beg

beg is a 3-letter English word with 11 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East; a bey. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East; a bey.
2. transitive verb. To ask earnestly for; to entreat or supplicate for; to beseech.
3. transitive verb. To ask for as a charity, esp. to ask for habitually or from house to house.
4. transitive verb. To make petition to; to entreat; as, to beg a person to grant a favor.
5. transitive verb. To take for granted; to assume without proof.
6. transitive verb. To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.
7. intransitive verb. To ask alms or charity, especially to ask habitually by the wayside or from house to house; to live by asking alms.
8. verb. call upon in supplication; entreat

   "I beg you to stop!"

   Synonyms: implore, pray

9. verb. make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently

   "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"

   "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities"

   Synonyms: solicit, tap

10. verb. dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted

    "beg the question"

    "beg the point in the discussion"

11. verb. ask to obtain free

    "beg money and food"

Synonyms

implore, pray, solicit, tap

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in beg:

geb

Common word forms

begs, begged, begger, begging

Words from these letters

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