English noun: beggar | |||
1. | beggar (person) a pauper who lives by begging | ||
Synonyms | mendicant | ||
Broader (hypernym) | pauper | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | beggarman, beggarwoman, cadger, mooch, moocher, panhandler, sannyasi, sannyasin, sanyasi, scrounger | ||
Instance hyponym | Lazarus | ||
English verb: beggar | |||
1. | beggar (stative) be beyond the resources of | ||
Samples | This beggars description!. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | defy, refuse, resist | ||
2. | beggar (possession) reduce to beggary | ||
Synonyms | pauperise, pauperize | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | impoverish | ||