Definition of Beat

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Entry:beat
Part of Speech:adjective
Definition:very tired
Synonyms:all in, beat, bushed, dead.
Sample Sentences:1. was all in at the end of the day. 2. so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere. 3. bushed after all that exercise. 4. I'm dead after that long trip.

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Entry:beat
Part of Speech:noun
Definition:a regular route for a sentry or policeman
Synonyms:beat, round.
Sample Sentences:in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name.
Hypernym:itinerary, path, route.

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Entry:beat
Part of Speech:noun
Definition:the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
Synonyms:beat, heartbeat, pulsation, pulse.
Sample Sentences:he could feel the beat of her heart.
Hypernym:periodic event, recurrent event.
Derivationally related form:beat, pound, thump, pulsate, pulse, throb, pulsate, pulse, throb, pulsate, pulse, throb.
Hyponym:diastole, systole, pounding, throb, throbbing.

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Entry:beat
Part of Speech:noun
Definition:the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
Synonyms:beat, musical rhythm, rhythm.
Sample Sentences:1. the piece has a fast rhythm. 2. the conductor set the beat.
Hypernym:musical time.
Derivationally related form:beat, pound, thump, beat, beat, drum, thrum, beat, beat.
Hyponym:backbeat, downbeat, offbeat, upbeat, syncopation.

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Entry:beat
Part of Speech:noun
Definition:1. a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies 2. has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations
Synonyms:beat.
Hypernym:oscillation, vibration.

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Entry:beat
Part of Speech:noun
Definition:1. a member of the beat generation 2. a nonconformist in dress and behavior
Synonyms:beat, beatnik.
Hypernym:nonconformist, recusant.
Member holonym:beat generation, beatniks, beats.

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Entry:beat
Part of Speech:noun
Definition:the sound of stroke or blow
Synonyms:beat.
Sample Sentences:he heard the beat of a drum.
Hypernym:sound.
Derivationally related form:beat, tick, ticktack, ticktock, beat.

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Entry:beat
Part of Speech:noun
Definition:(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
Synonyms:beat, cadence, measure, meter, metre.
Hypernym:poetic rhythm, prosody, rhythmic pattern.
Domain of synset [TOPIC]:metrics, prosody.
Derivationally related form:measured, metric, metrical, measured, metric, metrical.
Hyponym:catalexis, scansion, common measure, common meter, foot, metrical foot, metrical unit.

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Entry:beat
Part of Speech:noun
Definition:a regular rate of repetition
Synonyms:beat.
Sample Sentences:the cox raised the beat.
Hypernym:pace, rate.
Derivationally related form:beat, flap.

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Entry:beat
Part of Speech:noun
Definition:a stroke or blow
Synonyms:beat.
Sample Sentences:the signal was two beats on the steam pipe.
Hypernym:stroke.
Derivationally related form:beat, beat.

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Entry:beat
Part of Speech:noun
Definition:1. the act of beating to windward 2. sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
Synonyms:beat.
Hypernym:sailing.
Derivationally related form:beat.

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Entry:beat
Part of Speech:verb
Definition:come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
Synonyms:beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish.
Sample Sentences:1. Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship. 2. We beat the competition. 3. Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game.
Entailment:win.
Hypernym:defeat, get the better of, overcome.
Derivationally related form:beatable, vanquishable, vincible, conqueror, vanquisher, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, thrashing, trouncing, walloping, whipping, beatable, vanquishable, vincible, beating, whipping.
Hyponym:outpoint, outscore, walk over, eliminate, mop up, pip, rack up, whip, worst, whomp, get the best, have the best, overcome, rout, spread-eagle, spreadeagle, get the jump, cheat, chicane, chouse, jockey, screw, shaft, exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass, get over, master, overcome, subdue, surmount, best, outdo, outflank, scoop, trump, outfight, overmaster, overpower, overwhelm, checkmate, mate, immobilise, immobilize, outplay, bat, clobber, cream, drub, lick, thrash.
Verb Group:beat, circumvent, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach.

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Entry:beat
Part of Speech:verb
Definition:1. give a beating to 2. subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
Synonyms:beat, beat up, work over.
Sample Sentences:1. Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night. 2. The teacher used to beat the students.
Entailment:hit.
Derivationally related form:beating, drubbing, lacing, licking, thrashing, trouncing, whacking.
Hyponym:strong-arm, soak, pistol-whip, belabor, belabour, rough up, flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip, cane, flog, lambast, lambaste, kayo, knock cold, knock out, flail, lam, thrash, thresh, baste, batter, clobber, larrup, paddle, spank.

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Entry:beat
Part of Speech:verb
Definition:hit repeatedly
Synonyms:beat.
Sample Sentences:1. beat on the door. 2. beat the table with his shoe.
Verb Group:beat.
Hypernym:strike.
Derivationally related form:beat, beat, beater.
Hyponym:full, beat, beetle, bastinado, coldcock, deck, dump, floor, knock down, whang, paste, thrash, thresh, hammer.

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Entry:beat
Part of Speech:verb
Definition:move rhythmically
Synonyms:beat, pound, thump.
Sample Sentences:Her heart was beating fast.
Verb Group:beat.
Hypernym:move.
Derivationally related form:pounding, throb, throbbing, beat, musical rhythm, rhythm, beat, heartbeat, pulsation, pulse.
Hyponym:pulsate, pulse, throb, flutter, palpitate, thrash, flap.

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Entry:beat
Part of Speech:verb
Definition:shape by beating
Synonyms:beat.
Sample Sentences:beat swords into ploughshares.
Hypernym:forge, form, mold, mould, shape, work.
Derivationally related form:beat.
Hyponym:forge, hammer.

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Entry:beat
Part of Speech:verb
Definition:make a rhythmic sound
Synonyms:beat, drum, thrum.
Sample Sentences:1. Rain drummed against the windshield. 2. The drums beat all night.
Hypernym:go, sound.
Derivationally related form:beat, musical rhythm, rhythm, drummer.
Verb Group:beat.

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Entry:beat
Part of Speech:verb
Definition:glare or strike with great intensity
Synonyms:beat.
Sample Sentences:The sun was beating down on us.
Hypernym:glare.

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Entry:beat
Part of Speech:verb
Definition:move with a thrashing motion
Synonyms:beat, flap.
Sample Sentences:1. The bird flapped its wings. 2. The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky.
Verb Group:beat, flap.
Hypernym:displace, move.
Derivationally related form:flap, flapping, flutter, fluttering, flap, flapping, flutter, fluttering, beat.
Hyponym:flutter, bate, clap.

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Entry:beat
Part of Speech:verb
Definition:sail with much tacking or with difficulty
Synonyms:beat.
Sample Sentences:The boat beat in the strong wind.
Hypernym:sail.
Domain of synset [TOPIC]:navigation, pilotage, piloting.
Derivationally related form:beat.

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Entry:beat
Part of Speech:verb
Definition:stir vigorously
Synonyms:beat, scramble.
Sample Sentences:1. beat the egg whites. 2. beat the cream.
Hypernym:agitate, commove, disturb, raise up, shake up, stir up, vex.
Domain of synset [TOPIC]:cookery, cooking, preparation.
Derivationally related form:beater.
Hyponym:whip, whisk, cream.

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Entry:beat
Part of Speech:verb
Definition:strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
Synonyms:beat.
Sample Sentences:1. beat one's breast. 2. beat one's foot rhythmically.
Hypernym:strike.
Derivationally related form:beat, musical rhythm, rhythm.
Verb Group:beat.

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Entry:beat
Part of Speech:verb
Definition:be superior
Synonyms:beat.
Sample Sentences:1. Reading beats watching television. 2. This sure beats work!.
Hypernym:be.

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Entry:beat
Part of Speech:verb
Definition:avoid paying
Synonyms:beat, bunk.
Sample Sentences:beat the subway fare.
Hypernym:cheat, chisel, rip off.

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Entry:beat
Part of Speech:verb
Definition:make a sound like a clock or a timer
Synonyms:beat, tick, ticktack, ticktock.
Sample Sentences:1. the clocks were ticking. 2. the grandfather clock beat midnight.
Hypernym:go, sound.
Derivationally related form:beat, ticktock, tictac, tocktact, tick, ticker, watch, tick, ticking.

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Entry:beat
Part of Speech:verb
Definition:move with a flapping motion
Synonyms:beat, flap.
Sample Sentences:The bird's wings were flapping.
Hypernym:move.
Derivationally related form:flap, flapping, flutter, fluttering, flap, flapping, flutter, fluttering.
Verb Group:beat, flap.
Hyponym:flail, thresh, clap.

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Entry:beat
Part of Speech:verb
Definition:indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
Synonyms:beat.
Sample Sentences:Beat the rhythm.
Verb Group:beat, drum, thrum, beat, beat, pound, thump.
Derivationally related form:beat, musical rhythm, rhythm.
Hyponym:beat out, tap out, thump out.

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Entry:beat
Part of Speech:verb
Definition:move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
Synonyms:beat, pulsate, quiver.
Sample Sentences:the city pulsated with music and excitement.
Verb Group:pulsate, pulse, throb.
Hypernym:move.

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Entry:beat
Part of Speech:verb
Definition:make by pounding or trampling
Synonyms:beat.
Sample Sentences:beat a path through the forest.
Entailment:trample, tread.
Hypernym:create, make.

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Entry:beat
Part of Speech:verb
Definition:produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
Synonyms:beat.
Sample Sentences:beat the drum.
Hypernym:play.
Domain of synset [TOPIC]:music.
Derivationally related form:beat, musical rhythm, rhythm.
Verb Group:beat.

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Entry:beat
Part of Speech:verb
Definition:strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
Synonyms:beat.
Hypernym:beat.

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Entry:beat
Part of Speech:verb
Definition:beat through cleverness and wit
Synonyms:beat, circumvent, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach.
Sample Sentences:1. I beat the traffic. 2. She outfoxed her competitors.
Verb Group:beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish.
Hypernym:exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass.
Derivationally related form:beatable, vanquishable, vincible.

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Entry:beat
Part of Speech:verb
Definition:be a mystery or bewildering to
Synonyms:amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex.
Sample Sentences:1. This beats me!. 2. Got me--I don't know the answer!. 3. a vexing problem. 4. This question really stuck me.
Hypernym:bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw.
Derivationally related form:stupefaction, bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderment, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement, poser, sticker, stumper, toughie, bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderment, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement, mystification, mystification, obfuscation, mystifier, puzzle, puzzler, teaser, closed book, enigma, mystery, secret, mystifier, puzzle, puzzler, teaser, bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderment, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement, mystifier, puzzle, puzzler, teaser.
Also see:puzzle over, figure out, lick, puzzle out, solve, work, work out.
Hyponym:mix up, stump, riddle, elude, escape.

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Entry:beat
Part of Speech:verb
Definition:wear out completely
Synonyms:beat, exhaust, tucker, tucker out, wash up.
Sample Sentences:1. This kind of work exhausts me. 2. I'm beat. 3. He was all washed up after the exam.
Hypernym:fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary.
Derivationally related form:exhaustion.
Hyponym:frazzle, play, kill.