beest

C2+ Topic:Food & Drink

US /bist/ UK /biːst/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
the first milk of a cow after calving (colostrum); archaic 'art'

The farmer set aside the beest for the new calf.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the first milk of a cow... colostrumbeestingsbiestings

Word family

Derived forms beestings

Related forms beestingsart

Etymology

In the 'first milk' sense, from Old English bēost ('colostrum'), from Proto-Germanic *biustaz. The archaic verb sense ('thou art') is the second-person singular of be, from Old English bēon.

bēost Old English *biustaz Proto-Germanic

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Food & Drink Register & Style

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# beest

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /bist/
**IPA (UK):** /biːst/

## Meanings
1. the first milk of a cow after calving (colostrum); archaic 'art'

## Examples
- The farmer set aside the beest for the new calf.

## Synonyms
- colostrum
- beestings
- biestings

## Derived Forms
- beestings

## Related Forms
- beestings
- art

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: bēost
- Root: *biustaz

## Etymology
In the 'first milk' sense, from Old English bēost ('colostrum'), from Proto-Germanic *biustaz. The archaic verb sense ('thou art') is the second-person singular of be, from Old English bēon.

## AI Etymology
Beest is in the 'first milk' sense, from Old English bēost ('colostrum'), from Proto-Germanic *biustaz. The archaic verb sense ('thou art') is the second-person singular of be, from Old English bēon. Important recorded forms include bēost (Old English) and *biustaz (Proto-Germanic). The current sense covers the first milk of a cow after calving (colostrum); archaic 'art'. The wider family includes derived forms such as beestings and related words such as beestings and art.

## Topics
- Food & Drink
- Register & Style

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