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beat

/b/i/t/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Weary; tired; fatigued; exhausted.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. a regular route for a sentry or policeman

    noun.location

    Examples
    In the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name.
    Synonyms round

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart

    noun.event

    Examples
    He could feel the beat of her heart.
    Synonyms heartbeat pulsation pulse

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music

    noun.communication

    Examples
    The conductor set the beat.
    Synonyms musical rhythm rhythm

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. 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

    noun.phenomenon

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  5. a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior

    noun.person

    Synonyms beatnik

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  6. the sound of stroke or blow

    noun.event

    Examples
    He heard the beat of a drum.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  7. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

    noun.communication

    Synonyms cadence measure meter metre

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  8. a regular rate of repetition

    noun.attribute

    Examples
    The cox raised the beat.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  9. a stroke or blow

    noun.act

    Examples
    The signal was two beats on the steam pipe.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  10. the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing

    noun.act

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  11. A stroke; a blow.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

  12. One that beats, or surpasses, another or others; as, the <i>beat</i> of him.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. very tired

    adj.all

    Examples
    So beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere.
    Synonyms all in bushed dead drained knackered

    Source: WordNet 3.0

verb

  1. come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

    verb.competition

    Examples
    Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship.
    We beat the competition.
    Synonyms beat out crush shell trounce vanquish

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression

    verb.contact

    Examples
    Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night.
    The teacher used to beat the students.
    Synonyms beat up work over

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. hit repeatedly

    verb.contact

    Examples
    Beat on the door.
    Beat the table with his shoe.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. move rhythmically

    verb.motion

    Examples
    Her heart was beating fast.
    Synonyms pound thump

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  5. shape by beating

    verb.creation

    Examples
    Beat swords into ploughshares.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  6. make a rhythmic sound

    verb.perception

    Examples
    The drums beat all night.
    Synonyms drum thrum

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  7. glare or strike with great intensity

    verb.perception

    Examples
    The sun was beating down on us.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  8. move with a thrashing motion

    verb.motion

    Examples
    The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky.
    Synonyms flap

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  9. sail with much tacking or with difficulty

    verb.motion

    Examples
    The boat beat in the strong wind.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  10. stir vigorously

    verb.contact

    Examples
    Beat the egg whites.
    Beat the cream.
    Synonyms scramble

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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

    verb.contact

    Examples
    Beat one's breast.
    Beat one's foot rhythmically.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  12. be superior

    verb.stative

    Examples
    Reading beats watching television.
    This sure beats work!

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  13. avoid paying

    verb.social

    Examples
    Beat the subway fare.
    Synonyms bunk

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  14. make a sound like a clock or a timer

    verb.perception

    Examples
    The grandfather clock beat midnight.
    Synonyms tick ticktack ticktock

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  15. move with a flapping motion

    verb.motion

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  16. indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks

    verb.motion

    Examples
    Beat the rhythm.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  17. move with or as if with a regular alternating motion

    verb.motion

    Synonyms pulsate quiver

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  18. make by pounding or trampling

    verb.creation

    Examples
    Beat a path through the forest.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  19. produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly

    verb.creation

    Examples
    Beat the drum.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  20. strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting

    verb.contact

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  21. beat through cleverness and wit

    verb.competition

    Examples
    I beat the traffic.
    Synonyms circumvent outfox outsmart outwit overreach

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  22. be a mystery or bewildering to

    verb.cognition

    Examples
    This beats me!
    Synonyms amaze baffle bewilder dumbfound flummox get gravel mystify nonplus perplex pose puzzle stick stupefy vex

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  23. wear out completely

    verb.body

    Examples
    I'm beat.
    Synonyms exhaust tucker tucker out wash up

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  24. To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to <i>beat</i> one's breast; to <i>beat</i> iron so as to shape it; to <i>beat</i> grain, in order to force out the seeds; to <i>beat</i> eggs and sugar; to <i>beat</i> a drum.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

  25. To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

Nearby words

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