Definition of beware

"beware" in the verb sense

1. beware, mind

be on one's guard be cautious or wary about be alert to

"Beware of telephone salesmen"

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Quotations for beware

Beware of, Had I wist. [ Proverb ]

Beware of false prophets. [ Jesus ]

Beware the fury of a patient man. [ John Dryden ]

Beware of no man more than thyself. [ Proverb ]

Beware of fixing habits in a child. [ Robert Hall ]

Beware of the vinegar of sweet wine. [ Italian Proverb ]

When the fox preacheth, beware geese. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

When a fox preaches beware the geese. [ Proverb ]

Who escapes the snare
Once, has a certain caution to beware. [ Chapman ]

Beware of him who has nothing to lose. [ Italian Proverb ]

Beware of flattery, It is a weed
Which oft offends the very idol - vice,
Whose shrine it would perfume. [ Fenton ]

Beware you be not swallowed up in books. [ John Wesley ]

Beware of the stone you stumbled at before. [ Proverb ]

Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till tomorrow, will have pass'd away. [ Cowper ]

Beware of too much good staying in your hand. [ Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

If thou art terrible to many, then beware of many. [ Ausonius ]

The way to avoid great faults, is to beware of less. [ Proverb ]

Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet. [ Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship. [ Benjamin Franklin ]

I shall ne'er beware of mine own wit till I break my shins against it. [ William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act II. Sc. 4 ]

If I held all of truth in my hand, I would beware of opening it to men. [ Fontenelle ]

Beware what earth calls happiness; beware all joys but joys that never can expire. [ Young ]

Friend, beware of fair maidens! When their tenderness begins, our servitude is near. [ Victor Hugo ]

Beware of the fore part of a woman, the hind part of a mule, and all sides of a priest. [ Proverb ]

Beware of entrance to a quarrel; but, being in, bear it, that the opposer may beware of thee. [ William Shakespeare ]

The eye is the inlet to the soul, and it is well to beware of him whose visual organs avoid your honest regard. [ Hosea Ballou ]

Truth is a good dog; but beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out. [ Coleridge ]

He who is passionate and hasty is generally honest. It is your cool, dissembling hypocrite of whom you should beware. [ Lavater ]

Beware of him who meets you with a friendly mien, and, in the midst of a cordial salutation, seeks to avoid your glance. [ Lavater ]

Take heed and beware of covetousness; for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. [ Bible ]

He who cannot feel friendship is alike incapable of love. Let a woman beware of the man who owns that he loves no one but herself. [ Talleyrand ]

Let us beware of losing our enthusiasms. Let us ever glory in something, and strive to retain our admiration for all that would ennoble, and our interest in all that would enrich and beautify our life. [ Phillips Brooks ]

If wealth come, beware of him, the smooth, false friend! There is treachery in his proffered hand; his tongue is eloquent to tempt; lust of many harms is lurking in his eye; he hath a hollow heart; use him cautiously. [ Tupper ]

If opinion hath lighted the lamp of thy name, endeavor to encourage it with thy own oil, lest it go out and stink; the chronical disease of popularity is shame: if thou be once up, beware: from fame to infamy is a beaten road. [ Quarles ]

beware in Scrabble®

The word beware is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters beware:

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beware in Words With Friends™

The word beware is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters beware:

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Words within the letters of beware

2 letter words in beware (5 words)

3 letter words in beware (12 words)

4 letter words in beware (8 words)

5 letter words in beware (1 word)

6 letter words in beware (1 word)

beware + 2 blanks (5 words)

Words containing the sequence beware

Words that start with beware (1 word)

Words with beware in them (1 word)

Words that end with beware (1 word)

Word Growth involving beware

Shorter words in beware

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