Definition of "Be" :

noun: a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element

verb: spend or use time

"I may be an hour."

verb: work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function

verb: have an existence, be extant

verb: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)

verb: have life, be alive

verb: be identical to; be someone or something

verb: form or compose

"These constitute my entire belonging."

verb: occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere

"What is behind this behavior?."

verb: be identical or equivalent to

verb: represent, as of a character on stage

verb: be priced at

verb: to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form

"Let her be."

verb: happen, occur, take place