Main entry: beryllium, Be, atomic number 4, glucinium
Definition: a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element
Main entry: be
Definition: spend or use time
Usage: I may be an hour
Definition: work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
Usage: He is a herpetologist; She is our resident philosopher
Definition: have an existence, be extant
Usage: Is there a God?
Main entry: be
Definition: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
Usage: John is rich; This is not a good answer
Definition: have life, be alive
Usage: Our great leader is no more; My grandfather lived until the end of war
Main entry: be
Definition: be identical to; be someone or something
Usage: The president of the company is John Smith; This is my house
Main entry: comprise, make up, be, represent, constitute
Definition: form or compose
Usage: This money is my only income; The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance; These constitute my entire belonging; The children made up the chorus; This sum represents my entire income for a year; These few men comprise his entire army
Main entry: be
Definition: occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
Usage: Where is my umbrella? The toolshed is in the back; What is behind this behavior?
Definition: be identical or equivalent to
Usage: One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!
Main entry: personify, embody, be
Definition: represent, as of a character on stage
Usage: Derek Jacobi was Hamlet
Definition: be priced at
Usage: These shoes cost $100
Main entry: be
Definition: to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form
Usage: let her be
Main entry: be
Definition: happen, occur, take place
Usage: I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house; There were two hundred people at his funeral; There was a lot of noise in the kitchen