beat is the dictionary form of beaten Definition of beat
beat has definitions from the fields of physics,music,nautical,prosody,verse,writing,transportation
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[ verb ] come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

Examples

"Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship" "We beat the competition" "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"

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[ verb ] give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression

Synonyms

work_over beat_up

Examples

"Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night" "The teacher used to beat the students"

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[ verb ] hit repeatedly

Examples

"beat on the door" "beat the table with his shoe"

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[ verb ] move rhythmically

Synonyms

thump pound

Examples

"Her heart was beating fast"

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[ verb ] shape by beating

Examples

"beat swords into ploughshares"

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[ verb ] (music) make a rhythmic sound

Synonyms

drum thrum

Examples

: "Rain drummed against the windshield" "The drums beat all night"

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[ noun ] (music) the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music

Examples

"the piece has a fast rhythm" "the conductor set the beat"

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[ verb ] (nautical,transportation) sail with much tacking or with difficulty

Examples

"The boat beat in the strong wind"

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[ verb ] move with a thrashing motion

Synonyms

flap

Examples

"The bird flapped its wings" "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"

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[ noun ] the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart

Examples

"he could feel the beat of her heart"

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[ verb ] glare or strike with great intensity

Examples

"The sun was beating down on us"

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[ verb ] strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music

Examples

"beat one's breast" "beat one's foot rhythmically"

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[ noun ] (transportation) a regular route for a sentry or policeman

Synonyms

round circuit

Examples

"in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"

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[ verb ] stir vigorously

Synonyms

scramble

Examples

"beat the egg whites" beat the cream"

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[ noun ] a member of the Beat Generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior

Synonyms

beatnik

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[ verb ] move with or as if with a regular alternating motion

Synonyms

quiver pulsate

Examples

"the city pulsated with music and excitement"

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[ verb ] strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
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[ verb ] (music) produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly

Examples

: "beat the drum"

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[ noun ] (physics) a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations
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[ verb ] make by pounding or trampling

Examples

"beat a path through the forest"

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[ verb ] wear out completely

Examples

"This kind of work exhausts me" "I'm beat" "He was all washed up after the exam"

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[ verb ] (music) indicate by beating; as with the fingers or drumsticks

Examples

"Beat the rhythm"

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[ verb ] be a mystery or bewildering to

Examples

"This beats me!" "Got me--I don't know the answer!" "a vexing problem" "This question really stuck me"

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[ noun ] (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
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[ noun ] a stroke or blow

Examples

"the signal was two beats on the steam pipe"

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[ verb ] move with a flapping motion

Synonyms

flap

Examples

"The bird's wings were flapping"

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[ verb ] beat through cleverness and wit

Examples

"I beat the traffic" "She outfoxed her competitors"

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[ noun ] the sound of stroke or blow

Examples

"he heard the beat of a drum"

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[ verb ] deprive somebody of something by deceit

Examples

"The con-man beat me out of $50" "This salesman ripped us off!" "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme" "They chiseled me out of my money"

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[ adjective ] (informal) very tired

Synonyms

dead bushed all_in

Examples

"was all in at the end of the day" "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere" "bushed after all that exercise" "I'm dead after that long trip"

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[ verb ] be superior

Examples

: "Reading beats watching television" "This sure beats work!"

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[ verb ] make a sound like a clock or a timer

Examples

"the clocks were ticking" "the grandfather clock beat midnight"

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[ noun ] a regular rate of repetition

Examples

"the cox raised the beat"

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[ verb ] avoid paying

Synonyms

bunk

Examples

"beat the subway fare"

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[ noun ] (nautical,transportation) the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
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