To exist; to have real existence, to be alive.
Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective.
To occur, to take place.
Used to link a subject to a measurement.
Used to express future action as well as what is due to, intended to, or should happen.
Used to state the age of a subject in years.
Used to form the continuous aspect.
To occupy a place.
Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
To exist.
Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same.
Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
Used to indicate the time of day.
Used to link two noun clauses, the first of which is a day of the week, recurring date, month, or other specific time (on which the event of the main clause took place), and the second of which is a period of time indicating how long ago that day was.
To exist or behave in a certain way.
Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar, also extending to certain other senses of "go".
To tend to do, often do; marks the habitual aspect.
Used to form the passive voice.
Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs; this was more common in archaic use, especially with verbs indicating motion. "He is finished", and "He is gone" are common, but "He is come" is archaic.
Used to indicate that the subject is an instance of the predicate nominal.
Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
The name of the Cyrillic script letter Б / б.
To live; reside
To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.
To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.
To brace or support with a stay or stays
To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.
To continue to have a particular quality.
To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.
To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end; to show staying power.
To restrain; withhold; check; stop.
To hold the attention of.
To cause to cease; to put an end to.
To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.
To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
To tack; put on the other tack.
Steep; ascending.
Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer.
Stiff; upright; unbending; reserved; haughty; proud.
(of a roof) Steeply pitched.
Steeply.
A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element.
Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time.
A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.
A corset.
Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.
A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel.
The transverse piece in a chain-cable link.
A prop; a support.
A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.
A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.