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. — deniko

    ruЯ не люблю свеклу. — mrtaistoi

    deIch mag keine Rote Bete. — mrtaistoi

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

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

  4. Tom turned red as a beet.

    ruТом покраснел как рак. — marafon

    deTom wurde rot wie eine Tomate. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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

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

    ruГоворят, что свекольный сок может снизить кровяное давление. — odexed

    deEs heißt, dass Rübensaft den Blutdruck senken kann. — Hans_Adler

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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