Noun: begging be-ging- A solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
- beggary, mendicancy Verb: beg (begged,begging) beg- Call upon in supplication; entreat
"I beg you to stop!"; - implore, pray - Request money, food, etc. from someone without any payment
"beg money and food" - Ask for something
"Henry IV begged the Pope for a divorce"; - solicit - Dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted
"beg the question"; "beg the point in the discussion"
Derived forms: beggings See also: excuse Type of: ask for, bespeak, call for, circumnavigate, circumvent, dodge, duck [informal], elude, evade, finesse, fudge, hedge, parry, plead, put off, quest, request, sidestep, skirt, solicitation Encyclopedia: Begging, Essex Beg, Steal or Borrow |