Beat (Verb)
Meaning 1
Move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 2
Shape by beating; "beat swords into ploughshares".
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Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
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Meaning 3
Indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks; "Beat the rhythm".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 4
Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game".
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Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.
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- Whip
- Overcome
- Chicane
- Shaft
- Outperform
- Immobilise
- Overwhelm
- Best
- Thrash
- Outgo
- Jockey
- Spreadeagle
- Master
- Get Over
- Mop Up
- Chouse
- Pip
- Rack Up
- Overmaster
- Outscore
- Drub
- Screw
- Outstrip
- Outdo
- Surmount
- Bat
- Clobber
- Mate
- Rout
- Have The Best
- Lick
- Exceed
- Scoop
- Outflank
- Subdue
- Outmatch
- Trump
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Meaning 5
Be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me".
Classification
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
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- Perplex
- Bewilder
- Puzzle
- Pose
- Amaze
- Flummox
- Get
- Stupefy
- Gravel
- Vex
- Mystify
- Baffle
- Stick
- Nonplus
- Dumbfound
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Meaning 6
Wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam".
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Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
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Meaning 7
Make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night".
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Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
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Meaning 8
Sail with much tacking or with difficulty; "The boat beat in the strong wind".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 9
Be superior; "Reading beats watching television"; "This sure beats work!".
Classification
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
Meaning 10
Move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 11
Avoid paying; "beat the subway fare".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 12
Make by pounding or trampling; "beat a path through the forest".
Classification
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
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Meaning 13
Glare or strike with great intensity; "The sun was beating down on us".
Classification
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
Meaning 14
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".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 15
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".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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- Whip
- Trounce
- Slash
- Baste
- Strap
- Lambaste
- Lash
- Thresh
- Lam
- Lather
- Welt
- Flog
- Knock Out
- Kayo
- Larrup
- Flail
- Belabor
- Lambast
- Paddle
- Batter
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Meaning 16
Hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 17
Stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 18
Make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight".
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Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
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Meaning 19
Strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Meaning 20
Beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors".
Classification
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.
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Meaning 21
Move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 22
Produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly; "beat the drum".
Classification
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.