be in WordNet English dictionary

1. spend or use time
   "I may be an hour"
   be 
   
2. work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
   "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our resident philosopher"
   be  follow 
   
3. have an existence, be extant
   "Is there a God?"
   exist  be 
   
4. have life, be alive
   "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war"
   be  live 
   
5. form or compose
   "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army"
   constitute  represent  make up  comprise  be 
   
6. have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
   "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
   be 
   
7. happen, occur, take place
   "I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the kitchen"
   be 
   
8. occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
   "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?"
   be 
   
9. be identical to; be someone or something
   "The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house"
   be 
   
10. be identical or equivalent to
    "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!"
    equal  be 
    
11. represent, as of a character on stage
    "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"
    embody  be  personify 
    
12. be priced at
    "These shoes cost $100"
    cost  be 
    
13. to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form
    "let her be"
    be