be#3 (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 42
def have the quality of being
def (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
examples John is rich
This is not a good answer
Frame - 4 Something is ----ing PP
Frame - 6 Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Frame - 7 Somebody ----s Adjective
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 9 Somebody ----s somebody
Frame - 22 Somebody ----s PP
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Hyponym look; suffer, hurt; be well; suffer; feel; stay, remain, rest; continue; sparkle, scintillate, coruscate; confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate; rank; point; want, need, require; compact, pack; rest; cut; seethe, boil; mope, moon around, moon about; look, appear, seem; appear, seem; owe; belong; cover; represent; account; cut across; begin, start; begin; stand; specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate; go; make sense, add up; consist, comprise; prove, turn out, turn up; account for; remain; stand by, stick by, stick, adhere; loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around; total, number, add up, come, amount; count, matter, weigh; rate; deserve, merit; buy; shine; fall; depend; underlie; stink; suck; subtend, delimit; incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate; contain, take, hold; cost, be; measure; hum, buzz, seethe; abound; disagree, disaccord, discord; gape, yawn, yaw; tend, be given, lean, incline, run; run, go; figure, enter; press; rage; relate, interrelate; rut; stagnate; stagnate; come in handy; squat; hoodoo; impend; range, run; stay, stay on, continue, remain; sell; translate; head, head up; come in for; compare; fall, come; run into, encounter; gravitate; pay; diverge; shine; iridesce; lie; stand; hang; litter; suit; end, terminate; fit; lend; let go; belong; belong; wind, twist, curve; jumble, mingle; promise; accept, take; clean; draw; wash; balance; hail, come; act; test; seem; answer; beat; hold; count; contain; connect; sell; sell; kill; make; deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify; consist; work; lubricate; breathe; trim; swing; osculate; retard; transplant; cohere; object; stick; recognize; distribute; put out; bake, broil; swim, drown; swim; belong
Incoming links
Hypernym look; suffer, hurt; be well; suffer; feel; stay, remain, rest; continue; sparkle, scintillate, coruscate; confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate; rank; point; want, need, require; compact, pack; rest; cut; seethe, boil; mope, moon around, moon about; look, appear, seem; appear, seem; owe; belong; cover; represent; account; cut across; begin, start; begin; stand; specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate; go; make sense, add up; consist, comprise; prove, turn out, turn up; account for; remain; stand by, stick by, stick, adhere; loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around; total, number, add up, come, amount; count, matter, weigh; rate; deserve, merit; buy; shine; fall; depend; underlie; stink; suck; subtend, delimit; incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate; contain, take, hold; cost, be; measure; hum, buzz, seethe; abound; disagree, disaccord, discord; gape, yawn, yaw; tend, be given, lean, incline, run; run, go; figure, enter; press; rage; relate, interrelate; rut; stagnate; stagnate; come in handy; squat; hoodoo; impend; range, run; stay, stay on, continue, remain; sell; translate; head, head up; come in for; compare; fall, come; run into, encounter; gravitate; pay; diverge; shine; iridesce; lie; stand; hang; litter; suit; end, terminate; fit; lend; let go; belong; belong; wind, twist, curve; jumble, mingle; promise; accept, take; clean; draw; wash; balance; hail, come; act; test; seem; answer; beat; hold; count; contain; connect; sell; sell; kill; make; deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify; consist; work; lubricate; breathe; trim; swing; osculate; retard; transplant; cohere; object; stick; recognize; distribute; put out; bake, broil; swim, drown; swim; belong

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