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beer | octopus |

As a noun beer

is .

As a proper noun octopus is

.

beer

English

(wikipedia beer)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) bere, from (etyl) .

Noun

  • (uncountable) An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material commonly barley malt, often with hops or some other substance to impart a bitter flavor.
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  • , chapter=1 citation , passage=“[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like
      Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer . […]”}}
  • (uncountable) A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc.
  • (uncountable) A solution produced by steeping plant materials in water or another fluid.
  • (countable) A glass, bottle, or can of any of the above beverages.
  • (countable) A variety of the above beverages.
  • Synonyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * beer and skittles * beer belly * beer-bust * beer can * beered-up * beer garden * beer goggles * beer gut * beer hall * beerily * beerish * beerless * beer mat * beer muscles * beer parlour * beery * bock beer * champagne taste on a beer budget * craft beer * cry in one's beer * ginger beer * keg beer * ice beer * near beer * root beer * small beer * spruce beer (beer)

    Descendants

    * Indonesian: (l) * Malay: (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To give beer to (someone)
  • * Sidney Daryl, His First Brief. A Comedietta'' in 1870 , Clement Scott, ''Drawing-room Plays and Parlour Pantomimes , Robson and Sons, pages 303–304:
  • No doubt he then can feed us, wine us, beer us, And cook us something that can warm and cheer us.
  • * 2010 , Steve Brezenhoff, The Absolute Value of -1 , Carolrhoda Lab, page 121:
  • Beer me!” said Goody. “Also your weed is shit. Where’s the good stuff, dude?”
  • * 2013 , Janet E. Cameron, Cinnamon Toast and the End of the World , Hatchette Books Ireland, page 124:
  • I heard Patty Marsh yelling, ‘Beer him, Eleanor!’
  • * 2013 , R. D. Power, Forbidden , page 39:
  • Beer me!” To his astonishment she obeyed his command, appearing a minute later with a glass of beer and a wry smile.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) beere, equivalent to .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who is or exists.
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  • Derived terms
    * *

    Anagrams

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    octopus

    Noun

    (see usage notes)
  • Any of several marine molluscs/mollusks, of the family '', having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid or cuttlefish) and eight arms each covered with suckers.
  • (uncountable) The flesh of these marine molluscs eaten as food.
  • An organization that has many powerful branches controlled from the centre.
  • Usage notes

    The plural octopi is hypercorrect, coming from the mistaken notion that the (term) in . The plural octopii is based on an incorrect attempt to pluralise the word based on an incorrect assumption of its origin, and is rare and widely considered to be nonstandard. Sources differ on which plurals are acceptable: (w, Fowler's Modern English Usage)'' asserts that “the only acceptable plural in English is octopuses”, while (Merriam-Webster) and other dictionaries accept (term) as a plural form. The ''(Oxford English Dictionary) lists (term), (term), and (term) (the order reflecting decreasing frequency of use), stating that the last form is rare. The term octopod (either plural octopods and octopodes can be found) is taken from the taxonomic order Octopoda but has no classical equivalent, and is not necessarily synonymous (it can encompass any member of that order). The collective form (term) is usually reserved for animals consumed for food.

    Derived terms

    * octopean * octopian * octopic * octopine * octopuslike * octopussy

    Synonyms

    * polypus

    See also

    * calamari * cuttlefish * Kraken * nautilus * octopoid * squid