begging

Collocations

5

ADJ.

female, fried, living, most, reduced

VERB + BEGGING

back, came, go, going, knelt, lives, spent, stop

BEGGING + NOUN

cookie, door, forgiveness, god, i'll, money, something

PREP.

around, down, from, in, with

ADV.

always

Definitions

noun

1

The act of one who begs.

The Brahmans were very annoying in their beggings for money […]

2

Money or goods acquired by begging.

Then a thin old hag […] moaned out, "Twopence for two ounces!" and had to go out of the shop unmeated, since her earnings — or her beggings — had not brought her enough to have that small price to spare.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street b

beggary
mendicancy

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

go begging

To be available but wasted, unused, or not actualized.

"Principles without leaders go begging," he replied.

Example Bank

6

01

The Brahmans were very annoying in their beggings for money […]

Wiktionary

02

Then a thin old hag […] moaned out, "Twopence for two ounces!" and had to go out of the shop unmeated, since her earnings — or her beggings — had not brought her enough to have that small price to spa

Wiktionary

03

Just like I thought, the contractor came back today, begging for more time.

Tatoeba · #28406

04

The man went begging from door to door.

Tatoeba · #45340

05

The child is always begging for something.

Tatoeba · #47529

06

If those biscuits are going begging, I'll have them.

Tatoeba · #49983