English to English adjective
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Weary; tired; fatigued; exhausted. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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very tired | | Example: was all in at the end of the day so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere bushed after all that exercise I'm dead after that long trip
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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
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the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart | | Example: he could feel the beat of her heart
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the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music | | Example: the piece has a fast rhythm the conductor set the beat
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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 | | source: wordnet30
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a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior | | source: wordnet30
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the sound of stroke or blow | | Example: he heard the beat of a drum
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(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse | | source: wordnet30
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a regular rate of repetition | | Example: the cox raised the beat
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a stroke or blow | | Example: the signal was two beats on the steam pipe
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the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing | | source: wordnet30
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A stroke; a blow. | | source: webster1913
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One that beats, or surpasses, another or others; as, the beat of him. | | source: webster1913 verb
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come out better in a competition, race, or conflict | | Example: Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship We beat the competition Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
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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 The teacher used to beat the students
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hit repeatedly | | Example: beat on the door beat the table with his shoe
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move rhythmically | | Example: Her heart was beating fast
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shape by beating | | Example: beat swords into ploughshares
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make a rhythmic sound | | Example: Rain drummed against the windshield The drums beat all night
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glare or strike with great intensity | | Example: The sun was beating down on us
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move with a thrashing motion | | Example: The bird flapped its wings The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky
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sail with much tacking or with difficulty | | Example: The boat beat in the strong wind
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stir vigorously | | Example: beat the egg whites beat the cream
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strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music | | Example: beat one's breast beat one's foot rhythmically
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be superior | | Example: Reading beats watching television This sure beats work!
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avoid paying | | Example: beat the subway fare
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make a sound like a clock or a timer | | Example: the clocks were ticking the grandfather clock beat midnight
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move with a flapping motion | | Example: The bird's wings were flapping
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indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks | | Example: Beat the rhythm
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move with or as if with a regular alternating motion | | Example: the city pulsated with music and excitement
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make by pounding or trampling | | Example: beat a path through the forest
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produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly | | Example: beat the drum
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strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting | | source: wordnet30
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beat through cleverness and wit | | Example: I beat the traffic She outfoxed her competitors
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be a mystery or bewildering to | | Example: This beats me! Got me--I don't know the answer! a vexing problem This question really stuck me
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wear out completely | | Example: This kind of work exhausts me I'm beat He was all washed up after the exam
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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. | | source: webster1913
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To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly. | | source: webster1913
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