beg
(noun, verb, abbreviation)
abbreviation
1. (knitting) beginning
noun
1. a provincial governor under the Ottoman Empire, a bey
verb
1. call upon in supplication; entreat
- I beg you to stop!
Similar word(s): implore, pray
Definition categories: communication, plead
2. make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
Definition categories: communication, bespeak, quest, request
3. ask to obtain free
- beg money and food
Definition categories: possession, bespeak, quest, request
4. dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted
- beg the question
- beg the point in the discussion
Definition categories: communication, circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, sidestep, skirt
Sentences with beg as a verb:
- He begged on the street corner from passers-by.
- I beg your pardon. I didn't mean to cause offence.
- He begged her to go to the prom with him.