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beggar

/ beggar /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a pauper who lives by begging
Type of:
pauper poor man
Kinds of:
beggarman beggarwoman Lazarus moocher cadger
Derived:
pauperize pauperise
verb Sense 2
reduce to beggary
Type of:
impoverish
Derived:
pauperization pauperisation impoverishment indigence need
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s on something
verb Sense 3
be beyond the resources of
"This beggars description!"
Type of:
defy resist refuse
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
30%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
18
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

pauper poor man beggarman beggarwoman Lazarus moocher cadger impoverish defy resist refuse