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Collins Primary Illustrated Dictionary

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2019
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VERB 1 If you believe that something is true, you think that it is true.

2 If you believe someone, you accept that they are telling the truth.

bell bells

NOUN 1 a cup-shaped metal object with a piece inside it called a clapper that hits the side and makes a ringing sound

2 an electrical device that you can ring or buzz to get attention

bellow bellows, bellowing, bellowed

VERB If a human or other animal bellows, they shout very loudly or make a very loud, deep noise like a roar.

belly bellies

NOUN the part of your body, especially your stomach, that holds and digests food

belong belongs, belonging, belonged

VERB 1 If something belongs to you, it is yours and you own it.

2 If you belong to a group, you are a member of it.

3 If something belongs in a particular place, that is where it should be. • That book belongs on the top shelf.

belongings

PLURAL NOUN Your belongings are all the things that you own.

below

PREPOSITION OR ADVERB 1 If something is below something else, it is in a lower position. • We could hear music coming up from the flat two floors below.

ANTONYM: above

2 If something is below a particular amount or level, it is less than it. • below average rainfall

ANTONYM: above

belt belts

NOUN a strip of leather or cloth that you fasten round your waist to hold your trousers or skirt up

bench benches

NOUN a long seat that two or more people can sit on

bend bends, bending, bent

VERB 1 When you bend something, you use force to make it curved or angular.

2 When you bend, you move your head and shoulders forwards and downwards. • I bent over to pick up my glasses.

NOUN 3 a curved part of something • a bend in the road

beneath

PREPOSITION OR ADVERB FORMAL underneath

benefit benefits, benefiting, benefited

NOUN 1 the advantage that something brings to people • the benefit of a good education

VERB 2 If you benefit from something, it helps you. • He’ll benefit from some extra tuition.

[from Latin benefactum meaning good deed]

bent

ADJECTIVE curved or twisted out of shape

bereaved

ADJECTIVE FORMAL You say that someone is bereaved when a close relative of theirs has recently died.

bereavement NOUN

berry berries

NOUN a small, round fruit that grows on bushes or trees

berserk

ADVERB If somebody goes berserk, they lose control of themselves and become extremely violent.

[from Icelandic berserkr meaning a Viking who wore a shirt made from the skin of a bear and who worked himself into a mad frenzy before going into battle]

berth berths

NOUN 1 a space in a harbour where a ship stays when it is being loaded or unloaded

2 In a boat or caravan, a berth is a bed.

PHRASE 3 If you give someone or something a wide berth, you avoid them because they are unpleasant or dangerous.

beside

PREPOSITION If one thing is beside another thing, it is next to it.
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