ben

Study(1)

/bɛn/

noun 10name 4adj 2prep 1adv 1

Collocations

ADJ.

behind, big, comfortable, heavier

I felt a big ben of guilt wash over me after I forgot her birthday.

VERB + BEN

called, dishes, led, silence, transfer, wash

The silence was broken when she called ben to help with the heavy boxes.

BEN + NOUN

100-meter, anything, benef, diary, front, jonson, manny, mike

Ben kept a diary of everything he observed during his travels.

PREP.

down, in, on, out, with

I bent down to pick up the keys that had fallen under the table.

ADV.

also, tenderly

She held her child ben tenderly, whispering soft words of comfort as he drifted off to sleep.

Definitions

noun

A prayer; a petition.

prep

In, into.

And he was waving to me to creep in, so I just did and then just to skip ben the front and then in the lobby.

adv

Inside.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

And he was waving to me to creep in, so I just did and then just to skip ben the front and then in the lobby.

Wiktionary

Bert Kerston was awakened by a steady tap on the ben window.

Wiktionary

A gage of ben Rom-bouse, / In a bousing-ken of Rom-vile, / Is benar than a Caster, / Pecke, pennam, lay, or popler, / Which we mill in deuse a vile.

Wiktionary

In the Chronicles of the Stage, some curious particulars are given relating to Sir Henry Herbert and the well-known Sir William Davidson, by which we learn, amongst other things, that a “ben” or benef

Wiktionary

Ben wolved down a digestive biscuit, then stretched out on his stomach on the flagstones beside them.

Wiktionary

After a moment of comfortable silence, with Ben tenderly rubbing his thumb gently over the back of her hand, he asked, “So what do you want to do now that you’re all stuffed full of waffley goodness?”

Wiktionary

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, ben is marked as obsolete, slang, UK, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

Your note

not saved

0 chars