Beetle (Verb)
Meaning 1
Beat with a beetle.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The laundress began to beetle the dirty clothes on the rocks at the river to get them clean.
- The women continued to beetle the wet garments to remove excess water.
- She learned how to beetle the carpet to remove dirt and stains as part of her household chores.
- The artisan used a large hammer-like beetle to shape and flatten the heated metal.
- The process involved beetleing the fibers to break them down and prepare them for spinning.
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Meaning 2
Fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle; "He beetled up the staircase"; "They beetled off home".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- The tourists beetled around the city on their sightseeing tour.
- She beetled out of the office as soon as her shift ended.
- He beetled up the mountain on his hiking trip.
- They beetled around the racetrack, their cars roaring loudly.
- She beetled across the busy park, trying to find her friends.
Hypernyms
Meaning 3
Be suspended over or hang over; "This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town".
Classification
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
Examples
- A massive boulder beetles over the cliff face threatening to crash down on the village below.
- A large tree branch beetles out over the old stone wall that wraps around the castle.
- The protruding edge of the roof beetles over the main entrance giving a sense of grandeur to the building's facade.
- A rocky outcropping beetles out over the turbulent waters of the mountain stream.
- A heavy iron awning beetles out over the sidewalk in front of the old general store.