bestow

bestow is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow; to place; to put. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow; to place; to put.
2. transitive verb. To use; to apply; to devote, as time or strength in some occupation.
3. transitive verb. To expend, as money.
4. transitive verb. To give or confer; to impart; -- with on or upon.
5. transitive verb. To give in marriage.
6. transitive verb. To demean; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by a reflexive pronoun.
7. verb. present

   "The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated"

   "bestow an honor on someone"

   Synonyms: confer

8. verb. give as a gift
9. verb. bestow a quality on

   "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"

   "The music added a lot to the play"

   Synonyms: add, bring, contribute, impart, lend

Synonyms

confer, add, bring, contribute, impart, lend

Common word forms

bestows, bestowal, bestowed, bestower, bestowing, bestowable, bestowment

Words from these letters

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