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• bes
  bes

  noun

  beth.
• Bes
  Bes

  noun

  the patron deity of music, dancing, and children, represented as a hairy dwarf having a tail and wearing a lion's skin.
• B.E.S.
  B.E.S.

  abbreviation

  Bachelor of Engineering Science.

bes

¹ American  

[beys] / beɪs /

noun

1. beth.

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Bes ² American  

[bes] / bɛs /

noun

Egyptian Religion.

1. the patron deity of music, dancing, and children, represented as a hairy dwarf having a tail and wearing a lion's skin.

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B.E.S. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Bachelor of Engineering Science.

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Bes British  

/ bɛs /

noun

1. an ancient Egyptian god represented as a grotesque hairy dwarf: the patron of music and pleasure

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Example Sentences

But whan the bysshop was therto most besy With the body to Poulis forto gon, Yt stood as fyx as a gret hill off ston.

From Old St. Paul's Cathedral by Benham, William

He must sore stody, for without dilygence And besy laboure no man can it obtayne None ought to cesse: though it firste be a payne.

From The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 by Barclay, Alexander

Styll am I besy bokes assemblynge, For to have plenty it is a pleasaunt thynge In my conceyt, and to have them ay in honde: But what they mene I do nat understonde.

From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

He that is besy euery day and houre Without mesure, maner, or moderacion To gather riches and great store of treasoure Therof no ioy takinge, confort nor consolacion.

From The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 by Barclay, Alexander

They that dygge mandragora be besy to beware of contrary wyndes whyle they digge.

From The Old English Herbals by Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair