(Northern England, Scotland) Alternative form of aboon
abuse
abuse
noun
(now rare) Catachresis.
(obsolete) A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception.
Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.
Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
Misuse; improper use; perversion.
Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.
verb
(transitive) To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage.
(transitive) To imbibe a drug for a purpose other than it was intended; to intentionally take more of a drug than was prescribed for recreational reasons; to take illegal drugs habitually.
(transitive) To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
(transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert
(transitive, archaic) To violate; defile; to rape; (reflexive) to masturbate.
(transitive, obsolete) Misrepresent; adulterate.
(transitive, obsolete) To deceive; to trick; to impose on; misuse the confidence of.
(transitive, obsolete, Scotland) Disuse.
auber
bauer
bauge
baume
baure
beaus
beaut
beaut
adj
(dialectal, especially Australia) Beautiful, splendid.
noun
(informal) Something or someone that is physically attractive.
(informal) Something that is a remarkable example of its type.
beaux
beaux
noun
plural of beau
blaeu
buaer
buaze
buaze
noun
A strong fiber produced from Securidaca longipedunculata, a small tree of Africa.