bee
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Definition
- Noun:
- A flying insect: A bee is a hairy-bodied insect, often with a sting, known for collecting pollen and nectar from flowers. Many species live in social colonies, while others are solitary.
- A gathering for communal work or competition: A bee is a social meeting where people come together to perform a specific task or engage in a friendly contest.
Examples
- Noun (Insect):
- A bee landed on the flower to collect pollen.
- Honey bees are essential for pollinating many crops.
- Noun (Gathering):
- The community organized a quilting bee.
- They held a spelling bee at the school.
Advanced Usage
- "To have a bee in one's bonnet": To be obsessed with or preoccupied by a particular idea.
- He has a bee in his bonnet about recycling and talks about it constantly.
- "The bee's knees" (informal, dated): An excellent or outstanding person or thing.
- She thinks her new car is the bee's knees.
Variants and Related Words
- Beehive (n): A structure where bees live, especially a man-made one for keeping honey bees.
- The beekeeper checked the beehive for honey.
- Beekeeper (n): A person who keeps bees, especially for their honey.
- The beekeeper wore protective clothing.
- Bee pollen (n): Pollen collected by bees, often used as a dietary supplement.
- Bee sting (n): The injury caused by a bee's sting.
- She put ice on the bee sting to reduce the swelling.
Synonyms
- Insect: Hymenopteran (scientific term for the order including bees, wasps, and ants).
- Gathering: Meeting, assembly, get-together.
Related Phrases
- Busy as a bee: Extremely busy or industrious.
- She's been as busy as a bee preparing for the party.
- To put the bee on someone (informal, chiefly US): To ask someone for money, especially as a loan or donation.
- He put the bee on me for twenty dollars.
Noun
- a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions
- any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species