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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)

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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