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beat
  • n  a regular route for a sentry or policeman
    in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name
  • n  the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
    he could feel the beat of her heart
  • n  the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
    the conductor set the beat
  • n  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
  • n  a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
  • n  the sound of stroke or blow
    he heard the beat of a drum
  • n  (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
  • n  a regular rate of repetition
    the cox raised the beat
  • n  a stroke or blow
    the signal was two beats on the steam pipe
  • n  the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
  • v  come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
    Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
    We beat the competition
  • v  give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
    Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night
    The teacher used to beat the students
  • v  hit repeatedly
    beat on the door
    beat the table with his shoe
  • v  move rhythmically
    Her heart was beating fast
  • v  shape by beating
    beat swords into ploughshares
  • v  make a rhythmic sound
    The drums beat all night
  • v  glare or strike with great intensity
    The sun was beating down on us
  • v  move with a thrashing motion
    The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky
  • v  sail with much tacking or with difficulty
    The boat beat in the strong wind
  • v  stir vigorously
    beat the egg whites
    beat the cream
  • v  strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
    beat one's breast
    beat one's foot rhythmically
  • v  be superior
    Reading beats watching television
    This sure beats work!
  • v  avoid paying
    beat the subway fare
  • v  make a sound like a clock or a timer
    the grandfather clock beat midnight
  • v  move with a flapping motion
  • v  indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
  • v  move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
  • v  make by pounding or trampling
    beat a path through the forest
  • v  produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
    beat the drum
  • v  strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
  • v  beat through cleverness and wit
    I beat the traffic
  • v  be a mystery or bewildering to
    This beats me!
  • v  wear out completely
    I'm beat
  • s  very tired
    so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere
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beaten
  • v  come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
  • v  give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
  • v  hit repeatedly
  • v  move rhythmically
  • v  shape by beating
  • v  make a rhythmic sound
  • v  glare or strike with great intensity
  • v  move with a thrashing motion
  • v  sail with much tacking or with difficulty
  • v  stir vigorously
  • v  strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
  • v  be superior
  • v  avoid paying
  • v  make a sound like a clock or a timer
  • v  move with a flapping motion
  • v  indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
  • v  move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
  • v  make by pounding or trampling
  • v  produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
  • v  strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
  • v  beat through cleverness and wit
  • v  be a mystery or bewildering to
  • v  wear out completely
  • a  formed or made thin by hammering
    beaten gold
  • s  much trodden and worn smooth or bare
    did not stray from the beaten path
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beaten-up
  • s  damaged by blows or hard usage
    the beaten-up old Ford
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beatific
  • s  experiencing or bestowing celestial joy
    beatific peace
  • s  marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint
    a beatific smile
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beatified
  • v  fill with sublime emotion
  • v  make blessedly happy
  • v  declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood
    On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican
  • s  Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration
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