beek
beek verb: to expose to a source of heat for warmth and pleasure. Also the clipping of beekeeper.
Verb
beek (third-person singular simple present beeks, present participle beeking, simple past and past participle beeked)
Proper noun capitalized: Beek
Beek
- A municipality of Limburg, Netherlands.
Also used as
beek is also the clipping of beekeeper.
Forms of beek
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | beeks |
| present participle | beeking |
| past participle | beeked |
| past | beeked |
| alternative form | beak |
| alternative form | beke |
| alternative form | beyk |
| alternative Scotland | beik |
| Noun | |
| plural | beeks |
Origin of beek
From Middle English beken (“to warm, expose to heat; keep oneself warm; season (wood) with heat”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a northern variant of Middle English *bechen, from Old English *bēċan (“to foment”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōkijan (“to warm”), from Proto-Germanic *bōkijaną (“to warm”), causative of Proto-Germanic *bakaną (“to bake”). Cognate with Scots beke, beik (“to warm, bask”).
Clipping of beekeeper.
Borrowed from Dutch Beek.
Questions about beek
- What does beek mean?
- Beek means to expose to a source of heat for warmth and pleasure.
- What part of speech is beek?
- Beek can be a verb or a proper noun.
- What is the past tense of beek?
- The past tense of beek is beeked.
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