| Noun | 1. | Be - a light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element |
| Verb | 1. | be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| 2. | be - be identical to; be someone or something; "The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house" |
| 3. | be - occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" |
| 4. | be - have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?" |
| 5. | be - happen, occur, take place; "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" |
| 6. | be - be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!" |
| 7. | be - form or compose; "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" |
| 8. | be - work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our resident philosopher" |
| 9. | be - represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet" |
| 10. | be - spend or use time; "I may be an hour" |
| 11. | be - have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war" |
| 12. | be - to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form; "let her be" |
| 13. | be - be priced at; "These shoes cost $100" |