Bach — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bach noun A bachelor.
- beck noun A small stream or brook, especially in Northern England.
- brook noun A small, natural stream of water.
- burn noun An injury to skin or tissue caused by heat, fire, chemicals, or radiation.
- creek noun A small stream, narrower than a river.
- run verb To move quickly on foot, faster than walking.
- stream noun A small natural flow of water, smaller than a river.
Senses
Bach is used for these senses in English:
- Bach (music) Johann Sebastian Bach, a German organist and composer.
- beck (Norfolk, Northern England) A stream or small river.
- brook A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
- burn (Northern England, Scotland) A large stream.
- creek (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A stream of water, typically a stream of freshwater smaller than a river; in Australia, also used of river-sized bodies of water.
- run (chiefly, eastern, _, North Midland US, especially, Ohio, Pennsylvania) A small creek or part thereof. (Compare Southern US branch and New York and New England brook.)
- stream A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
bach — full definition
- noun A bachelor.
- noun In New Zealand and Australian English, a small, simple holiday house, often near the beach.
- verb To live alone as an unmarried man, handling one's own cooking and housekeeping.
beck — full definition
- noun A small stream or brook, especially in Northern England.
- noun A gesture, such as a nod or wave, used to summon or signal someone (mainly in the phrase "at someone's beck and call").