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beat

(b/i/t )

adjective (a)

Weary; tired; fatigued; exhausted.(adjective)

source: webster1913

noun (n)

a regular route for a sentry or policeman(noun.location)

Example:
In the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name.

Synonym:
round

source: wordnet30
the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart(noun.event)

Example:
He could feel the beat of her heart.

Synonym:
heartbeat, pulsation, pulse

source: wordnet30
the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music(noun.communication)

Example:
The conductor set the beat.

Synonym:
musical rhythm, rhythm

source: wordnet30
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: wordnet30
a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior(noun.person)

Synonym:
beatnik

source: wordnet30
the sound of stroke or blow(noun.event)

Example:
He heard the beat of a drum.

source: wordnet30
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse(noun.communication)

Synonym:
cadence, measure, meter, metre

source: wordnet30
a regular rate of repetition(noun.attribute)

Example:
The cox raised the beat.

source: wordnet30
a stroke or blow(noun.act)

Example:
The signal was two beats on the steam pipe.

source: wordnet30
the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing(noun.act)

source: wordnet30
A stroke; a blow.(noun)

source: webster1913
One that beats, or surpasses, another or others; as, the beat of him.(noun)

source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

very tired(adj.all)

Example:
So beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere.

Synonym:
all in, bushed, dead, drained, knackered

source: wordnet30

verb (v)

come out better in a competition, race, or conflict(verb.competition)

Example:
Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship.
We beat the competition.

Synonym:
beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish

source: wordnet30
give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression(verb.contact)

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

Synonym:
beat up, work over

source: wordnet30
hit repeatedly(verb.contact)

Example:
Beat on the door.
Beat the table with his shoe.

source: wordnet30
move rhythmically(verb.motion)

Example:
Her heart was beating fast.

Synonym:
pound, thump

source: wordnet30
shape by beating(verb.creation)

Example:
Beat swords into ploughshares.

source: wordnet30
make a rhythmic sound(verb.perception)

Example:
The drums beat all night.

Synonym:
drum, thrum

source: wordnet30
glare or strike with great intensity(verb.perception)

Example:
The sun was beating down on us.

source: wordnet30
move with a thrashing motion(verb.motion)

Example:
The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky.

Synonym:
flap

source: wordnet30
sail with much tacking or with difficulty(verb.motion)

Example:
The boat beat in the strong wind.

source: wordnet30
stir vigorously(verb.contact)

Example:
Beat the egg whites.
Beat the cream.

Synonym:
scramble

source: wordnet30
strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music(verb.contact)

Example:
Beat one's breast.
Beat one's foot rhythmically.

source: wordnet30
be superior(verb.stative)

Example:
Reading beats watching television.
This sure beats work!.

source: wordnet30
avoid paying(verb.social)

Example:
Beat the subway fare.

Synonym:
bunk

source: wordnet30
make a sound like a clock or a timer(verb.perception)

Example:
The grandfather clock beat midnight.

Synonym:
tick, ticktack, ticktock

source: wordnet30
move with a flapping motion(verb.motion)

source: wordnet30
indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks(verb.motion)

Example:
Beat the rhythm.

source: wordnet30
move with or as if with a regular alternating motion(verb.motion)

Synonym:
pulsate, quiver

source: wordnet30
make by pounding or trampling(verb.creation)

Example:
Beat a path through the forest.

source: wordnet30
produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly(verb.creation)

Example:
Beat the drum.

source: wordnet30
strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting(verb.contact)

source: wordnet30
beat through cleverness and wit(verb.competition)

Example:
I beat the traffic.

Synonym:
circumvent, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach

source: wordnet30
be a mystery or bewildering to(verb.cognition)

Example:
This beats me!.

Synonym:
amaze, baffle, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex

source: wordnet30
wear out completely(verb.body)

Example:
I'm beat.

Synonym:
exhaust, tucker, tucker out, wash up

source: wordnet30
To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat grain, in order to force out the seeds; to beat eggs and sugar; to beat a drum.(verb)

source: webster1913
To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.(verb)

source: webster1913

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