p.p. of be;
used for been.
2. bee ·noun pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through;
called also bee blocks.
3. bee ·noun an insect of the order hymenoptera, and family apidae (the honeybees), or family andrenidae (the solitary bees.) ·see honeybee.
4. bee ·noun a neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee.