beg

beg
v
1. ask for, apply for, seek, request, ask, call upon; appeal to, implore, beseech, entreat, plead, Brit. Inf. prig, pray, crave; petition, solicit, supplicate, obtest, adjure, conjure, Rare. sue; urge, press, importune, insist, demand.
2. seek alms, Inf. panhandle, pass the plate or cup or hat, Sl. bum, go from door to door; hustle, use, impose on; mooch off, sponge off, live off, cadge, Scot. sorn.
3. avoid, evade, beat around the bush, dodge, get around, escape.

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  • beg — [beg] v past tense and past participle begged present participle begging ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(ask)¦ 2¦(money/food)¦ 3¦(animal)¦ 4 I beg your pardon 5 I beg to differ 6 beg the question 7 be going begging 8 beg, borrow, or steal ▬▬▬▬▬ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • beg — [ beg ] verb ** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to ask for help, an opportunity, etc. in a way that shows you want it very much: Don t go! he begged. beg someone (not) to do something: She had written a letter begging him to come back. We begged… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Beg — Beg, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Begged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Begging}.] [OE. beggen, perh. fr. AS. bedecian (akin to Goth. bedagwa beggar), biddan to ask. (Cf. {Bid}, v. t.); or cf. beghard, beguin.] 1. To ask earnestly for; to entreat or supplicate for;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • beg — [beg] vt. begged, begging [ME beggen < Anglo Fr begger < begart < OFr begard, religious mendicant < MDu beggaert] 1. to ask for as charity or as a gift [he begged a dime] 2. to ask for earnestly as a kindness or favor vi. 1. to ask… …   English World dictionary

  • beg — (v.) c.1200, perhaps from O.E. bedecian to beg, from P.Gmc. *beth ; or possibly from Anglo Fr. begger, from O.Fr. begart (see BEGGAR (Cf. beggar)). The O.E. word for beg was wædlian, from wædl poverty. Of trained dogs, 1816. As a courteous mode… …   Etymology dictionary

  • beg — ► VERB (begged, begging) 1) ask earnestly or humbly for something. 2) ask for food or money as charity. 3) (of a dog) sit up with the front paws raised in the hope of a reward. ● beg off Cf. ↑beg off …   English terms dictionary

  • Beg — refers to: * Begging * Beg or Baig an alternative form of the Turkic title Bey (chieftain, governor etc). It is also used by Iranian, Afghan and Pakistani people. * BEG is the IATA abbreviation for Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport * Beg , a song… …   Wikipedia

  • beg — bȅg m <N mn bègovi/bȅzi jez. knjiž.> DEFINICIJA 1. pov. a. plemićki naslov u Osmanskom Carstvu b. visoki vojni ili civilni dostojanstvenik [alajbeg; beglerbeg; sandžak beg] 2. reg. gospodin, gospodar, ugledan čovjek, dodaje se iza vlastitog …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • Beg — Beg, n. [Turk. beg, pronounced bay. Cf. {Bey}, {Begum}.] A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East; a bey. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Beg — Beg, v. i. To ask alms or charity, especially to ask habitually by the wayside or from house to house; to live by asking alms. [1913 Webster] I can not dig; to beg I am ashamed. Luke xvi. 3. [1913 Webster] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • BEG — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. {{{image}}}   Sigles d une seule lettre   Sigles de deux lettres > Sigles de trois lettres …   Wikipédia en Français

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