beat
Definition (noun): a regular route for a sentry or policeman
Example: in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name
Definition (noun): the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
Example: he could feel the beat of her heart
Definition (noun): the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
Example: the piece has a fast rhythm
Definition (noun): the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
Example: the conductor set the beat
Definition (noun): 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
Definition (noun): a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
Definition (noun): the sound of stroke or blow
Example: he heard the beat of a drum
Definition (noun): (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
Definition (noun): a regular rate of repetition
Example: the cox raised the beat
Definition (noun): a stroke or blow
Example: the signal was two beats on the steam pipe
Definition (noun): the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
Definition (verb): come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
Example: Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
Definition (verb): come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
Example: We beat the competition
Definition (verb): come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
Example: Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
Definition (verb): give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
Example: Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night
Definition (verb): give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
Example: The teacher used to beat the students
Definition (verb): hit repeatedly
Example: beat on the door
Definition (verb): hit repeatedly
Example: beat the table with his shoe
Definition (verb): move rhythmically
Example: Her heart was beating fast
Definition (verb): shape by beating
Example: beat swords into ploughshares
Definition (verb): make a rhythmic sound
Example: Rain drummed against the windshield
Definition (verb): make a rhythmic sound
Example: The drums beat all night
Definition (verb): glare or strike with great intensity
Example: The sun was beating down on us
Definition (verb): move with a thrashing motion
Example: The bird flapped its wings
Definition (verb): move with a thrashing motion
Example: The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky
Definition (verb): sail with much tacking or with difficulty
Example: The boat beat in the strong wind
Definition (verb): stir vigorously
Example: beat the egg whites
Definition (verb): stir vigorously
Example: beat the cream
Definition (verb): strike (a part of one’s own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
Example: beat one’s breast
Definition (verb): strike (a part of one’s own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
Example: beat one’s foot rhythmically
Definition (verb): be superior
Example: Reading beats watching television
Definition (verb): be superior
Example: This sure beats work!
Definition (verb): avoid paying
Example: beat the subway fare
Definition (verb): make a sound like a clock or a timer
Example: the clocks were ticking
Definition (verb): make a sound like a clock or a timer
Example: the grandfather clock beat midnight
Definition (verb): move with a flapping motion
Example: The bird’s wings were flapping
Definition (verb): indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
Example: Beat the rhythm
Definition (verb): move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
Example: the city pulsated with music and excitement
Definition (verb): make by pounding or trampling
Example: beat a path through the forest
Definition (verb): produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
Example: beat the drum
Definition (verb): strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
Definition (verb): beat through cleverness and wit
Example: I beat the traffic
Definition (verb): beat through cleverness and wit
Example: She outfoxed her competitors
Definition (verb): be a mystery or bewildering to
Example: This beats me!
Definition (verb): be a mystery or bewildering to
Example: Got me–I don’t know the answer!
Definition (verb): be a mystery or bewildering to
Example: a vexing problem
Definition (verb): be a mystery or bewildering to
Example: This question really stuck me
Definition (verb): wear out completely
Example: This kind of work exhausts me
Definition (verb): wear out completely
Example: I’m beat
Definition (verb): wear out completely
Example: He was all washed up after the exam
Definition (adjective): very tired
Example: was all in at the end of the day
Definition (adjective): very tired
Example: so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere
Definition (adjective): very tired
Example: bushed after all that exercise
Definition (adjective): very tired
Example: I’m dead after that long trip