be
have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
"John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
Types:
look
suffer; hurt
be well
suffer
feel
stay; remain; rest
continue
sparkle; scintillate; coruscate
confuse; throw; fox; befuddle; fuddle; bedevil; confound; discombobulate
rank
point
want; need; require
compact; pack
rest
cut
seethe; boil
mope; moon around; moon about
look; appear; seem
appear; seem
owe
belong
cover
represent
account
cut across
begin; start
begin
stand
specify; define; delineate; delimit; delimitate
go
make sense; add up
consist; comprise
prove; turn out; turn up
account for
remain
stand by; stick by; stick; adhere
loiter; lounge; footle; lollygag; loaf; lallygag; hang around; mess about; tarry; linger; lurk; mill about; mill around
total; number; add up; come; amount
count; matter; weigh
rate
deserve; merit
buy
shine
fall
depend
underlie
stink
suck
subtend; delimit
incarnate; body forth; embody; substantiate
contain; take; hold
cost; be
measure
hum; buzz; seethe
abound
disagree; disaccord; discord
gape; yawn; yaw
tend; be given; lean; incline; run
run; go
figure; enter
press
rage
relate; interrelate
rut
stagnate
stagnate
come in handy
squat
hoodoo
impend
range; run
stay; stay on; continue; remain
sell
translate
head; head up
come in for
compare
fall; come
run into; encounter
gravitate
pay
diverge
shine
iridesce
lie
stand
hang
litter
suit
end; terminate
fit
lend
let go
belong
belong
wind; twist; curve
jumble; mingle
promise
accept; take
clean
draw
wash
balance
hail; come
act
test
seem
answer
beat
hold
count
contain
connect
sell
sell
kill
make
deck; adorn; decorate; grace; embellish; beautify
consist
work
lubricate
breathe
trim
swing
osculate
retard
transplant
cohere
object
stick
recognize
distribute
put out
bake; broil
swim; drown
swim
belong
WordNet Lexical Database
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