlour (African-American usage) GREASE PARLOR
BEAVER
n. 1547 rare - the beaver CASTOR
n. 1722 obs. - a beaver's 'lodge' HUT
n. 1771 rare - the underwater entrance to a beaver's lodge ANGLE
n. 1930 Amer. dial. - a beaver CASTOR CAT
n. 1954 Amer. dial. - a beaver pelt, esp. a large one BLANKET
n. 1722 obs. - a beaver's 'lodge' HUT
n. 1771 rare - the underwater entrance to a beaver's lodge ANGLE
n. 1930 Amer. dial. - a beaver CASTOR CAT
n. 1954 Amer. dial. - a beaver pelt, esp. a large one BLANKET
BECAUSE
adv. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - therefore, because THOFFER
conj. 1886 Sc. & Eng. dial. - because ACAUSE
conj. 1900 Eng. dial. - because ACOS
conj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - therefore, because THOFFER
conj. 1886 Sc. & Eng. dial. - because ACAUSE
conj. 1900 Eng. dial. - because ACOS
conj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - therefore, because THOFFER
BECKON
vb. 1870 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to beckon; to make a signal with the hand or head WAG
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to beckon; to gesticulate MANOEUVRE
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to beckon; to gesticulate MANOEUVRE
BECLOUD
vb. 1598 - to becloud, to dim BEMIST
BECOME
vb. c1449 obs. - to sit properly upon, as a dress; to fit, to suit, to become BESIT
vb. 1554 obs. - to become or befit anyone BETIDE
vb. 1567 obs. - to become, to suit, to look well on, to befit, to set off BESET
vb. 1874 Eng. dial. - to become, to befit BESEEM
vb. Bk1900 Sc. - to become, to turn, to change into FALL
vb. Bk1905 Sc. - to become a person, to fit, to suit VANDT
vb. 1942 Amer. dial. - to become HAPPEN
vb. 1554 obs. - to become or befit anyone BETIDE
vb. 1567 obs. - to become, to suit, to look well on, to befit, to set off BESET
vb. 1874 Eng. dial. - to become, to befit BESEEM
vb. Bk1900 Sc. - to become, to turn, to change into FALL
vb. Bk1905 Sc. - to become a person, to fit, to suit VANDT
vb. 1942 Amer. dial. - to become HAPPEN
BECOMING, BECOMINGLY, BECOMINGNESS
adj. c1175 obs. - becoming, fitting, acceptable BECOMELY
adj. a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial. - proper, becoming, suitable; comely, good-looking GAINLY
adj. a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - well-behaved, decent, becoming FARRAND; FARRANT
adj. a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. obs. - appropriate, becoming, suitable GAINAND
adj. a1366 obs. - becoming, befitting; proper, suitable; appropriate SITTING; WELL SITTING
adj. c1386 obs. - of things: skilfully or artistically fashioned; hence, elegant, handsome, becoming; often said of dress FEATOUS
adj. c1400 obs. - meet, becoming, seemly, proper, decent TALL
adj. 1592 obs. rare - befitting, becoming BECOMED
adj. 1597 obs. - proper, fitting, seemly, becoming, decent HANDSOME
adj. 1742 rare - seemly, becoming, befitting BESEEMLY
adj. c1750 N. Eng. dial. - of a thing: becoming, fit, proper FARRANTLY
adj. 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial. - becoming, proper, seemly, modest, discreet; creditable to a man, decent, respectable MENSEFUL
adj. 1825 Sc. & Eng. dial. obs. - proper, becoming, decent GANELIE
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - much more becoming, much more to the purpose MACKERLIKE
adv. 1297 obs. - in a proper or suitable manner; becomingly, befittingly FAIR
adv. a1300 obs. - in a befitting or becoming manner; fittingly, suitably SITTINGLY
adv. a1300 obs. - in a seemly manner, decently, becomingly, properly MANNERLY
adv. c1200 obs. - becomingly, properly BECOMELY
adv. c1350 obs. - in a seemly manner; becomingly, elegantly; fairly, well; bravely TALLY
adv. c1386 obs. - in a proper or suitable manner; becomingly, befittingly FAIR AND WELL
adv. 1483 obs. - in a proper or suitable manner; becomingly, befittingly FAIR AND SWEETLY
adv. 1891 Sc. & Eng. dial. - becomingly, suitably, decently, fittingly MENSEFULLY
n. 1555 obs. - skill, dexterity, ability, cleverness; propriety, becomingness, decency HANDSOMENESS
n. 1656 obs. rare - becomingness; fitness, suitability BECOMENESS
n. 1818 sl. - the fashion; the best; the correct thing; anything first-rate or highly becoming THE CHEESE
vb. 1555 obs. - to fit, to adapt; to make seemly or becoming; to bring to a proper condition; to beautify, to adorn HANDSOME
vb. 1705 Sc. - to be becoming, appropriate, to pertain, relate, correspond EFFEIR
adj. a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial. - proper, becoming, suitable; comely, good-looking GAINLY
adj. a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - well-behaved, decent, becoming FARRAND; FARRANT
adj. a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. obs. - appropriate, becoming, suitable GAINAND
adj. a1366 obs. - becoming, befitting; proper, suitable; appropriate SITTING; WELL SITTING
adj. c1386 obs. - of things: skilfully or artistically fashioned; hence, elegant, handsome, becoming; often said of dress FEATOUS
adj. c1400 obs. - meet, becoming, seemly, proper, decent TALL
adj. 1592 obs. rare - befitting, becoming BECOMED
adj. 1597 obs. - proper, fitting, seemly, becoming, decent HANDSOME
adj. 1742 rare - seemly, becoming, befitting BESEEMLY
adj. c1750 N. Eng. dial. - of a thing: becoming, fit, proper FARRANTLY
adj. 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial. - becoming, proper, seemly, modest, discreet; creditable to a man, decent, respectable MENSEFUL
adj. 1825 Sc. & Eng. dial. obs. - proper, becoming, decent GANELIE
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - much more becoming, much more to the purpose MACKERLIKE
adv. 1297 obs. - in a proper or suitable manner; becomingly, befittingly FAIR
adv. a1300 obs. - in a befitting or becoming manner; fittingly, suitably SITTINGLY
adv. a1300 obs. - in a seemly manner, decently, becomingly, properly MANNERLY
adv. c1200 obs. - becomingly, properly BECOMELY
adv. c1350 obs. - in a seemly manner; becomingly, elegantly; fairly, well; bravely TALLY
adv. c1386 obs. - in a proper or suitable manner; becomingly, befittingly FAIR AND WELL
adv. 1483 obs. - in a proper or suitable manner; becomingly, befittingly FAIR AND SWEETLY
adv. 1891 Sc. & Eng. dial. - becomingly, suitably, decently, fittingly MENSEFULLY
n. 1555 obs. - skill, dexterity, ability, cleverness; propriety, becomingness, decency HANDSOMENESS
n. 1656 obs. rare - becomingness; fitness, suitability BECOMENESS
n. 1818 sl. - the fashion; the best; the correct thing; anything first-rate or highly becoming THE CHEESE
vb. 1555 obs. - to fit, to adapt; to make seemly or becoming; to bring to a proper condition; to beautify, to adorn HANDSOME
vb. 1705 Sc. - to be becoming, appropriate, to pertain, relate, correspond EFFEIR
BED, BEDDING, BEDFELLOW
adj. c1000 - in bed ABED
adj. 1775 rare - confined in bed LECTUAL
adj. 1845 sl. - gone to bed GONE TO THE DOWNY
adj. 1856 Sc. & Eng. dial. - gone to bed LAID
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - lazy, prone to lie late in bed DAY-BED
adj. Bk1911 Sc. - gone to bed; put to bed BEDDIT
adj. 1914 Amer. dial. - of a bed: rumpled WALLOWED UP
adj. 1949 Amer. dial. - lying at an angle across the bed GORPING
adj. 1997 US sl. - in bed IN THE WRAPPER
adv. a1300 obs. - going to bed BED-GANG
adv. c1430 obs. - towards bedtime; just before going to bed BEDWARD
adv. c1440 obs. - going to bed BED-GATE
adv. 1602 obs. - going to bed BED-GAME
n. a1000 - a lodging, shelter, home, bed, etc., esp. of a secluded or comfortable nature; a snug retreat NEST
n. a1000 exc. Sc. & Eng. dial. - that whereon one lies down to sleep; a bed, a couch LAIR
n. a1250 obs. - a bedfellow; a wife; a husband I-BEDDE
n. c1250 obs. - a bedfellow BEDDE
n. 1303 - the space between a bed and the wall; the part of a bed next to the wall RUELLE
n. 1303 obs. - a companion of love; a lover; a paramour; a bedfellow; a concubine LOTEBY
n. c1325 obs. - a bedfellow BED-FERE; BEDPHEER; BEDPHERE
n. 1393 obs. - a bedfellow BED-IFERE
n. 1478 - one who shares a bed with another BEDFELLOW
n. 1483 - a bedstead, or it's front and back parts BEDSTOCK
n. a1483 Eng. dial. - a coverlet for a bed LIGGER
n. 1483 obs. - the part of a bed on which the head rests; a pillow or bolster BED-HEAD
n. 1488 obs. - a trundle-bed or truckle-bed on low wheels or castors TIRL-BED
n. 1494 Sc. obs. - a camp-bed LETACAMP
n. 1582 - a bedfellow; a prostitute BED-MATE
n. 1643 sl. - a bed-wetter PISSABED
n. 1651 - a taking to one's bed DECUMBENCY
n. 1665 - bed (humorous usage) BEDFORDSHIRE
n. 1678 sl. - a female bedfellow WARMING-PAN
n. 1691 Eng. dial. - the coverlet or counterpane BED-HILLINGS
n. 1693 obs. - a soft bed QUILT
n. 1695 Eng. dial. - a coverlet, bed-clothes HEALING
n. 1718 UK sl. - a bed PAD
n. 1727-51 - a hot iron for warming a bed DAMSEL
n. 1744 sl. - a bed in cheap lodgings DOSS
n. 1753 obs. rare - a person who habitually spends the morning in bed MORNING-KILLER
n. 1764 - one who lies late in bed; a late riser; a sluggard LIE-ABED
n. 1775 Amer. sl. - bed (nautical usage) BLANKET BAY
n. 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial. - clothes, esp. bed-clothes HAPPINGS
n. 18C sl. - a comfortable bed ALLY-BEG
n. M18 sl. - a louse-infected bed CHATTY DOSS
n. 1801 Sc. - a bed HAMMOCK
n. 1801 sl. - a bed CLOTH-MARKET
n. 1803 Eng. dial. - a maker or beds; one who sells bedding BEDDINER
n. 1803 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a bed-maker BEDDER
n. 1812 sl. - a bed DAB
n. 1814 Amer. dial. - a makeshift bed on the floor LODGE; LODGING
n. 1829 US sl. - bed (orig. naval usage, applied to a hammock or bunk) SACK
n. 1837 Amer. dial. - a makeshift bed, usually one made up on the floor SHAKEDOWN
n. 1837 obs. rare - one who goes to bed GETTER TO BED
n. a1838 Sc. - a bed cover, a coverlet QUITING
n. 1839 sl. - bed; also, a soldier's sleeping bag FLEA-BAG
n. 1840 Amer. dial. - a quilt or blanket spread on the floor as a bed; a makeshift bed on the floor or ground PALLET
n. 1843 Amer. sl. - a bed THE DOWNY
n. 1846 sl. - a lodging; a bed LETTY
n. 1851 Amer. dial. - a bed made up on the floor FIELD COUCH
n. 1859 sl. - a bed or lodging, a place to sleep KIP
n. c1860 sl. - a bed CAGE
n. 1865 colloq. - the state of nestling and dozing in bed SNOOZLEDOM
n. 1870 Amer. sl. - bed (nautical usage) BLANKET HARBOR
n. 1871 Sc. - a partner; a fellow-servant; a bedfellow NEIGHBOUR
n. 1875 sl. - a bed BREEDING-CAGE
n. 1882 Eng. dial. - bed-clothes BLANKET-MARKET
n. 1883 Eng. dial. - a bed made by way of a practical joke with one sheet so folded as to make entry impossible APPLE-PIE BED
n. 1887 Amer. dial. - goose feathers or down; a bed or pillow filled with these GOOSE HAIR
n. Bk1887 Eng. dial. - a person who is fond of lying in bed in the morning BED-FAVOURITE
n. Bk1891 sl. - a skinny, bony bedfellow BEDFELLOW OF BONES
n. Bk1892 Anglo-Indian - a bedstead with curtains CHAPPER-COT
n. Bk1892 Aust. - a bed (pronounced my-my) MIA-MIA
n. 1894 Eng. dial. - a four-post bed, of which one leg is broken or gone MARK, LUKE, AND JOHN
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a bed quilt BED-TWILT
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - the bedclothes BED-HAPPINGS
n. Bk1898 Sc. - a small bed BEDDIE
n. 1899 Amer. dial. arch. - a counterpane; a coverlid BED RUG
n. 19C Brit. sl. - a bed; the place where a male 'whanker' masturbates WHANK-PIT
n. 19C colloq. - a female bed-partner PILLOW-MATE
n. 19C Eng. dial. - a contemptuous name for a bedfellow BED-FAGGOT
n. 19C Eng. dial. & sl. - bed BLANKET-FAIR
n. 19C sl. - a bed FEATHERS INN
n. M19 back-slang - a bed DEB
n. B1900 Eng. dial. - a bedfellow LIE-BY
n. B1900 Eng. dial. - a lazy, idle person; one disposed to lie in bed LAGABAG
n. B1900 Eng. dial. - one who lies in bed LIGGER
n. B1900 Sc. - laziness, sluggishness in bed HURKLE-DURKLE
n. B1900 sl. - a bedfellow, male or female NIGHT-PIECE
n. 1900 Amer. sl. - a vagrant's bedding-roll BINDLE
n. Bk1902 sl. - a bedfellow NECESSARY
n. 1903 US sl. - a bed, either in the context of sleep or of sex HAY
n. 1903 US sl. - a person who enjoys staying in bed BEDBUG
n. 1904 Amer. sl. - a bed or mattress HAYPILE
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a bed with a canopy HALF-TESTER
n. Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial. - bed-coverings HAPPING-SHEETS
n. 1906 - a nursery word for sleep; also, used for bed; often used to indicate to a child that it is time for bed BEDDY-BYES
n. 1907 Amer. dial. - a wadded covering for a bed; a comforter, a heavy quilt HAP
n. 1910 US sl. - a cheap lodging-house; a place to sleep; a bed FLOP
n. 1910s sl. - a bed ALFALFA
n. 1911 US sl. - bed (African-American usage) FALLING DEN
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a bed; a small bed BOOSHTY; BOUSHTY
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a bedfellow BED-CRONIE
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - a roll of bedding, etc. WAR-BAG
n. Bk1914 sl. - a place to sleep; a bed (criminals' usage) DOSS
n. c1915 Amer. - a bed or blanket roll; a bed (hobo, ranch, & logger usage) CRUMB-ROLL
n. 1916 sl. - a staying in bed longer than usual in the morning (chiefly Brit.) LIE-IN
n. 1920s sl. - a bed (rhyming sl.) SKEIN (OF THREAD)
n. c1920 sl. - a bed (army usage) CHARP
n. 1924 Amer. dial. - a makeshift bed SHAKE-UP
n. 1925 UK sl. - bed (rhyming sl.) UNCLE (NED)
n. 1930 Amer. dial. - bedding, esp. when carried over the shoulder in a roll, which when loosely tired does resemble a balloon in some degree; a bedroll BALLOON
n. 1930 sl. - a staying in bed longer than usual in the morning (chiefly Brit.) LIE
n. 1930s sl. - one who goes to bed early EARLY BIRD
n. 1940s sl. - a bed (orig. US military usage) RACK
n. 1940s sl. - a bed FARTER
n. 1940s US sl. - a bed (African-American usage) SAFETY
n. c1940 sl. - a bed (army usage) CHARIOT; WANKING CHARIOT
n. 1942 Amer. sl. - one's bed FEATHERS
n. 1943 Amer. sl. - a sleeping bag; a bedroll; a bunk; a cot; a bed (orig. military usage) FART SACK
n. 1944 sl. - sleep; also time spent in bed (orig. US services' usage) SACK TIME
n. 1945 US sl. - a bed in a flop-house (cheap lodging-house) which is used continuously by different people throughout the day; a flop-house containing such beds HOT BED
n. 1946 sl. - sleep; also time spent in bed (orig US services' usage) SACK DRILL; SACK DUTY
n. 1948 sl. - a bed (orig. services' usage) PIT
n. 1950 Amer. dial. - a bed that is made up the wrong way as a joke, as concealing beans and rice under the lower sheet BARNYARD BED
n. 1950 Amer. dial. - a single bed HALF BED
n. 1950s W. Indies - a rough bed AASBED
n. 1951 sl. - a bed WANKING COUCH; WANKING PIT
n. 1961 Amer. sl. - bed BAG; THE BAG
n. 1966 Amer. dial. - a bed made up on the floor FIELD BED
n. 1967 Amer. dial. - a temporary bed made on the floor METHODIST PALLET
n. 1972 Amer dial. - blankets and sheets BED CLOTHES
n. 1976 US sl. - a bed; a sleeping compartment in an over-the-road truck SNORE SHELF
n. 1976 US sl. - a person who spends a great deal of time in bed RACK MONSTER
n. 1980s Aust. sl. - a bed (prison usage) BAG OF LEAD
n. 1980s sl. - a bed RACK MONSTER
n. 1981 Amer. dial. - a post bed built into a corner of a room, using the two walls as supports BAY BED
n. 1983 Amer. dial. - a one post bed built into a corner of a room, using the two walls as support TICK TIGHT
n. 1984 NZ sl. - a bed GRUNTER
n. 1990s UK sl. - a bed-wetter (tramps' usage) DAMPER
n. 1991 US - a bed or cot (Vietnam war usage) CLEAN SHEETS
n. 1998 Amer. dial. - a makeshift bed on the floor or ground PIG BLANKET
n. 2000s sl. - a bed SHAGPIT
n. Brit. sl. - a bed or place to sleep, esp. a doss-house SNORE
n. Brit. sl. - a bed, or what passes as a bed SNOOZER
n. Brit. sl. obs. - a bed warmer (rhyming sl.) DAISY DORMER
n. Amer. sl. - a bed; a bunk (World War II usage) COOTIE TRAP; FLEA CIRCUS; FLEA PASTURE; FLEA TRAP
n. US - a bedroll with straps (Civil War usage) HORSE COLLAR
phr. E19 sl. - asleep, in bed AT RUG
vb. a1300 obs. - to furnish with a bed BEBED
vb. a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial. - to cover up or over for the sake of warmth; to tuck up in bed HAP
vb. a1500 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - to roll or turn back, to pull or strip off (a garment or the clothes from a person, his back, etc.; the bedclothes from a bed; the thatch or roof from a house, etc.) TIRL
vb. 1580 - to rise from bed very early in the morning RISE WITH THE LARK
vb. 1593 obs. - to prepare a bed LAY
vb. 1599 obs. - to occupy one's bed (jocular usage) WARM
vb. 1608 - to lie, to repose on a bed LAIR
vb. 1633 obs. - to take to one's bed TAKE ONE'S LAIR
vb. 1695 Eng. dial. - to cover; to wrap up, to tuck up the bed-clothes HEAL
vb. 1695 sl. - to go to bed (orig. nautical usage) TURN IN
vb. M17 sl. - to go to bed GO UP THE WOODEN HILL TO BEDFORDSHIRE
vb. 1775 Amer. dial. - to share a bed with a person of the opposite sex while fully clothed, or with some other impediment to sexual intercourse BUNDLE
vb. 1789 Brit. sl. - to go to bed DOSS
vb. M18 UK sl. - to go to bed (criminals' usage) NAP THE PAD
vb. 1818 - to get out of bed, esp. in order to perform a task or in readiness for the day ahead (orig. navy usage) SHOW A LEG
vb. 1859 Amer. dial. - to retire for the night; to go to bed LIE DOWN
vb. 1860 - to lie in bed, to sleep DO THE DOWNY
vb. 1865 Brit. sl. - to drag a boy, bedclothes, mattress, and all, off his bedstead on to the floor (school usage) LAUNCH
vb. 1883 Amer. dial. - to remain in one's bed, nest, or hiding place LAY UP
vb. 1884 Amer. dial. - to go upstairs to bed CLIMB THE WOODEN HILL
vb. 1887 Aust. sl. - to go to bed; to take rest GO TO CAMP
vb. 1888 Eng. dial. - to go to bed ALLEE-COUCHEE; ALLEY-COUCHEY
vb. 1889 sl. - to go to bed KIP DOWN
vb. M19 sl. - to go to bed RACK UP
vb. L19 Aust. sl. - to go to bed CAMP DOWN
vb. B1900 Sc. - to lie long in bed; to lounge after it is time to get up or go to work HURKLE-DURKLE
vb. Bk1905 Amer. dial. - to retire to bed BUNK
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to go to bed QUEEL IN
vb. 1909 Amer. dial. - to retire for the night; to go to bed LAY DOWN
vb. 1912 sl. - to go to bed (orig. US) HIT THE HAY; HIT THE SACK
vb. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - to go to bed DINE
vb. 1915 Amer. sl. - to go to bed HIT THE SLATS
vb. 1920s US sl. - to go to bed SACK UP
vb. 1939 Amer. dial. - to take a nap, to sleep; to go to bed CAULK OFF
vb. 1940s sl. - to go to bed; to go to sleep (orig. US military usage) HIT THE RACK
vb. 1940s sl. - to go to bed; to sleep SACK DOWN
vb. 1942 Amer. dial. - to go to bed FALL IN
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - to divide one's bed with another CUT THE BED; SPLIT THE BLANKET
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - to go to bed ATTEND BLANKET CLASS
vb. 1943 sl. - to go to bed, often applied specifically to sleeping for a night in an improvised bed; often used with 'out' CRASH
vb. Bk1944 sl. - to get back into bed (services' usage) BACK IN THE RACK
vb. 1946 sl. - to go to bed (chiefly US) SACK OUT
vb. 1946 sl. - to remain in bed late in the morning (orig. US) SACK IN
vb. 1950 Amer. dial. - to go to bed GO TO THE FEATHER BALL
vb. 1950s sl. - to put someone to bed KIP
vb. 1961 Amer. sl. - to go to bed; to have a rest HIT THE BAG
vb. 1961 UK sl. - to go upstairs to bed CLIMB THE WOODEN HILL TO BEDFORDSHIRE
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. - to go to bed CHECK IN
vb. 1967 Amer. dial. - to go to bed, to go to sleep GET SOME TIGHT-EYE
vb. 1967 Amer. dial. - to take a nap, to sleep; to go to bed CAULK A NOD
vb. 1967 Amer. sl. - to go to bed HIT THE FEATHERS; POUND THE FEATHERS
vb. 1968 Amer. dial. - to go to bed KICK IN
vb. 1968 Amer. sl. - to go to bed; to sleep (students' usage) BAG; BAG IT
vb. 1968 US sl. - to go to bed FAG OUT
vb. 1969 Amer. dial. - to go to bed, to go to sleep Z-OUT
vb. 1970 Amer. dial. - to go to bed HIT THE GOOSEHAIR
vb. 1970s US sl. - to go to bed HIT THE SHEETS
vb. 20C US sl. - to go to bed, to go to sleep HIT THE SHUCKS; HIT THE TICK
vb. 2000 Amer. dial. - to make one's bed SET ONE'S BED
vb. Bk2006 US sl. - to go to bed; to go to sleep FLAKE DOWN
vb. Amer. sl. - to go to bed; to sleep (World War II usage) CORK DOWN; CORK OFF
adj. 1775 rare - confined in bed LECTUAL
adj. 1845 sl. - gone to bed GONE TO THE DOWNY
adj. 1856 Sc. & Eng. dial. - gone to bed LAID
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. - lazy, prone to lie late in bed DAY-BED
adj. Bk1911 Sc. - gone to bed; put to bed BEDDIT
adj. 1914 Amer. dial. - of a bed: rumpled WALLOWED UP
adj. 1949 Amer. dial. - lying at an angle across the bed GORPING
adj. 1997 US sl. - in bed IN THE WRAPPER
adv. a1300 obs. - going to bed BED-GANG
adv. c1430 obs. - towards bedtime; just before going to bed BEDWARD
adv. c1440 obs. - going to bed BED-GATE
adv. 1602 obs. - going to bed BED-GAME
n. a1000 - a lodging, shelter, home, bed, etc., esp. of a secluded or comfortable nature; a snug retreat NEST
n. a1000 exc. Sc. & Eng. dial. - that whereon one lies down to sleep; a bed, a couch LAIR
n. a1250 obs. - a bedfellow; a wife; a husband I-BEDDE
n. c1250 obs. - a bedfellow BEDDE
n. 1303 - the space between a bed and the wall; the part of a bed next to the wall RUELLE
n. 1303 obs. - a companion of love; a lover; a paramour; a bedfellow; a concubine LOTEBY
n. c1325 obs. - a bedfellow BED-FERE; BEDPHEER; BEDPHERE
n. 1393 obs. - a bedfellow BED-IFERE
n. 1478 - one who shares a bed with another BEDFELLOW
n. 1483 - a bedstead, or it's front and back parts BEDSTOCK
n. a1483 Eng. dial. - a coverlet for a bed LIGGER
n. 1483 obs. - the part of a bed on which the head rests; a pillow or bolster BED-HEAD
n. 1488 obs. - a trundle-bed or truckle-bed on low wheels or castors TIRL-BED
n. 1494 Sc. obs. - a camp-bed LETACAMP
n. 1582 - a bedfellow; a prostitute BED-MATE
n. 1643 sl. - a bed-wetter PISSABED
n. 1651 - a taking to one's bed DECUMBENCY
n. 1665 - bed (humorous usage) BEDFORDSHIRE
n. 1678 sl. - a female bedfellow WARMING-PAN
n. 1691 Eng. dial. - the coverlet or counterpane BED-HILLINGS
n. 1693 obs. - a soft bed QUILT
n. 1695 Eng. dial. - a coverlet, bed-clothes HEALING
n. 1718 UK sl. - a bed PAD
n. 1727-51 - a hot iron for warming a bed DAMSEL
n. 1744 sl. - a bed in cheap lodgings DOSS
n. 1753 obs. rare - a person who habitually spends the morning in bed MORNING-KILLER
n. 1764 - one who lies late in bed; a late riser; a sluggard LIE-ABED
n. 1775 Amer. sl. - bed (nautical usage) BLANKET BAY
n. 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial. - clothes, esp. bed-clothes HAPPINGS
n. 18C sl. - a comfortable bed ALLY-BEG
n. M18 sl. - a louse-infected bed CHATTY DOSS
n. 1801 Sc. - a bed HAMMOCK
n. 1801 sl. - a bed CLOTH-MARKET
n. 1803 Eng. dial. - a maker or beds; one who sells bedding BEDDINER
n. 1803 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a bed-maker BEDDER
n. 1812 sl. - a bed DAB
n. 1814 Amer. dial. - a makeshift bed on the floor LODGE; LODGING
n. 1829 US sl. - bed (orig. naval usage, applied to a hammock or bunk) SACK
n. 1837 Amer. dial. - a makeshift bed, usually one made up on the floor SHAKEDOWN
n. 1837 obs. rare - one who goes to bed GETTER TO BED
n. a1838 Sc. - a bed cover, a coverlet QUITING
n. 1839 sl. - bed; also, a soldier's sleeping bag FLEA-BAG
n. 1840 Amer. dial. - a quilt or blanket spread on the floor as a bed; a makeshift bed on the floor or ground PALLET
n. 1843 Amer. sl. - a bed THE DOWNY
n. 1846 sl. - a lodging; a bed LETTY
n. 1851 Amer. dial. - a bed made up on the floor FIELD COUCH
n. 1859 sl. - a bed or lodging, a place to sleep KIP
n. c1860 sl. - a bed CAGE
n. 1865 colloq. - the state of nestling and dozing in bed SNOOZLEDOM
n. 1870 Amer. sl. - bed (nautical usage) BLANKET HARBOR
n. 1871 Sc. - a partner; a fellow-servant; a bedfellow NEIGHBOUR
n. 1875 sl. - a bed BREEDING-CAGE
n. 1882 Eng. dial. - bed-clothes BLANKET-MARKET
n. 1883 Eng. dial. - a bed made by way of a practical joke with one sheet so folded as to make entry impossible APPLE-PIE BED
n. 1887 Amer. dial. - goose feathers or down; a bed or pillow filled with these GOOSE HAIR
n. Bk1887 Eng. dial. - a person who is fond of lying in bed in the morning BED-FAVOURITE
n. Bk1891 sl. - a skinny, bony bedfellow BEDFELLOW OF BONES
n. Bk1892 Anglo-Indian - a bedstead with curtains CHAPPER-COT
n. Bk1892 Aust. - a bed (pronounced my-my) MIA-MIA
n. 1894 Eng. dial. - a four-post bed, of which one leg is broken or gone MARK, LUKE, AND JOHN
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a bed quilt BED-TWILT
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - the bedclothes BED-HAPPINGS
n. Bk1898 Sc. - a small bed BEDDIE
n. 1899 Amer. dial. arch. - a counterpane; a coverlid BED RUG
n. 19C Brit. sl. - a bed; the place where a male 'whanker' masturbates WHANK-PIT
n. 19C colloq. - a female bed-partner PILLOW-MATE
n. 19C Eng. dial. - a contemptuous name for a bedfellow BED-FAGGOT
n. 19C Eng. dial. & sl. - bed BLANKET-FAIR
n. 19C sl. - a bed FEATHERS INN
n. M19 back-slang - a bed DEB
n. B1900 Eng. dial. - a bedfellow LIE-BY
n. B1900 Eng. dial. - a lazy, idle person; one disposed to lie in bed LAGABAG
n. B1900 Eng. dial. - one who lies in bed LIGGER
n. B1900 Sc. - laziness, sluggishness in bed HURKLE-DURKLE
n. B1900 sl. - a bedfellow, male or female NIGHT-PIECE
n. 1900 Amer. sl. - a vagrant's bedding-roll BINDLE
n. Bk1902 sl. - a bedfellow NECESSARY
n. 1903 US sl. - a bed, either in the context of sleep or of sex HAY
n. 1903 US sl. - a person who enjoys staying in bed BEDBUG
n. 1904 Amer. sl. - a bed or mattress HAYPILE
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a bed with a canopy HALF-TESTER
n. Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial. - bed-coverings HAPPING-SHEETS
n. 1906 - a nursery word for sleep; also, used for bed; often used to indicate to a child that it is time for bed BEDDY-BYES
n. 1907 Amer. dial. - a wadded covering for a bed; a comforter, a heavy quilt HAP
n. 1910 US sl. - a cheap lodging-house; a place to sleep; a bed FLOP
n. 1910s sl. - a bed ALFALFA
n. 1911 US sl. - bed (African-American usage) FALLING DEN
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a bed; a small bed BOOSHTY; BOUSHTY
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a bedfellow BED-CRONIE
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - a roll of bedding, etc. WAR-BAG
n. Bk1914 sl. - a place to sleep; a bed (criminals' usage) DOSS
n. c1915 Amer. - a bed or blanket roll; a bed (hobo, ranch, & logger usage) CRUMB-ROLL
n. 1916 sl. - a staying in bed longer than usual in the morning (chiefly Brit.) LIE-IN
n. 1920s sl. - a bed (rhyming sl.) SKEIN (OF THREAD)
n. c1920 sl. - a bed (army usage) CHARP
n. 1924 Amer. dial. - a makeshift bed SHAKE-UP
n. 1925 UK sl. - bed (rhyming sl.) UNCLE (NED)
n. 1930 Amer. dial. - bedding, esp. when carried over the shoulder in a roll, which when loosely tired does resemble a balloon in some degree; a bedroll BALLOON
n. 1930 sl. - a staying in bed longer than usual in the morning (chiefly Brit.) LIE
n. 1930s sl. - one who goes to bed early EARLY BIRD
n. 1940s sl. - a bed (orig. US military usage) RACK
n. 1940s sl. - a bed FARTER
n. 1940s US sl. - a bed (African-American usage) SAFETY
n. c1940 sl. - a bed (army usage) CHARIOT; WANKING CHARIOT
n. 1942 Amer. sl. - one's bed FEATHERS
n. 1943 Amer. sl. - a sleeping bag; a bedroll; a bunk; a cot; a bed (orig. military usage) FART SACK
n. 1944 sl. - sleep; also time spent in bed (orig. US services' usage) SACK TIME
n. 1945 US sl. - a bed in a flop-house (cheap lodging-house) which is used continuously by different people throughout the day; a flop-house containing such beds HOT BED
n. 1946 sl. - sleep; also time spent in bed (orig US services' usage) SACK DRILL; SACK DUTY
n. 1948 sl. - a bed (orig. services' usage) PIT
n. 1950 Amer. dial. - a bed that is made up the wrong way as a joke, as concealing beans and rice under the lower sheet BARNYARD BED
n. 1950 Amer. dial. - a single bed HALF BED
n. 1950s W. Indies - a rough bed AASBED
n. 1951 sl. - a bed WANKING COUCH; WANKING PIT
n. 1961 Amer. sl. - bed BAG; THE BAG
n. 1966 Amer. dial. - a bed made up on the floor FIELD BED
n. 1967 Amer. dial. - a temporary bed made on the floor METHODIST PALLET
n. 1972 Amer dial. - blankets and sheets BED CLOTHES
n. 1976 US sl. - a bed; a sleeping compartment in an over-the-road truck SNORE SHELF
n. 1976 US sl. - a person who spends a great deal of time in bed RACK MONSTER
n. 1980s Aust. sl. - a bed (prison usage) BAG OF LEAD
n. 1980s sl. - a bed RACK MONSTER
n. 1981 Amer. dial. - a post bed built into a corner of a room, using the two walls as supports BAY BED
n. 1983 Amer. dial. - a one post bed built into a corner of a room, using the two walls as support TICK TIGHT
n. 1984 NZ sl. - a bed GRUNTER
n. 1990s UK sl. - a bed-wetter (tramps' usage) DAMPER
n. 1991 US - a bed or cot (Vietnam war usage) CLEAN SHEETS
n. 1998 Amer. dial. - a makeshift bed on the floor or ground PIG BLANKET
n. 2000s sl. - a bed SHAGPIT
n. Brit. sl. - a bed or place to sleep, esp. a doss-house SNORE
n. Brit. sl. - a bed, or what passes as a bed SNOOZER
n. Brit. sl. obs. - a bed warmer (rhyming sl.) DAISY DORMER
n. Amer. sl. - a bed; a bunk (World War II usage) COOTIE TRAP; FLEA CIRCUS; FLEA PASTURE; FLEA TRAP
n. US - a bedroll with straps (Civil War usage) HORSE COLLAR
phr. E19 sl. - asleep, in bed AT RUG
vb. a1300 obs. - to furnish with a bed BEBED
vb. a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial. - to cover up or over for the sake of warmth; to tuck up in bed HAP
vb. a1500 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - to roll or turn back, to pull or strip off (a garment or the clothes from a person, his back, etc.; the bedclothes from a bed; the thatch or roof from a house, etc.) TIRL
vb. 1580 - to rise from bed very early in the morning RISE WITH THE LARK
vb. 1593 obs. - to prepare a bed LAY
vb. 1599 obs. - to occupy one's bed (jocular usage) WARM
vb. 1608 - to lie, to repose on a bed LAIR
vb. 1633 obs. - to take to one's bed TAKE ONE'S LAIR
vb. 1695 Eng. dial. - to cover; to wrap up, to tuck up the bed-clothes HEAL
vb. 1695 sl. - to go to bed (orig. nautical usage) TURN IN
vb. M17 sl. - to go to bed GO UP THE WOODEN HILL TO BEDFORDSHIRE
vb. 1775 Amer. dial. - to share a bed with a person of the opposite sex while fully clothed, or with some other impediment to sexual intercourse BUNDLE
vb. 1789 Brit. sl. - to go to bed DOSS
vb. M18 UK sl. - to go to bed (criminals' usage) NAP THE PAD
vb. 1818 - to get out of bed, esp. in order to perform a task or in readiness for the day ahead (orig. navy usage) SHOW A LEG
vb. 1859 Amer. dial. - to retire for the night; to go to bed LIE DOWN
vb. 1860 - to lie in bed, to sleep DO THE DOWNY
vb. 1865 Brit. sl. - to drag a boy, bedclothes, mattress, and all, off his bedstead on to the floor (school usage) LAUNCH
vb. 1883 Amer. dial. - to remain in one's bed, nest, or hiding place LAY UP
vb. 1884 Amer. dial. - to go upstairs to bed CLIMB THE WOODEN HILL
vb. 1887 Aust. sl. - to go to bed; to take rest GO TO CAMP
vb. 1888 Eng. dial. - to go to bed ALLEE-COUCHEE; ALLEY-COUCHEY
vb. 1889 sl. - to go to bed KIP DOWN
vb. M19 sl. - to go to bed RACK UP
vb. L19 Aust. sl. - to go to bed CAMP DOWN
vb. B1900 Sc. - to lie long in bed; to lounge after it is time to get up or go to work HURKLE-DURKLE
vb. Bk1905 Amer. dial. - to retire to bed BUNK
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to go to bed QUEEL IN
vb. 1909 Amer. dial. - to retire for the night; to go to bed LAY DOWN
vb. 1912 sl. - to go to bed (orig. US) HIT THE HAY; HIT THE SACK
vb. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - to go to bed DINE
vb. 1915 Amer. sl. - to go to bed HIT THE SLATS
vb. 1920s US sl. - to go to bed SACK UP
vb. 1939 Amer. dial. - to take a nap, to sleep; to go to bed CAULK OFF
vb. 1940s sl. - to go to bed; to go to sleep (orig. US military usage) HIT THE RACK
vb. 1940s sl. - to go to bed; to sleep SACK DOWN
vb. 1942 Amer. dial. - to go to bed FALL IN
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - to divide one's bed with another CUT THE BED; SPLIT THE BLANKET
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - to go to bed ATTEND BLANKET CLASS
vb. 1943 sl. - to go to bed, often applied specifically to sleeping for a night in an improvised bed; often used with 'out' CRASH
vb. Bk1944 sl. - to get back into bed (services' usage) BACK IN THE RACK
vb. 1946 sl. - to go to bed (chiefly US) SACK OUT
vb. 1946 sl. - to remain in bed late in the morning (orig. US) SACK IN
vb. 1950 Amer. dial. - to go to bed GO TO THE FEATHER BALL
vb. 1950s sl. - to put someone to bed KIP
vb. 1961 Amer. sl. - to go to bed; to have a rest HIT THE BAG
vb. 1961 UK sl. - to go upstairs to bed CLIMB THE WOODEN HILL TO BEDFORDSHIRE
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. - to go to bed CHECK IN
vb. 1967 Amer. dial. - to go to bed, to go to sleep GET SOME TIGHT-EYE
vb. 1967 Amer. dial. - to take a nap, to sleep; to go to bed CAULK A NOD
vb. 1967 Amer. sl. - to go to bed HIT THE FEATHERS; POUND THE FEATHERS
vb. 1968 Amer. dial. - to go to bed KICK IN
vb. 1968 Amer. sl. - to go to bed; to sleep (students' usage) BAG; BAG IT
vb. 1968 US sl. - to go to bed FAG OUT
vb. 1969 Amer. dial. - to go to bed, to go to sleep Z-OUT
vb. 1970 Amer. dial. - to go to bed HIT THE GOOSEHAIR
vb. 1970s US sl. - to go to bed HIT THE SHEETS
vb. 20C US sl. - to go to bed, to go to sleep HIT THE SHUCKS; HIT THE TICK
vb. 2000 Amer. dial. - to make one's bed SET ONE'S BED
vb. Bk2006 US sl. - to go to bed; to go to sleep FLAKE DOWN
vb. Amer. sl. - to go to bed; to sleep (World War II usage) CORK DOWN; CORK OFF
BEDABBLE
vb. c1394 - to wet and soil with a thick liquid; to bedaub, to bedabble, to besmear BESLUBBER
BEDAUB, BEDAUBED
(also see DAUB)
adj. 1684 Sc. & Eng. dial. - besmeared, bedaubed BECLARTED
adj. 1856 Eng. dial. - bedaubed, covered with dirt ELTED UP
adj. 1898 Sc. - bedaubed, bespattered MERTERED
vb. c1394 - to wet and soil with a thick liquid; to bedaub, to bedabble, to besmear BESLUBBER
vb. 1825 Sc. - to smear, to bedaub, to cover with or apply some wet or messy substance SCLATCH; SKLATCH
vb. 1864 Sc. - to bedaub, to bespatter, to dirty MARTYR
adj. 1684 Sc. & Eng. dial. - besmeared, bedaubed BECLARTED
adj. 1856 Eng. dial. - bedaubed, covered with dirt ELTED UP
adj. 1898 Sc. - bedaubed, bespattered MERTERED
vb. c1394 - to wet and soil with a thick liquid; to bedaub, to bedabble, to besmear BESLUBBER
vb. 1825 Sc. - to smear, to bedaub, to cover with or apply some wet or messy substance SCLATCH; SKLATCH
vb. 1864 Sc. - to bedaub, to bespatter, to dirty MARTYR
BEDBUG
BEDBUG - NOUNS
• WANT-LOUSE 1655 obs. rare - a bedbug, a bug
• B FLAT 1853 - a bug; a bedbug
• MAHOGANY FLAT 1864 - the bedbug, Cimex lectularius
• FLAT-BACK Bk1893 sl. - a bedbug
• SEAM RAT 1899 Amer. dial. - a louse; occasionally, a flea or bedbug
• SEAM SQUIRREL 1899 Amer. dial. - a louse; occasionally, a flea or bedbug
• CREEPERS 19C Brit. sl. - body lice, bedbugs, fleas, etc.; anything that makes your flesh creep when they creep over your flesh
• CRUMB c1900 Amer. sl. - a louse; a bedbug
• B.B. 1910s US sl. - a bedbug
• REDCOAT 1911 Amer. dial. - the bedbug
• JACK-SNAPPER 1929 Amer. dial. - a bedbug
• LIGHT INFANTRY 1949 US sl. - bedbugs, body lice, and fleas
• GRAYBACK 1950 Amer. dial. - a bedbug
• SCARLET RUNNER 1950 Amer. dial. - a bedbug
• BED TICK 1966 Amer. dial. - a bedbug
• TICK 1966 Amer. dial. - a bedbug
• PILLOW PIGEON 1968 Amer. dial. - a bedbug
• HEMLOCK BUG 1969 Amer. dial. - a bedbug
• CLINKERS 1970s sl. - bedbugs
• CHINCH 20C US sl. - a bedbug
• WANT-LOUSE 1655 obs. rare - a bedbug, a bug
• B FLAT 1853 - a bug; a bedbug
• MAHOGANY FLAT 1864 - the bedbug, Cimex lectularius
• FLAT-BACK Bk1893 sl. - a bedbug
• SEAM RAT 1899 Amer. dial. - a louse; occasionally, a flea or bedbug
• SEAM SQUIRREL 1899 Amer. dial. - a louse; occasionally, a flea or bedbug
• CREEPERS 19C Brit. sl. - body lice, bedbugs, fleas, etc.; anything that makes your flesh creep when they creep over your flesh
• CRUMB c1900 Amer. sl. - a louse; a bedbug
• B.B. 1910s US sl. - a bedbug
• REDCOAT 1911 Amer. dial. - the bedbug
• JACK-SNAPPER 1929 Amer. dial. - a bedbug
• LIGHT INFANTRY 1949 US sl. - bedbugs, body lice, and fleas
• GRAYBACK 1950 Amer. dial. - a bedbug
• SCARLET RUNNER 1950 Amer. dial. - a bedbug
• BED TICK 1966 Amer. dial. - a bedbug
• TICK 1966 Amer. dial. - a bedbug
• PILLOW PIGEON 1968 Amer. dial. - a bedbug
• HEMLOCK BUG 1969 Amer. dial. - a bedbug
• CLINKERS 1970s sl. - bedbugs
• CHINCH 20C US sl. - a bedbug
BEDECK, BEDECKED
adj. 1894 Eng. dial. - bedecked, arrayed BEDIGHT; BEDIGHTED
vb. c1400 arch. - to equip, to furnish, to apparel, to array, to bedeck BEDIGHT
vb. c1400 arch. - to equip, to furnish, to apparel, to array, to bedeck BEDIGHT
BEDEW
vb. c1430 obs. rare - to bedew ADEW
vb. Bk1902 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to spill; to bespatter, to wet, to bedew JABBLE
vb. Bk1902 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to spill; to bespatter, to wet, to bedew JABBLE
BEDFELLOW - see BED
BEDPAN
n. Bk1892 sl. - a hospital bed-pan BANJO
n. c1950 sl. - a bed-pan made of stainless steel SILVER SADDLE
n. 20C - a bed-pan (Royal Navy usage) SICK-BAY GOOSE
n. 20C US sl. - a male urinal bedpan DUCK
n. c1950 sl. - a bed-pan made of stainless steel SILVER SADDLE
n. 20C - a bed-pan (Royal Navy usage) SICK-BAY GOOSE
n. 20C US sl. - a male urinal bedpan DUCK
BEDRAGGLE, BEDRAGGLED
n. 1928 sl. - a bedraggled person SOMETHING THE CAT (HAS) BROUGHT IN
vb. 1484 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to clog with dirt, to bemire, to daggle, to bedraggle DAG
vb. 1895 Eng. dial. - to draggle in the mud; to bedraggle or cover with mud LAG
vb. 1484 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to clog with dirt, to bemire, to daggle, to bedraggle DAG
vb. 1895 Eng. dial. - to draggle in the mud; to bedraggle or cover with mud LAG
BEDRIDDEN
adj. c1000 - confined to bed through sickness or infirmity BEDRID
adj. c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - bedridden BEDLAR
adj. 1513 obs. rare - bedridden BEDDEL; BEDDRAL; BEDDREL; BEDREL; BEDRIL; BEDRILL
adj. a1639 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - confined to one's bed by illness, either temporary or permanent, bedridden BEDFAST
adj. 1660 - confined to bed by illness; laid up ABED
adj. 1689 obs. - lying in bed through illness; bedridden DECUMBENT
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - bedridden BEDDED
adj. Bk1898 Ireland & Eng. dial. - bedridden, confined to bed BED-REEDE
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. - confined to bed through illness LAID
adj. Bk1911 Sc. - bedridden BED-BOUND
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. - confined to bed because of illness, infirmity or injury; bedridden BED-FASTENED
n. 1429 obs. rare - a bedridden person BEDRIDDEN
n. c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a person confined to bed BEDLAWER
n. 1447 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a person confined to bed BEDLAR
n. 1568 obs. - a woman confined to bed BEDWOMAN
n. 1790 Ireland - a bedridden person; a helpless cripple BETHERELL
n. 1815 Sc. - a bedridden person; a bedral BED-THRALL
n. 1824 Sc. - a bedridden, maimed, or crippled person BEDDRAL; BEDDREL; BEDREL; BEDRIL; BEDRILL
n. 1875 Sc. - a bedridden person BEDAL; BEDALL; BEDDAL; BEDDEL; BEDELL; BEDDLE
n. Bk1880 - a bedridden person; a helpless cripple BETHEREL
n. Bk1886 Eng. dial. - a bedridden person BEDLIER
n. 1897 - a very ill, highly intoxicated, or bedridden person COT-CASE
adj. c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - bedridden BEDLAR
adj. 1513 obs. rare - bedridden BEDDEL; BEDDRAL; BEDDREL; BEDREL; BEDRIL; BEDRILL
adj. a1639 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - confined to one's bed by illness, either temporary or permanent, bedridden BEDFAST
adj. 1660 - confined to bed by illness; laid up ABED
adj. 1689 obs. - lying in bed through illness; bedridden DECUMBENT
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - bedridden BEDDED
adj. Bk1898 Ireland & Eng. dial. - bedridden, confined to bed BED-REEDE
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. - confined to bed through illness LAID
adj. Bk1911 Sc. - bedridden BED-BOUND
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. - confined to bed because of illness, infirmity or injury; bedridden BED-FASTENED
n. 1429 obs. rare - a bedridden person BEDRIDDEN
n. c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a person confined to bed BEDLAWER
n. 1447 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a person confined to bed BEDLAR
n. 1568 obs. - a woman confined to bed BEDWOMAN
n. 1790 Ireland - a bedridden person; a helpless cripple BETHERELL
n. 1815 Sc. - a bedridden person; a bedral BED-THRALL
n. 1824 Sc. - a bedridden, maimed, or crippled person BEDDRAL; BEDDREL; BEDREL; BEDRIL; BEDRILL
n. 1875 Sc. - a bedridden person BEDAL; BEDALL; BEDDAL; BEDDEL; BEDELL; BEDDLE
n. Bk1880 - a bedridden person; a helpless cripple BETHEREL
n. Bk1886 Eng. dial. - a bedridden person BEDLIER
n. 1897 - a very ill, highly intoxicated, or bedridden person COT-CASE
BEDROLL
n. 1865 Aust. sl. - a bedroll SWAG
BEDROOM
(also see HOUSE)
adj. 1865 colloq. - characteristic of a bedroom BEDROOMY
n. 1594 obs. - a small room; a bedroom, a boudoir CABIN
n. 1676 - a bedroom where ladies of fashion in the 17th and 18th centuries, especially in France, held a morning reception of persons of distinction; hence a reception of this kind RUELLE
n. 1832 rare - a woman's private room or bedroom LADY BOWER
n. 1897 sl. - a bedroom (university usage) BEDDER
n. 1940s US sl. - a bedroom (African-American usage) NOD-BOX
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - a bedroom CRUMB BOX; CRUM BOX; DOSS; FLEA BOX; FLOP ROOM; HOLY OF HOLIES; KIP; LOUSE-CAGE; NASAL CROONER'S BROADCASTING STATION; ROOST; ROOSTING PLACE; SANCTUM SANCTORIUM
n. 1976 US sl. - a hotel room, a bedroom, lodgings FLOP BOX
adj. 1865 colloq. - characteristic of a bedroom BEDROOMY
n. 1594 obs. - a small room; a bedroom, a boudoir CABIN
n. 1676 - a bedroom where ladies of fashion in the 17th and 18th centuries, especially in France, held a morning reception of persons of distinction; hence a reception of this kind RUELLE
n. 1832 rare - a woman's private room or bedroom LADY BOWER
n. 1897 sl. - a bedroom (university usage) BEDDER
n. 1940s US sl. - a bedroom (African-American usage) NOD-BOX
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - a bedroom CRUMB BOX; CRUM BOX; DOSS; FLEA BOX; FLOP ROOM; HOLY OF HOLIES; KIP; LOUSE-CAGE; NASAL CROONER'S BROADCASTING STATION; ROOST; ROOSTING PLACE; SANCTUM SANCTORIUM
n. 1976 US sl. - a hotel room, a bedroom, lodgings FLOP BOX
BEDTIME
adv. c1430 obs. - towards bedtime; just before going to bed BEDWARD
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - bedtime BED-I-BO
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - the elfin who closes the eyes of children at bedtime BILLY-WINKER
n. M19 - bedtime (nursery usage) DUSTMAN'S BELL
n. 20C sl. - bedtime (juvenile usage) BEDDY-BYE
phr. B1900 - it is bedtime, for the children rub their eyes, as if dust or sand was in them THE DUSTMAN HAS ARRIVED
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - bedtime BED-I-BO
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - the elfin who closes the eyes of children at bedtime BILLY-WINKER
n. M19 - bedtime (nursery usage) DUSTMAN'S BELL
n. 20C sl. - bedtime (juvenile usage) BEDDY-BYE
phr. B1900 - it is bedtime, for the children rub their eyes, as if dust or sand was in them THE DUSTMAN HAS ARRIVED
BEE, BEEHIVE, BEEKEEPER, BEE NEST
adj. 1627 - of bees: swarming CASTING
adj. 1713 obs. - buzzing, humming, like a large bee BOMBYLIOUS
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. - of bees: issuing forth in a stream when leaving the hive to swarm, 'towthering' KAMING
n. c1420 obs. - the act of taking away a portion of the honey from the hive CASTRATION
n. 1483 - a beekeeper BEE-HERD
n. 1486 obs. - a swarm of bees DRIFT
n. 1494 - a beehive SKEP
n. c1500 - a beekeeper BEE-WARD
n. 1532 - a man-made receptacle used as a home for a colony of bees; a beehive; a hiveful of bees (chiefly Eng. dial.) BUTT
n. 1572 obs. - a beehive BEE-STALL
n. 1579-80 obs. - a queen bee MASTER-BEE
n. 1598 obs. - honey bees HONEY-PEOPLE
n. 1601 obs. - a drone-bee SLOWBACK
n. 1601 obs. rare - a drone bee SIREN
n. 1609 - the conical straw roofing of a beehive HACKLE
n. 1609 - the rim or base of a beehive SKIRT
n. a1614 Sc. obs. - a bumblebee BUMBARD; BUMBART
n. 1622 obs. rare - the work of bees; the production of honey by bees APIFACTURE
n. a1640 - a straw beehive BEE-SKEP
n. 1656 obs. - the sting of a bee SPINE
n. 1658 obs. - a cover of a beehive HACK
n. 1681 Eng. dial. - the entrance to a beehive TEE-HOLE
n. 1695 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a beehive BEE-SCAP; BEE-SKIP
n. 1707 - one who hives bees HIVER
n. 1787 Eng. dial. - a bumblebee DUMBLEDORE
n. 1790 Eng. dial. - a beehive BEE-BUTT
n. 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a nest of wild bees, wasps, etc.; a nestful of bees, a swarm BIKE
n. 1808 Amer. dial.- a bumblebee BUMBEE
n. 1817 Amer. dial. - a hollow tree or log used as a beehive; any beehive BEE GUM
n. 1822 - a bumblebee; generally, any insect which makes a buzzing or humming sound BUMMER
n. 1822 Sc. - a hive, a swarm BYKING
n. 1825 Eng. dial. - a beehive BEE-LIPPEN
n. 1833 - a woman bee-keeper BEE-WOMAN
n. 1837 Sc. - a wild bee's nest BEE-BIKE
n. 1840 Eng. dial. - a noise; an uproar, esp. used of the noise formerly made when bees were swarming TANG-RANG
n. 1843 Sc. obs. - a beehive SCAP; SCAPE; SKAPE
n. Bk1859 - one appointed to superintend and watch over the hives BEE-SHEPHERD
n. 1868 rare - the realm of bees BEEDOM
n. 1869 Amer. dial. - a beehive GUM
n. 1870 Sc. - a bee RED-DOUP
n. 1872 Eng. dial. - a beehive BEE-HOPPET
n. 1876 Amer. dial. - a bumblebee BUMBLE
n. 1878 Eng. dial. - a beehive BEE-PEITCH
n. 1879 Eng. dial. - a beehive BEE-POT
n. 1881 - a bumblebee DRUMBLEDORE
n. 1882 Amer. dial. - a beehive BEE STAND
n. 1883 - a bee keeper APICULTURIST
n. a1883 Amer. dial. - a bumblebee BUMBLER BEE
n. 1892 Eng. dial. - a wild bee's nest on the surface of the ground BEE'S WISP
n. Bk1892 Aust. - the wild bee's store of honey (aboriginal usage) CHEWGAH BAG
n. 1893 Eng. dial. - a drone BIG-BEE
n. Bk1898 Ireland & Eng. dial. - bees BEEN
n. B1900 Sc. - a straw beehive RUSKIE
n. 1901 Amer. dial. - a beehive; a hive of bees SKIP
n. Bk1904 Eng. dial. - young bees SCHADONS
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a stingless humble-bee NANNY
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a swarm of bees coming from a swarm of the same year MAIDEN-SWARM
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a swarm of bees TAKING
n. 1911 Amer. dial. - a bumblebee BUMBLER
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a hive, a swarm BIKING
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a wasps' or wild bees' nest BINK
n. 1927 Sc. - a wild bee unable to sting BAKER
n. 1968 Amer. dial. - a bumblebee BUMBLY BEE
n. Bk2006 - (derogatory) a person who has beehives but doesn't take proper care of the bees (beekeepers' usage) BEE-HAVER
vb. 1609 - to cover a beehive with a hackle or straw roof HACKLE
vb. 1825 - to cause to enter a skep (beehive) SKEP
vb. 1854 rare - to hum or buzz like a bee, or a top when spinning BOMBILATE
vb. 1888 - of bees: to surround the queen in a dense cluster, often with the result that she is suffocated or crushed to death BALL
vb. B1900 Eng. dial. - of bees: to buzz TEE
vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to swarm like bees BIKE
adj. 1713 obs. - buzzing, humming, like a large bee BOMBYLIOUS
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. - of bees: issuing forth in a stream when leaving the hive to swarm, 'towthering' KAMING
n. c1420 obs. - the act of taking away a portion of the honey from the hive CASTRATION
n. 1483 - a beekeeper BEE-HERD
n. 1486 obs. - a swarm of bees DRIFT
n. 1494 - a beehive SKEP
n. c1500 - a beekeeper BEE-WARD
n. 1532 - a man-made receptacle used as a home for a colony of bees; a beehive; a hiveful of bees (chiefly Eng. dial.) BUTT
n. 1572 obs. - a beehive BEE-STALL
n. 1579-80 obs. - a queen bee MASTER-BEE
n. 1598 obs. - honey bees HONEY-PEOPLE
n. 1601 obs. - a drone-bee SLOWBACK
n. 1601 obs. rare - a drone bee SIREN
n. 1609 - the conical straw roofing of a beehive HACKLE
n. 1609 - the rim or base of a beehive SKIRT
n. a1614 Sc. obs. - a bumblebee BUMBARD; BUMBART
n. 1622 obs. rare - the work of bees; the production of honey by bees APIFACTURE
n. a1640 - a straw beehive BEE-SKEP
n. 1656 obs. - the sting of a bee SPINE
n. 1658 obs. - a cover of a beehive HACK
n. 1681 Eng. dial. - the entrance to a beehive TEE-HOLE
n. 1695 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a beehive BEE-SCAP; BEE-SKIP
n. 1707 - one who hives bees HIVER
n. 1787 Eng. dial. - a bumblebee DUMBLEDORE
n. 1790 Eng. dial. - a beehive BEE-BUTT
n. 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a nest of wild bees, wasps, etc.; a nestful of bees, a swarm BIKE
n. 1808 Amer. dial.- a bumblebee BUMBEE
n. 1817 Amer. dial. - a hollow tree or log used as a beehive; any beehive BEE GUM
n. 1822 - a bumblebee; generally, any insect which makes a buzzing or humming sound BUMMER
n. 1822 Sc. - a hive, a swarm BYKING
n. 1825 Eng. dial. - a beehive BEE-LIPPEN
n. 1833 - a woman bee-keeper BEE-WOMAN
n. 1837 Sc. - a wild bee's nest BEE-BIKE
n. 1840 Eng. dial. - a noise; an uproar, esp. used of the noise formerly made when bees were swarming TANG-RANG
n. 1843 Sc. obs. - a beehive SCAP; SCAPE; SKAPE
n. Bk1859 - one appointed to superintend and watch over the hives BEE-SHEPHERD
n. 1868 rare - the realm of bees BEEDOM
n. 1869 Amer. dial. - a beehive GUM
n. 1870 Sc. - a bee RED-DOUP
n. 1872 Eng. dial. - a beehive BEE-HOPPET
n. 1876 Amer. dial. - a bumblebee BUMBLE
n. 1878 Eng. dial. - a beehive BEE-PEITCH
n. 1879 Eng. dial. - a beehive BEE-POT
n. 1881 - a bumblebee DRUMBLEDORE
n. 1882 Amer. dial. - a beehive BEE STAND
n. 1883 - a bee keeper APICULTURIST
n. a1883 Amer. dial. - a bumblebee BUMBLER BEE
n. 1892 Eng. dial. - a wild bee's nest on the surface of the ground BEE'S WISP
n. Bk1892 Aust. - the wild bee's store of honey (aboriginal usage) CHEWGAH BAG
n. 1893 Eng. dial. - a drone BIG-BEE
n. Bk1898 Ireland & Eng. dial. - bees BEEN
n. B1900 Sc. - a straw beehive RUSKIE
n. 1901 Amer. dial. - a beehive; a hive of bees SKIP
n. Bk1904 Eng. dial. - young bees SCHADONS
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a stingless humble-bee NANNY
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a swarm of bees coming from a swarm of the same year MAIDEN-SWARM
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a swarm of bees TAKING
n. 1911 Amer. dial. - a bumblebee BUMBLER
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a hive, a swarm BIKING
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a wasps' or wild bees' nest BINK
n. 1927 Sc. - a wild bee unable to sting BAKER
n. 1968 Amer. dial. - a bumblebee BUMBLY BEE
n. Bk2006 - (derogatory) a person who has beehives but doesn't take proper care of the bees (beekeepers' usage) BEE-HAVER
vb. 1609 - to cover a beehive with a hackle or straw roof HACKLE
vb. 1825 - to cause to enter a skep (beehive) SKEP
vb. 1854 rare - to hum or buzz like a bee, or a top when spinning BOMBILATE
vb. 1888 - of bees: to surround the queen in a dense cluster, often with the result that she is suffocated or crushed to death BALL
vb. B1900 Eng. dial. - of bees: to buzz TEE
vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to swarm like bees BIKE
BEEF
adj. 1867 - of meat, esp. beef: barely cooked, underdone, extremely rare, bloody BLUE
n. 1610 - an eater of beef; contemptuously, a well-fed menial BEEFEATER
n. 1792 Amer. dial. - corned beef, salt beef SALT JUNK
n. 1830 Amer. sl. - salt beef MAHOGANY
n. 1836 sl. - salted beef (naval usage) SALT HORSE
n. 1844 Sc. - a shin of beef NAP
n. 1864 - the 'silver side' of a round of beef BED
n. 1884 Amer. dial. - a cooked patty of ground beef HAMBURG STEAK
n. 1900s sl. - Argentine frozen beef UNION JACK
n. 1903 Amer. dial. - a cooked patty of ground beef HAMBURG
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - beef, as distinct from mutton, etc. MEAT
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - beef OLD NED
n. 1930 Amer. dial. - fried beef SHOE SOLES
n. 1955 Amer. sl. - roast beef (prison usage) SHOE SOLE
n. 1996 US sl. - beef BARF
n. Amer. sl. - creamed chipped beef (World War II usage) CREAMED FORESKINS
n. 1610 - an eater of beef; contemptuously, a well-fed menial BEEFEATER
n. 1792 Amer. dial. - corned beef, salt beef SALT JUNK
n. 1830 Amer. sl. - salt beef MAHOGANY
n. 1836 sl. - salted beef (naval usage) SALT HORSE
n. 1844 Sc. - a shin of beef NAP
n. 1864 - the 'silver side' of a round of beef BED
n. 1884 Amer. dial. - a cooked patty of ground beef HAMBURG STEAK
n. 1900s sl. - Argentine frozen beef UNION JACK
n. 1903 Amer. dial. - a cooked patty of ground beef HAMBURG
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - beef, as distinct from mutton, etc. MEAT
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - beef OLD NED
n. 1930 Amer. dial. - fried beef SHOE SOLES
n. 1955 Amer. sl. - roast beef (prison usage) SHOE SOLE
n. 1996 US sl. - beef BARF
n. Amer. sl. - creamed chipped beef (World War II usage) CREAMED FORESKINS