best

best has 17 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• a.. Having good qualities in the highest degree; most good, kind, desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; as, the best man; the best road; the best cloth; the best abilities.
• a.. Most advanced; most correct or complete; as, the best scholar; the best view of a subject.
• a.. Most; largest; as, the best part of a week.
• n.. Utmost; highest endeavor or state; most nearly perfect thing, or being, or action; as, to do one's best; to the best of our ability.
• superl.. In the highest degree; beyond all others.
• superl.. To the most advantage; with the most success, case, profit, benefit, or propriety.
• superl.. Most intimately; most thoroughly or correctly; as, what is expedient is best known to himself.
• v. t.. To get the better of.
• n.. the supreme effort one can make; "they did their best"
• n.. the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others; "he could beat the best of them"
• n.. Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978)
• v.. get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition"