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- [bee]
- /bi/
- /biː/
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- [bee]
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Definitions of bee word
- countable noun bee A bee is an insect with a yellow-and-black striped body that makes a buzzing noise as it flies. Bees make honey, and can sting. 3
- countable noun bee A bee is a social event where people get together for a competition or to do something such as sew. 3
- noun bee any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, which includes social forms such as the honeybee and solitary forms such as the carpenter bee 3
- noun bee a social gathering for a specific purpose, as to carry out a communal task or hold competitions 3
- noun bee a small sheave with one cheek removed and the pulley and other cheek fastened flat to a boom or another spar, used for reeving outhauls or stays 3
- abbreviation BEE Black Economic Empowerment: a government policy aimed at encouraging and supporting shareholding by Black people 3
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Origin of bee
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English be(e); Old English bīo, bēo; cognate with Dutch bij, Old Saxon bī, bini, Old High German bīa, bini (German Biene), Old Norse bȳ; with other suffixes, Lithuanian bìtė, OPruss bitte, OCS bĭchela, Old Irish bech; *bhi- is a North European stem with the same distribution as wax1, apple; put the bee on probably an allusion to sting in sense “dupe, cheat”
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Parts of speech for Bee
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bee popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
bee usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for bee
noun bee
- drone — Music. a continuous low tone produced by the bass pipes or bass strings of musical instruments. the pipes (especially of the bagpipe) or strings producing this tone. a bagpipe equipped with such pipes.
- bumblebee — A bumblebee is a large hairy bee.
- killer bee — a honeybee, Apis mellifera adansonii, native to Africa, that is extremely aggressive and attacks in swarms when disturbed: brought to Brazil and accidentally released there in 1956.
- queen bee — a fertile female bee.
- party — a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.: a cocktail party.
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