Meaning

3 senses
  1. (dialectal, obsolete, transitive)To improve; to mend.

  2. (dialectal, obsolete, transitive)To kindle a fire.

  3. (dialectal, obsolete, transitive)To rouse.

Examples

20 sentences
  1. I don't like beets.

    Я не люблю буряк.

    ruЯ не люблю свеклу.

    deIch mag keine Rote Bete.

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  2. Tom likes beets, but Mary doesn't.

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  3. Tom's face was as red as a beet.

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  4. Tom turned red as a beet.

    ruТом покраснел как рак.

    deTom wurde rot wie eine Tomate.

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  5. They say that beet juice can lower blood pressure.

    Кажуть, що буряковий сік може знижувати кров'яний тиск.

    ruГоворят, что свекольный сок может снизить кровяное давление.

    deEs heißt, dass Rübensaft den Blutdruck senken kann.

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Origin

From Middle English beten, from Old English bētan.

From Middle English beten, from Old English bētan.

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Forms

beets, beeting, beeted, beeted
Base formbeet · to beet
3rd person singularbeets
Present participlebeeting
Past simplebeeted
Past participlebeeted

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybeet
he, she, itbeets

Past simpleLesson

all personsbeeted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave beeted
he, she, ithas beeted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill beet

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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