Meaning of beauty | Babel Free

Definitions

1. beauty (the quality of being beautiful)
2. The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, pleasing, fine or good-looking; comeliness.
   uncountable
3. beauty (beautiful person or object)
4. Someone who is beautiful.
   countable, uncountable
5. the beautification of a person, usually a male.
6. the doctrine that the principles of beauty are basic and that other principles (the good, the right) are derived from them, applied especially to a late 19th-century movement to bring art into daily life. See also art.
7. Those aspects or elements that make someone or something beautiful.
   countable, in-plural, uncountable
8. a branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and the beautiful. — aesthetic, n., adj. — aesthetical, adj.
9. Something that is particularly good or pleasing.
   countable, uncountable
10. the art or practice of the beautification of the skin, hair, or nails. — cosmetologist, n. — cosmetological, adj.
11. An excellent or egregious example of something.
    countable, uncountable
12. a lover of beauty. — philocaly, n.
13. The excellence or genius of a scheme or decision.
    countable, uncountable
14. physical beauty, especially that of women. — pulchritudinous, adj.
15. A beauty quark (now called bottom quark).
    countable, obsolete, particle, uncountable
16. a beautiful woman; Those roses are beautiful. pragtig جَميل красив lindo (pře)krásný schön smuk ωραίος bonita, hermosa, guapa kaunis زیبا kaunis beauיפה सुन्दर lijep, krasan gyönyörű cantik fallegur bello 美しい 아름다운 gražus skaists; daiļš; lielisks lawa mooiskjønn, pen, nydelig, vakkerpiękny ښکلي lindo frumos красивый krásny krasen lep, prelep vacker สวยงาม güzel 美麗的 вродливий; прекрасний خوبصورت شے ، حسین đẹp 美丽的，悦目的
17. Beauty treatment; cosmetology.
    countable, uncountable
18. pragtig بِصورةٍ جَميلَةٍ красиво lindamente krásně; výborně schön smukt ωραίαhermosamente kaunilt به زیبایی kauniisti admirablementיפה, היטב सुंदरतापूर्वक krasno, lijepo gyönyörűen menakjubkan fallega mirabilmente 美しく 아름답게 gražiai skaisti; daiļi; lieliski sungguh cantik mooiskjønt, vakkert, pentpięknie په ښکلا lindamente admirabil красиво skvele čudovito prelepo vackert อย่างสวยงาม güzel bir şekilde, güzelce 美好地 красиво; чудово خوبصورتی سے tốt đẹp 美丽地，悦目地，漂亮地，出色地
19. Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
20. to make beautiful. She beautified the room with flowers. verfraai يُجمِّـل разкрасявам embelezar (z)krášlit verschönern forskønne ομορφαίνωembellecer kaunistama زیبا کردن kaunistaa embellir לְיַפּוֹת सजाना uljepšati szépít mempercantik fegra abbellire 美しくする 아름답게 하다 (pa)puošti izdaiļot mencantikkan verfraaiengjøre vakker, forskjønne upiększyć سینګارول embelezar a înfru­mu­seţa украшать skrášliť okrasiti ulepšati göra vacker, pryda ทำให้สวยงาม; ประดับประดา güzelleştirmek 美化 прикрашати خوبصورت ب...
21. Beautiful passages or extracts of poetry.
    archaic, countable, in-plural, uncountable
22. a girl or woman who is voted the most beautiful in a contest. skoonheidskoningin مَلِكَةِ الجَمال кралица на красотата rainha de beleza královna krásy die Schönheitskönigin skønhedsdronning βασίλισσα ομορφιάς reina de la belleza iluduskuninganna ملکه زیبایی kauneuskilpailun voittanut nainen reine de beauté מַלכַּת יוֹפִי सौंदर्य साम्राज्ञी kraljica ljepote szépségkirálynő ratu kecantikan fegurðardrottning reginetta 美人コンテスト優勝者 미인 대회에서 뽑힌 여왕 grožio karalienė skaistuma karaliene ratu cantik scho...

Equivalents

Examples

“A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: / Its loveliness increases; it will never / Pass into nothingness; but still will keep / A bower quiet for us, and a sleep / Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.”

“‘Say, hast thou seen enough!’ ‘I have looked on beauty, and I am blinded,’ I said hoarsely, lifting my hand to cover up my eyes.”

“Warwick's first glance had revealed the fact that the young woman was strikingly handsome, with a stately beauty seldom encountered.”

“"The aviators didn't get him," Denham replied slowly. "What?" "It was Beauty. As always Beauty killed the Beast."”

“Much as one appreciates the beauty of these woodlands, it was good to learn that some discreet tree-felling may open up the view still further.”

“1988, "… beauty and recollection, like danger, glamour, greed, hunger- everything but disappointment and desire- were concepts belonging to other people.” -Second Son, Robert Ferro”

“Brigitte Bardot was a renowned beauty.”

“The website calls a vote for Alyona a vote against "beauties who do not look natural and who cannot be distinguished from each other" and rails against the "imposed standards" of 90-60-90 vital statistics, and "cigarettes with out nicotine and coffee without caffeine".”

“There the roſy-finger'd Spring, by the liquid mirror of a cryſtalline pool, was attiring her fair daughters in ſeven-fold ornaments, while the love-whiſpering breezes ſtole kiſſes as they paſſed, and fanned their glowing beauties.”

“What a goal! That was a real beauty!”

“He got into a fight and ended up with two black eyes – two real beauties!”

“The beauty of the deal is it costs nothing!”

“a hair and beauty salon”

“When the beauty team departs the set, the AD will say, “Let’s go on a bell.” A bell sounds throughout the stage, and […]”

“Menander in the comedy brings in a man turning his wife from his house, because she stained her hair yellow, which was then the beauty.”

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