[bee] 
| 1. | any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc. |
| 2. | the common honeybee, Apis mellifera. |
| 3. | a community social gathering in order to perform some task, engage in a contest, etc.: a sewing bee; a spelling bee; a husking bee. |
| 4. | have a bee in one's bonnet,
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| 5. | put the bee on, Informal. to try to obtain money from, as for a loan or donation: My brother just put the bee on me for another $10. |
| 6. | the bee's knees, Older Slang. (esp. in the 1920s) a person or thing that is wonderful, great, or marvelous: Her new roadster is simply the bee's knees. |
[bee] | 1. | Also called bee block. Nautical. a piece of hardwood, bolted to the side of a bowsprit, through which to reeve stays. |
| 2. | Obsolete. a metal ring or bracelet. |
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| bee 1 (bē) n.
[Middle English, from Old English bēo; see bhei- in Indo-European roots. Sense 2, perhaps alteration of dialectal bean, voluntary help given to a farmer by his neighbors, from Middle English bene, extra service by a tenant to his lord, from Old English bēn, prayer; see bhā-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
| bee 2 (bē) n. Nautical A bee block. [Middle English be, a ring, from Old English bēag; see bheug- in Indo-European roots.] |
| bee 3 (bē) n. The letter b. |
Bee
First mentioned in Deut. 1:44. Swarms of bees, and the danger of their attacks, are mentioned in Ps. 118:12. Samson found a "swarm of bees" in the carcass of a lion he had slain (Judg. 14:8). Wild bees are described as laying up honey in woods and in clefts of rocks (Deut. 32:13; Ps. 81:16). In Isa. 7:18 the "fly" and the "bee" are personifications of the Egyptians and Assyrians, the inveterate enemies of Israel.
bee
In addition to the idiom beginning with bee, also see birds and the bees; busy as a beaver (bee); make a beeline for; none of one's business (beeswax).
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