■ verb ( ~s , ~bing , ~bed )
1》 ignore or spurn disdainfully.
2》 restrict the movement of (a horse or boat) by means of a rope wound round a post.
■ noun an act of ~bing.
■ adjective (of a person's nose) short and turned up at the end.
Origin
ME: from ON ~ba 'chide, check the growth of'.