Meaning of honey | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.
   uncountable, usually
2. A surname.
3. A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans
4. A variety of this substance.
   countable, usually
5. A variety of this substance
6. A person who is much loved:beloved, darling, dear, love, minion, precious, sweet, sweetheart, truelove.
7. Nectar.
   rare, uncountable, usually
8. Nectar
9. a bee in a hive, bred for producing honey. heuningby نَحْلة الخَلِيَّه медоносна пчела abelha včela die Honigbiene honningbi μέλισσαabeja mesilane زنبور عسل kesymehiläinen abeille דְבוֹרָת הַדבַש मधुमक्खी (pitoma) pcela mézelő méh lebah madu hunangsfluga ape みつ蜂 꿀벌 bitė darbininkė medus bite lebah madu honingbij honningbie pszczoła miodonośna د شاتو مچی abelha albină пчела медоносная včela čebela delavka pčela radilica bi ผึ้ง bal arısı 蜜蜂 робоча бджола شہد کی مکھی ong mật 蜜蜂
10. Something sweet or desirable.
    figuratively, uncountable, usually
11. Something sweet or desirable
12. the mass formed by rows of wax cells in which bees store their honey. heuningkoek قُرْص عَسَل медена пита favo plástev medu die Honigwabe bikage κηρήθραpanal meekärg شانه عسل hunajakenno rayon de miel חַלַת דְבַש छत्ता sace lép sarang lebah vaxkaka favo みつ蜂の巣 벌집 korys medus kāre sarang lebah madu honingraat bi-/vokskake plaster miodu د شاتو شانه favo fa­gure медовые соты plást medu satovje saće vaxkaka รังผึ้ง bal peteği 蜂巢, 蜂房 медові стільники شہد کا چھتا tầng ong 蜜蜂窝，蜂房
13. A term of affection.
    uncountable, usually
14. A term of affection
15. a holiday spent immediately after one's marriage. We went to London for our honeymoon; (also adjective) a honeymoon couple. wittebrood شَهْر عَسَل меден месец lua de mel líbánky; svatební cesta; novomanželský die Flitterwochen bryllupsrejse; hvedebrødsdage μήνας του μέλιτοςluna de miel mesinädalad ماه عسل kuherruskuukausi lune de miel; de jeunes mariés יֶרַח דְבַש सुहागरात medeni mjesec, bracno putovanje; bracni nászút bulan madu brúðkaupsferð luna di miele 新婚旅行 신혼 여행 medaus mėnuo medus mēnes...
    also adjective
16. A woman, especially an attractive one.
    countable, informal, usually
17. miel de abeja.
18. A spectrum of pale yellow to brownish-yellow color, like that of most types of (the sweet substance) honey.
    uncountable, usually
19. A sweet yellowish or brownish viscid fluid produced by various bees from the nectar of flowers and used as food.
20. Precum; pre-ejaculate.
    uncountable, usually, vulgar
21. A sweet substance, such as nectar or syrup.
22. Sweetness; pleasantness: "The first few years could not have been all honey" (Nadine Gordimer).
23. Informal Sweetheart; dear. Used as a term of endearment.
    Informal
24. Informal Something remarkably fine: a honey of a car.
    Informal

Equivalents

Examples

“The honey in the pot should last for years.”

“The physical properties of the different honeys, color, granulation, aroma, flavor, etc., are indicated in the table only in a very general way.”

“If two of the California honeys, western hyssop and fleabane, having a positive polarization at 200 C. are disregarded, then the remaining...”

“Eucalyptus honeys could be characterized based on seven volatile compounds, whereas lavender honeys had only five...”

“O my love, my wife! / Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath / Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty.”

“the honey of his language”

“Honey, would you take out the trash?”

“Honey, I'm home.”

“"So far, so good... are you doing okay?" "Flying... is awesome!" "Focus, honey."”

“Man, there are some fine honeys here tonight!”

“It's hard on a fella, when he don't know his way around If I don't find me a honey to help me spend my money I'm gonna have to blow this town.”

“College was wild. I was like a happy little white kid playing in a sandbox full of toys. Honeys, basketball, music, I indulged in all of that shit to the max. And oh yeah. I went to a couple of classes too. I wasn't totally ass-out stupid.”

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