Definitions of BEE [bi]

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Definition of 'BEE'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) bee
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees and honeybees.

2.  bee
the common honeybee,
Apis mellifera.

3.  bee
a social gathering in order to perform some task, engage in a contest, etc.:
a quilting bee.

4.  bee
have a bee in one's bonnet,

5.  bee
to be obsessed with a single idea.

6.  bee
to be somewhat eccentric.

Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME be(e); OE bīo, bēo, c. OS bī, bini, OHG bīa, bini, ON b&ymacr;)

Definition of 'BEE'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) bee
any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species

2. (noun) bee
a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions

Definition of 'BEE'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) bee
an insect that makes honey
She got stung by a bee.

Definition of 'BEE'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) BEE
an insect of the order Hymenoptera, and family Apidae (the honeybees), or family Andrenidae (the solitary bees.) See Honeybee

2. (noun) BEE
a neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee

3. (noun) BEE
pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks

4. BEE
p. p. of Be; -- used for been

Translation of 'BEE'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a four-winged insect that makes honey.
Afrikaans: by	Arabic: نَحْلَـه، نَحْـل	Bulgarian: пчела
Brazilian: abelha	Czech: včela	German: die Biene
Danish: bi	Greek: μέλισσα	Spanish: abeja
Estonian: mesilane	Farsi: زنبور	Finnish: ampiainen
French: abeille	Hebrew: דְבוֹרָה	Hindi: मधुमक्खी
Croatian: pčela	Hungarian: méh	Indonesian: lebah
Icelandic: bÿfluga	Italian: ape	Japanese: みつばち
Korean: 벌	Lithuanian: bitė	Latvian: bite
Malay: lebah	Dutch: bij	Norwegian: bie
Polish: pszczoła	Persian: زنبور	Pashto: موچی
Portuguese: abelha	Romanian: albină	Russian: пчела
Slovak: včela	Slovenian: čebela	Serbian: pčela
Swedish: bi	Thai: ผึ้ง	Turkish: arı
Taiwanese: 蜜蜂	Ukrainian: бджола	Urdu: شہد کی مکھی ، مگس
Vietnamese: con ong	Chinese: 蜜蜂
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