Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 Bede /bēd/ · IPA /biːd/ v. t. n. 01 v. t. To pray; also, to offer; to proffer. 1. To pray; also, to offer; to proffer.[Obs.] 02 n. A kind of pickax. 1. A kind of pickax.(Mining)