Synonyms

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Chiefly Brit, podgy, chubby, portly, stout; dumpy, squab, lumpish; swollen, bloated, puffy; large, big, ample, full. beeline, n. direct route, direct line, straight line, straight course, Chiefly U.S. air-line; short cut, cut, shortest distance, shortest way. beer, n. malt, ale, porter, stout, Brit. Inf. swipes, SI. suds, lager, bock, liquor. beetle¹, n. 1. hammer, beater, masher, smasher, masticator.
-v. 2. beat, batter, pound, ram, lay on, pommel, pummel, crush, pelt, SI. paste.
3. hammer, forge, shape, form, mold. beetle², adj. 1. overhanging, hanging over, leaning over, jutting over, pendent, swelling over; protruding, projecting, sticking out, poking out, shooting out, jutting out, bulging, prominent.
-v. 2. project, protrude, jut out, stick out, poke out, shoot out, bulge, swell out, pout, belly, bunch; overhang, hang over, Rare, impend over, lean over, extend beyond, swell over, sag.
3. tower over, stand over, overtop, look down on. befall, v. happen, Archaic, hap, occur, take place, supervene, betide, chance, Archaic, bechance, Archaic. arrive; transpire, intervene, crop up; become, come into being, come to pass, come about, fall, materialize; result, eventuate, turn out, prove; ensue, issue, arise, flow out, emanate; happen to, overtake, befitting, adj. fitting, fit, meet, Brit. Dial, gradely,

Fr. comme il faut; suitable, proper, becoming, seemly, decorous, decent; appropriate, apt, apposite, apropos; relevant, germane, Latin, ad rem, to the point, pertinent, pat. befog, v. 1. becloud, darken, obscure. See becloud 0def. 2).
2. confuse, obfuscate, make indistinct. See becloud (def 3). befool, v. 1. fool, dupe, hoax, humbug, Brit. Inf. gammon; bamboozle, delude, deceive, beguile, mislead; hoodwink, pull the wool over [s.o.'s] eyes, cozen, bluff, take in; seduce, charm, lie to; lure, allure, entice, induce, inveigle.
2. trick, spoof, outwit, overreach, circumvent, get around, put one over on; swindle, cheat, defraud, fleece, rook, gull, chouse, stack the deck, Inf. gyp, SI. gaff; pluck, mulct, victimize, exploit, play on or upon, take advantage of, Inf. diddle, Inf. do. before, adv. 1. in front, up front, out front, in advance, in the van, in the lead, in the forefront, in the foreground; ahead, Inf. dead ahead, forward; first, foremost, headmost.
2. previously, formerly, hitherto, heretofore, ere, erenow, Archaic, beforetime; in the past, in times past, in days gone by, in the good old days.
3. earlier, sooner, Dial, afore; early, beforehand, ahead of time, with time to spare, betimes; in anticipation. -prep. 4.

in front of, in advance of, ahead of, forward of.
5. previous to, prior to, earlier than; on the eve of, just before, right before.
6. in preference to, rather than, sooner than.
7. in the presence of, in the sight of, in plain sight of, in open sight of; in the regard of, in the face of, to one's face, before one's eyes, under the nose of, under the eyes of. befriend, v. 1. make friends with, acquaint, familiarize, make familiar, shake hands with; embrace, welcome, hail, receive with open arms, hold out a hand to, open the door to; take in tow, look after, keep an eye on, foster, protect, watch out for.