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Beet

//biːt// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar. countable, uncountable

    "The beet is a hardy species."

  2. 2
    round red root vegetable wordnet
  3. 3
    A beetroot; a swollen root of such a plant used as a culinary vegetable. Canada, US, countable, uncountable

    "In general, beets, carrots, and turnips are all of aphrodisiac value in erotic dietary."

  4. 4
    biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To improve; to mend. dialectal, obsolete, transitive
  2. 2
    To kindle a fire. dialectal, obsolete, transitive
  3. 3
    To rouse. dialectal, obsolete, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English bete, from Old English bēte, from Latin bēta, possibly of Celtic origin.

Etymology 2

From Middle English beten, from Old English bētan.

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