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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

The possible has long been the domain of science fiction, a genre that thrives on could bes and not yets.

From Slate • Jan. 5, 2016

“I does de bes I kin,” she said.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

The animal whose skin he wears is the cynaelurus guttatus, whose name is bes.

From The Religion of Ancient Egypt by Petrie, W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders), Sir

Lastly, the Venetians divide the bes into eight unciae.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

Here he bes now and that good man o' mine talkin' till him a dozen till one.

From The Turn of the Road A Play in Two Scenes and an Epilogue by Mayne, Rutherford