Beck
[bek] or [bɛk]
Definition
(n.) See Beak.
(n.) A small brook.
(n.) A vat. See Back.
(v. i.) To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand.
(v. t.) To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to.
(n.) A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, esp. as a call or command.
Inputed by Enoch
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Nod, bow.
Edited by Denny
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Nod, sign, signal, symbol, token, indication, authority, orders, instruction,subserviency, influence, call, command, control, mandate
ANT:Independence, insubservience
Checker: Sondra
Definition
n. (Spens.). Same as Beak.
n. a brook.
n. a sign with the finger or head: a nod: (Scot.) a gesture of salutation.—v.i. to make such a sign.—v.t. to call by a nod.—At one's beck subject to one's will.
Checker: Myrna
Examples
- La première qui ouvrira cette porte, ou passera par cette division, sera pendue--fut-ce Madame Beck elle-même! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Madame Beck read the riddle: none else resolved it. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Papa would give you far more than Madame Beck gives you. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Such a man Madame Beck knew, and could in some measure influence. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Not a stranger, reader; she is known to me by sight; she visits at the Rue Fossette: she is often of Madame Beck's Sunday parties. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- One of the professors at Madame Beck's: a very cross little man. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Madame Beck was a most consistent character; forbearing with all the world, and tender to no part of it. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- There went a tradition that Madame Beck's house had in old days been a convent. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I have told Madame Beck I dare not deliver it, and she says I am to charge you with it. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Madame Beck knew this woman's character perfectly well. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- We reached Madame Beck's door. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Life-like sounds bring life-like feelings: this shape was too round and low for my gaunt nun: it was only Madame Beck on duty. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- For one little moment Madame Beck absented herself from the room; ten minutes after, an agent of the police stood in the midst of us. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Is my cousin Ginevra still at Madame Beck's? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Surelythought I, it is not to Madame Beck's own chamber they have carried me! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Checker: Olga