Bee

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of several winged, hairy-bodied, usually stinging insects of the superfamily Apoidea in the order Hymenoptera, including both solitary and social species and characterized by sucking and chewing mouthparts for gathering nectar and pollen.
  • n. A bumblebee.
  • n. A honeybee.
  • n. A social gathering where people combine work, competition, and amusement: a quilting bee.
  • idiom. a bee in (one's) bonnet An impulsive, often eccentric turn of mind; a notion.
  • idiom. a bee in (one's) bonnet An obsession.
  • n. Nautical A bee block.
  • n. The letter b.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The name of the Latin script letter B/b.
  • n. A ring or torque; a bracelet.
  • n. A flying insect, of the superfamily Apoidea, known for their organised societies, for collecting pollen, and producing wax and honey.
  • v. Archaic spelling of be.
  • n. A contest, especially for spelling; see spelling bee.
  • n. A gathering for a specific purpose, e.g. a sewing bee or a quilting bee.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • p. p. of be; -- used for been.
  • n. An insect of the order Hymenoptera, and family Apidæ (the honeybees), or family Andrenidæ (the solitary bees.) See honeybee.
  • n. A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family.
  • n. Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An insect of the genus Apis; a hive-bee or honey-bee. See Apis.
  • n. Any aculeate hymenopterous insect of the division Mellifera or Anthophila, comprising the families Apidœ and Andrenidœ, and including, besides the hive-bees of the genus Apis, the mason-bees, carpenter-bees, bumblebees, etc. See cuts under Anthophora, carpenter-bee, and Hymenoptera.
  • n. An assemblage of persons who meet to engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or a family, or in some joint amusement: so called from the combined labor of the bees of a hive: as, a quilting-bee, a husking-bee, a spelling-bee, etc.
  • n. To be restless or uneasy.
  • n. To be somewhat crazy.
  • n. A ring of metal, usually an ornament for the arm or neck; a collar or brooch; sometimes, a finger-ring.
  • n. Nautical, a ring or hoop of metal through which to reeve stays. See bee-block.
  • n. [capitalized] In astronomy, the constellation generally called Apis or Musca.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
  • n. a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions
  • Equivalent
    Variant
    be    honeybee    bee blocks   
    Form
    beeswax    beeline    beehouse    beehive    beekeeper    bee-eater   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ab    Ac    Ag    Agee    Aimee    Albee    Amputee    B    B.    Be   
    Same Context
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    insect    ant    bird    butterfly    snake    fly    rat    beetle    spider    bug