bestow
Meaning of bestow
verb
- To lay up in store; deposit for safe keeping; to stow or place; to put something somewhere.
- To lodge, or find quarters for; provide with accommodation.
- To dispose of.
- To give; confer; impart gratuitously; present something to someone or something, especially as a gift or honour.
Medals were bestowed on the winning team.
- To give in marriage.
- To apply; make use of; use; employ.
- To behave or deport.
Information about bestow
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of bestow is: bestows.
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Hyphenation of bestow
be-stow
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- bestow is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
bestow synonyms
Meaning confer:
Meaning lend:
lend, impart, contribute, add, bring
Translation of bestow
- Italian: dare, concedere, apportare
- German: verleihen
- French: ajouter
- Spanish: agregar, otorgar, conceder
- Portuguese: outorgar, conceder
Anagrams of bestow
Words that rhyme with bestow
Stow, stow, Puestow, misbestow, prebestow, rebestow, restow, Bristow, Plaistow, Walthamstow, unstow, Bostow, Chepstow, Barstow, laystow, playstow
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