| beggar | | |
| n. (person) | 1. beggar, mendicant | a pauper who lives by begging. |
| ~ beggarman | a man who is a beggar. |
| ~ beggarwoman | a woman who is a beggar. |
| ~ lazarus | the diseased beggar in Jesus' parable of the rich man and the beggar. |
| ~ cadger, mooch, moocher, scrounger | someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free). |
| ~ panhandler | a beggar who approaches strangers asking for money. |
| ~ pauper | a person who is very poor. |
| ~ sannyasi, sannyasin, sanyasi | a Hindu religious mendicant. |
| v. (stative) | 2. beggar | be beyond the resources of.; "This beggars description!" |
| ~ resist, defy, refuse | elude, especially in a baffling way.; "This behavior defies explanation" |
| v. (possession) | 3. beggar, pauperise, pauperize | reduce to beggary. |
| ~ impoverish | make poor. |
| mendicant | | |
| n. (person) | 1. friar, mendicant | a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms. |
| ~ religious | a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience. |
| ~ carmelite, white friar | a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers. |
| ~ black friar, blackfriar, dominican, friar preacher | a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order. |
| ~ franciscan, grey friar | a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order. |
| ~ augustinian | a Roman Catholic friar or monk belonging to one of the Augustinian monastic orders. |
| adj. | 2. mendicant | practicing beggary.; "mendicant friars" |
| ~ beseeching, imploring, pleading | begging. |
| beg | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. beg, implore, pray | call upon in supplication; entreat.; "I beg you to stop!" |
| ~ crave | plead or ask for earnestly. |
| ~ supplicate | ask humbly (for something).; "He supplicated the King for clemency" |
| ~ plead | appeal or request earnestly.; "I pleaded with him to stop" |
| ~ importune, insist | beg persistently and urgently.; "I importune you to help them" |
| v. (communication) | 2. beg, solicit, tap | make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently.; "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities" |
| ~ call for, request, bespeak, quest | express the need or desire for; ask for.; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" |
| ~ quest | seek alms, as for religious purposes. |
| ~ canvas, canvass | solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign. |
| ~ buttonhole, lobby | detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors. |
| v. (possession) | 3. beg | ask to obtain free.; "beg money and food" |
| ~ call for, request, bespeak, quest | express the need or desire for; ask for.; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" |
| ~ schnorr, shnorr, cadge, scrounge | obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling.; "he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends" |
| ~ panhandle | beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money. |
| v. (communication) | 4. beg | dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted.; "beg the question"; "beg the point in the discussion" |
| ~ evade, hedge, sidestep, skirt, fudge, parry, circumvent, dodge, elude, duck, put off | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues).; "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" |
| limo | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. limo, limousine | large luxurious car; usually driven by a chauffeur. |
| ~ berlin | a limousine with a glass partition between the front and back seats. |
| ~ auto, automobile, car, motorcar, machine | a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine.; "he needs a car to get to work" |
| handout | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. handout, press release, release | an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation. |
| ~ promulgation, announcement | a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen.; "the announcement appeared in the local newspaper"; "the promulgation was written in English" |
| n. (act) | 2. handout | giving money or food or clothing to a needy person. |
| ~ charity | an activity or gift that benefits the public at large. |
| donate | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. donate | give to a charity or good cause.; "I donated blood to the Red Cross for the victims of the earthquake"; "donate money to the orphanage"; "She donates to her favorite charity every month" |
| ~ gift, present, give | give as a present; make a gift of.; "What will you give her for her birthday?" |
| ~ pledge, subscribe | pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals.; "I pledged $10 a month to my favorite radio station" |
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