beek

[ beek ]

/ bik /

Scot. and North England

verb (used with or without object)

to bask or warm in the sunshine or before a fireplace, stove, or bonfire.

(of wood) to season by exposure to heat.

noun

Obsolete. the act of basking or warming by a fire.

Origin of beek

1200–50; Middle English beken, akin to bake (perhaps <Germanic *bōkjan)

Words nearby beek

beehive house, beehive round, Beehive State, beehive tomb, bee in one's bonnet, beek, beekeeper, beekeeping, bee killer, beeline, Beelzebub

Example sentences from the Web for beek

The e in closed syllables with a full sound (as English a; Sweet, ei) is spelled ee: veel, week (e from i), beek.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8|Various
Went out and was taken by Beek to see the observatory instruments and wind-registers and seismographs.
William Sharp (Fiona Macleod)|Elizabeth A. Sharp
Some two hundred yards behind lies a support line, a good trench leading down to the Beek.
Canada in Flanders, Volume II (of 3)|Lord Max Aitken Beaverbrook
He said it was Beek, whose home was a great way off, and that he was so old that the sea and the land were not so old as he.
Robinson Crusoe|Mary Godolphin

单词	beek
释义	beek [ beek ] / bik / Scot. and North England verb (used with or without object) to bask or warm in the sunshine or before a fireplace, stove, or bonfire. (of wood) to season by exposure to heat. noun Obsolete. the act of basking or warming by a fire. Origin of beek 1200–50; Middle English beken, akin to bake (perhaps <Germanic *bōkjan) Words nearby beek beehive house, beehive round, Beehive State, beehive tomb, bee in one's bonnet, beek, beekeeper, beekeeping, bee killer, beeline, Beelzebub Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for beek The e in closed syllables with a full sound (as English a; Sweet, ei) is spelled ee: veel, week (e from i), beek. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8\|Various Went out and was taken by Beek to see the observatory instruments and wind-registers and seismographs. William Sharp (Fiona Macleod)\|Elizabeth A. Sharp Some two hundred yards behind lies a support line, a good trench leading down to the Beek. Canada in Flanders, Volume II (of 3)\|Lord Max Aitken Beaverbrook He said it was Beek, whose home was a great way off, and that he was so old that the sea and the land were not so old as he. Robinson Crusoe\|Mary Godolphin
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