begging.

Definition of begging. in English English dictionary: maund
beg: To raise a question, in the phrase beg the question
beg: To assume, in the phrase beg the question
beg: To plead with someone for help or for a favor
But that same day came Sam Tewkesbury to the Why Not? about nightfall, and begged a glass of rum, being, as he said, 'all of a shake'.
beg: {v} to ask earnestly, take for granted
begging: {a} mendicant
BEG: smirk, sarcastic or gloating smile (Internet Chat Slang)
beg: If you say that something is going begging, you mean that it is available but no one is using it or accepting it. There is other housing going begging in town
beg: Big Evil Grin
beg: A provincial governor under the Ottoman Empire, a bey
beg: ask to obtain free; "beg money and food
beg: to ask for habitually or from house to house
beg: politeness You say `I beg to differ' when you are politely emphasizing that you disagree with someone
beg: To request the help of someone, often in the form of money
beg: To ask for as a charity, esp
beg: call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!" ask to obtain free; "beg money and food
beg: If you say that something begs a particular question, you mean that it makes people want to ask that question; some people consider that this use is incorrect. Hopewell's success begs the question: why aren't more companies doing the same?
beg: To take for granted; to assume without proof
beg: A tribal leader; term is used by some Turkic-speaking tribes
beg: If someone who is poor is begging, they are asking people to give them food or money. I was surrounded by people begging for food There are thousands like him in Los Angeles, begging on the streets and sleeping rough She was living alone, begging food from neighbors
beg: A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East; a bey
beg: British Engines Group
beg: {f} request, plead; ask for charity
beg: call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!"
beg: I beg your pardon: see pardon
beg: If you say that something begs a particular question, you mean that it assumes that the question has already been answered and so does not deal with it. The research begs a number of questions
beg: If you beg someone to do something, you ask them very anxiously or eagerly to do it. I begged him to come back to England with me I begged to be allowed to leave We are not going to beg for help any more They dropped to their knees and begged forgiveness
beg: To make petition to; to entreat; as, to beg a person to grant a favor
beg: To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for
beg: To ask alms or charity, especially to ask habitually by the wayside or from house to house; to live by asking alms
beg: make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently; "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities"
beg: To ask earnestly for; to entreat or supplicate for; to beseech
beg: ask to obtain free; "beg money and food"
begging: a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
begging: {i} panhandling, publicly asking for handouts
begging: present participle of beg
begging: beseeching