Words about words

Linguistic and grammatical words.

Subcategories: Abstract Nouns (106), Adjectives (889), Adverbs (35), Conjunctions (33), Interjections (11), Past tense (211), Plural (48), Prepositions (56), Pronouns (65), Verbs (794)

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B is for Bathe

You bathe when you take a bath to get clean.

B is for Beautiful

Something is beautiful if it gives you great pleasure to see, hear or experience.
The rose in the picture is beautiful.

B is for Bedraggled

Something is bedraggled if it is limp and dirty. The dog in the picture is bedraggled.

B is for Befriend

You befriend someone when you make friends with them.

B is for Beg

Begging is a way of asking for something to be given to you, in a humble, pleading kind of way.
The dog in the picture is begging for food.

B is for Begin

To begin is to start something. August begins with the letter A.

B is for Behave

You behave when you act in a way that other people expect you to act, depending on the situation. The puppy in the picture is being well-behaved and is sitting quietly.

B is for Behind

Something is behind you if you cannot see it - your back is facing it rather than your front. The horse in the picture is viewed from behind.

B is for Belong

Someone or something belongs in a group if it is a member of that group. Something belongs in a place if it is meant to be there, for example "the plates belong in that cupboard". Belong can also mean ownership, as in "that dog belongs to me".

B is for Below

Something is below something else if it is lower down than it, with the other thing above. This photo was taken from below a cat.

B is for Bend

You bend something when you change it from being straight into a curve. Someone has bent the metal bar in the picture.

B is for Bent

Something is bent if it should have been straight but instead it has a sharp curve or angle in it.
Bent can also be used to describe someone who is really set on doing something, as in "Bob was bent on getting a new car before Christmas".

B is for Beside

Two things are beside each other if they are next to each other, facing the same direction. The two women on the bench are sitting beside each other, or side by side.

B is for Best

Something is best if nothing is better than it. When you win a competition, it means you are the best.
The opposite of best is worst.

B is for Between

Something is between if it is in the space in the middle of two other things.

The small traffic cone in the picture is between two larger traffic bollards.

B is for Big

Something is big if it is many times larger than something else. The ship in the picture is much bigger than the little boat at the front of the picture. The opposite of big is small.

B is for Billow

Something is billowing if it is rising up or puffing out in a big surge, usually from the wind. sails and flags are often seen billowing.

B is for Bind

Binding is a way of holding two or more things together, usually by tying or wrapping. Book pages are bound together down one edge to form a book.

B is for Binned

Binned is the past tense of bin, usually meaning to put something in a bin, for example "he binned all the leftover food".

B is for Bite

You bite something when you hold it in your mouth, between your teeth. You usually bite to break off a piece of something, like biting off a mouthful of an apple.
The cat in the picture is biting the woman's nose.
Insects like mosquitos that don't have mouths like ours can still bite you with their tongues.