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bee
1[bee]
noun
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebee, honeybee, etc.
the common honeybee, Apis mellifera.
a community social gathering in order to perform some task, engage in a contest, etc..
a sewing bee;
a spelling bee;
a husking bee.
bee
2[bee]
noun
Also called bee block.Nautical.a piece of hardwood, bolted to the side of a bowsprit, through which to reeve stays.
Obsolete.a metal ring or bracelet.
B.E.E.
3abbreviation
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering.
bee
2/ ː /
noun
a social gathering for a specific purpose, as to carry out a communal task or hold competitions
quilting bee
See spelling bee
BEE
3abbreviation
Black Economic Empowerment: a government policy aimed at encouraging and supporting shareholding by black people
bee
4/ ː /
noun
nautical 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
Other 51Թ Forms
- beelike adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bee1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bee1
Origin of bee2
Origin of bee3
Idioms and Phrases
have a bee in one's bonnet,
to be obsessed with one idea.
to have eccentric or fanciful ideas or schemes.
Our aunt obviously has a bee in her bonnet, but we're very fond of her.
the bee's knees, (especially in the 1920s) a person or thing that is wonderful, great, or marvelous.
Her new roadster is simply the bee's knees.
put the bee on, to try to obtain money from, as for a loan or donation.
My brother just put the bee on me for another $10.
Example Sentences
Instead of bright, attractive flowers that bring the bees, they have dark, reddish blooms that stink.
An estimated 250 million bees escaped from an overturned truck in the US state of Washington on Friday, sparking warnings from authorities for the public to avoid the swarm of stinging insects.
Residents are being plagued by huge swarms of up to a million bees in their street that have stung "on numerous occasions" and left them fearful of opening a window.
Trump has had a bee in his incontinence diapers ever since Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite” won the Oscar for best picture in 2020.
The method - called oral immunotherapy - is already proven to work for allergies to pollen, wasp and bee stings.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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