BES
noun1
Chemistry, Natural sciences, Organic chemistry, Physical sciences N,N-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-aminoethanesulfonic acid
bes
verbalso spelled BES/biːz/
Etymology Inherited from Middle English bes.
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Dialectal, Indicative, Present, Third person third-person singular simple present indicative of be
- She bes there these five yare, an' has sint hoome foor her broother an' sister, the mooney for their passage, an' they bes goone these thra yares.1850, William Stevens Balch, Ireland, as I Saw it:
- "An' he bes free times as old as herself," he wailed, " an' ugly as a squid ! But he bes rich — rich as any marchant — an' for the bread an' the fixin's an' the gold she bes takin' 'im."1916, The Windsor Magazine - Volume 44, page 353:
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- And she bes white. Now, I bes what they use to call a house nigra. I don't work in no fields. And you know, I likes my color. Sho' not real fair, and not real dark either. I bes just who I be.2005, Brenda Dooling, The Diamond Cage, →ISBN, page 236:
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Dialectal, Nonstandard, Present Present tense inflected form of be: am or are.
- She bes there these five yare, an' has sint hoome foor her broother an' sister, the mooney for their passage, an' they bes goone these thra yares.1850, William Stevens Balch, Ireland, as I Saw it:
- And she bes white. Now, I bes what they use to call a house nigra. I don't work in no fields. And you know, I likes my color. Sho' not real fair, and not real dark either. I bes just who I be.2005, Brenda Dooling, The Diamond Cage, →ISBN, page 236:
- Synonyms
- is