BEAT
\bˈiːt], \bˈiːt], \b_ˈiː_t]\
Definitions of BEAT
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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(informal) very tired; "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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the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
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a stroke or blow; "the signal was two beats on the steam pipe"
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a regular rate of repetition; "the cox raised the beat"
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the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music; "the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat"
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the sound of stroke or blow; "he heard the beat of a drum"
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the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart"
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a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"
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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"
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beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"
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wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam"
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move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement"
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stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream"
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move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
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a stroke or blow; "the signal was two beats on the steam pipe"
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a regular rate of repetition; "the cox raised the beat"
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the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music; "the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat"
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the sound of stroke or blow; "he heard the beat of a drum"
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the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart"
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a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"
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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"
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beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"
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wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam"
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move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement"
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stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream"
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move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"
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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
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hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe"
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strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
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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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shape by beating; "beat swords into ploughshares"
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produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly; "beat the drum"
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make by pounding or trampling; "beat a path through the forest"
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indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks; "Beat the rhythm"
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sail with much tacking or with difficulty; "The boat beat in the strong wind"
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move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping"
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glare or strike with great intensity; "The sun was beating down on us"
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avoid paying; "beat the subway fare"
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very tired; "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"
By Princeton University
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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.
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To punish by blows; to thrash.
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To scour or range over in hunting, accompanied with the noise made by striking bushes, etc., for the purpose of rousing game.
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To dash against, or strike, as with water or wind.
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To tread, as a path.
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To overcome in a battle, contest, strife, race, game, etc.; to vanquish or conquer; to surpass.
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To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
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To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo. See Alarm, Charge, Parley, etc.
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To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
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To move with pulsation or throbbing.
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To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force; to strike anything, as, rain, wind, and waves do.
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To be in agitation or doubt.
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To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse.
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To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat.
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To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters.
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A stroke; a blow.
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A recurring stroke; a throb; a pulsation; as, a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse.
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The rise or fall of the hand or foot, marking the divisions of time; a division of the measure so marked. In the rhythm of music the beat is the unit.
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A transient grace note, struck immediately before the one it is intended to ornament.
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A sudden swelling or reenforcement of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced by the interference of sound waves of slightly different periods of vibrations; applied also, by analogy, to other kinds of wave motions; the pulsation or throbbing produced by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison. See Beat, v. i., 8.
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A round or course which is frequently gone over; as, a watchman's beat.
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A place of habitual or frequent resort.
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Weary; tired; fatigued; exhausted.
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One that beats, or surpasses, another or others; as, the beat of him.
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The act of one that beats a person or thing
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The act of obtaining and publishing a piece of news by a newspaper before its competitors; also, the news itself; a scoop.
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The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.
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A smart tap on the adversary's blade.
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To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; - often with out.
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To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; - said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.
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A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; - often emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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To punish by blows; to thrash.
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To scour or range over in hunting, accompanied with the noise made by striking bushes, etc., for the purpose of rousing game.
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To dash against, or strike, as with water or wind.
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To tread, as a path.
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To overcome in a battle, contest, strife, race, game, etc.; to vanquish or conquer; to surpass.
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To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
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To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo. See Alarm, Charge, Parley, etc.
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To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
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To move with pulsation or throbbing.
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To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force; to strike anything, as, rain, wind, and waves do.
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To be in agitation or doubt.
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To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse.
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To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat.
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To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters.
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A stroke; a blow.
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A recurring stroke; a throb; a pulsation; as, a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse.
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The rise or fall of the hand or foot, marking the divisions of time; a division of the measure so marked. In the rhythm of music the beat is the unit.
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A transient grace note, struck immediately before the one it is intended to ornament.
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A sudden swelling or reenforcement of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced by the interference of sound waves of slightly different periods of vibrations; applied also, by analogy, to other kinds of wave motions; the pulsation or throbbing produced by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison. See Beat, v. i., 8.
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A round or course which is frequently gone over; as, a watchman's beat.
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A place of habitual or frequent resort.
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Weary; tired; fatigued; exhausted.
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One that beats, or surpasses, another or others; as, the beat of him.
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The act of one that beats a person or thing
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The act of obtaining and publishing a piece of news by a newspaper before its competitors; also, the news itself; a scoop.
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The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.
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A smart tap on the adversary's blade.
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To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; - often with out.
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To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; - said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.
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A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; - often emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat.
By Noah Webster.
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To strike with repeated blows; thrash; knock; pound or break; fiatten or spread by blows; in hunting, to range over in order to rouse and drive out game; as, to beat a thicket for a hare; dash or strike against, as water or wind; tread, as a path; overcome or vanquish; excel; be too difficult for; flutter, as wings.
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To strike repeatedly; throb; dash or fall with force or violence; to sound a signal or summons, as by a drum; to sail against the wind by tacking.
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A stroke which is made again and again; a throb; a footfall; a round or course which is frequently gone over; as, the policeman's beat; the rise or fall of the hand or foot marking the divisions of time.
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Beat.
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Beaten, Beat.
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Beating.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To strike repeatedly: to break or bruise: to strike, as bushes, in order to rouse game: to thrash: to over-come.
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To give strokes repeatedly: to throb: to dash, as a flood or storm:- pr.p. beating; pa.t. beat; pa.p. beaten.
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A stroke: a stroke recurring at intervals, or its sound, as of a watch or the pulse: a round or course: a place of resort.
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Weary: fatigued.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To strike repeatedly.
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To excel; overcome; vanquish.
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To strike repeated blows; throb; pulsate.
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To work up against the wind by tacking.
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To conquer; win.
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A stroke or blow; a pulsation.
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A space regularly traversed, as by a sentry or a policeman.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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