beset

Meaning of beset

verb

To surround or hem in.
(sometimes figurative) To attack or assail, especially from all sides.
To decorate something with jewels etc.
Of a ship, to get trapped by ice.

Information about beset

It is a verb.
The plural form of beset is: besets.
Languages in which beset is used:
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- Catalan
- English

Hyphenation of beset

be-set

It consists of 2 syllables and 5 chars.
beset is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

beset synonyms

Meaning harass:

harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, plague, molest, provoke

Meaning encrust:

encrust, incrust

Translation of beset

French: assiéger
Spanish: sitiar
German: belagern
Italian: circondare, accerchiare, assediare

Anagrams of beset

beest, beets, betes

Words that rhyme with beset

prebeset, rebeset, umbeset, unbeset, idleset, boneset, typeset, foreset, preset, reset, hayeset

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