name
Meaning 1
A municipality of Limburg, Netherlands.
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Standard Lemma guide
beek
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noun
Meaning 2
Clipping of beekeeper.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
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verb
Meaning 3
To expose to a source of heat for warmth and pleasure.
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Usage: Northern-England, reflexive, transitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To season by exposure to heat, usually used of wood.
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Usage: Northern-England, transitive
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verb
Meaning 5
To enjoy exposure to warmth; bask.
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Usage: Northern-England, intransitive
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch Beek.
Clipping of beekeeper.
From Middle English beken (“to warm, expose to heat; keep oneself warm; season (wood) with heat”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a northern variant of Middle English *bechen, from Old English *bēċan (“to foment”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōkijan (“to warm”), from Proto-Germanic *bōkijaną (“to warm”), causative of Proto-Germanic *bakaną (“to bake”). Cognate with Scots beke, beik (“to warm, bask”).