English adjective: beat | |||
1. | beat very tired | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | all in, bushed, dead | ||
Similar | tired | ||
Domain usage | colloquialism | ||
Antonyms | rested | ||
English noun: beat | |||
1. | beat (location) a regular route for a sentry or policeman | ||
Samples | In the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name. | ||
Synonyms | round | ||
Broader (hypernym) | itinerary, path, route | ||
2. | beat (event) the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart | ||
Samples | He could feel the beat of her heart. | ||
Synonyms | heartbeat, pulsation, pulse | ||
Broader (hypernym) | periodic event, recurrent event | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | diastole, pounding, systole, throb, throbbing | ||
3. | beat (communication) the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music | ||
Samples | The piece has a fast rhythm. The conductor set the beat. | ||
Synonyms | musical rhythm, rhythm | ||
Broader (hypernym) | musical time | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | backbeat, downbeat, offbeat, syncopation, upbeat | ||
4. | beat (phenomenon) 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 | ||
Broader (hypernym) | oscillation, vibration | ||
5. | beat (person) a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior | ||
Synonyms | beatnik | ||
Broader (hypernym) | nonconformist, recusant | ||
Member meronym | beat generation, beatniks, beats | ||
6. | beat (event) the sound of stroke or blow | ||
Samples | He heard the beat of a drum. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | sound | ||
7. | beat (communication) (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse | ||
Synonyms | cadence, measure, meter, metre | ||
Broader (hypernym) | poetic rhythm, prosody, rhythmic pattern | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | catalexis, common measure, common meter, foot, metrical foot, metrical unit, scansion | ||
Domain category | metrics, prosody | ||
8. | beat (attribute) a regular rate of repetition | ||
Samples | The cox raised the beat. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | pace, rate | ||
9. | beat (act) a stroke or blow | ||
Samples | The signal was two beats on the steam pipe. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | stroke | ||
10. | beat (act) the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing | ||
Broader (hypernym) | sailing | ||
English verb: beat | |||
1. | beat (competition) come out better in a competition, race, or conflict | ||
Samples | Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship. We beat the competition. Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game. | ||
Examples | The fighter managed to beat his opponent | ||
Synonyms | beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | defeat, get the better of, overcome | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bat, best, cheat, checkmate, chicane, chouse, clobber, cream, drub, eliminate, exceed, get over, get the best, get the jump, have the best, immobilise, immobilize, jockey, lick, master, mate, mop up, outdo, outdo, outfight, outflank, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outplay, outpoint, outscore, outstrip, overcome, overcome, overmaster, overpower, overwhelm, pip, rack up, rout, scoop, screw, shaft, spread-eagle, spreadeagle, subdue, surmount, surmount, surpass, thrash, trump, walk over, whip, whomp, worst | ||
Entail | win | ||
Verb group | beat, circumvent, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach | ||
2. | beat (contact) give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression | ||
Samples | Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night. The teacher used to beat the students. | ||
Examples | They want to beat the prisoners | ||
Synonyms | beat up, work over | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | baste, batter, belabor, belabour, cane, clobber, flail, flog, flog, kayo, knock cold, knock out, lam, lambast, lambaste, larrup, lash, lather, paddle, pistol-whip, rough up, slash, soak, spank, strap, strong-arm, thrash, thresh, trounce, welt, whip | ||
Entail | hit | ||
3. | beat (contact) hit repeatedly | ||
Samples | Beat on the door. Beat the table with his shoe. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | strike | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bastinado, beat, beetle, coldcock, deck, dump, floor, full, hammer, knock down, paste, thrash, thresh, whang | ||
Verb group | beat | ||
4. | beat (motion) move rhythmically | ||
Samples | Her heart was beating fast. | ||
Synonyms | pound, thump | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | move | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | flap, flutter, palpitate, pulsate, pulse, thrash, throb | ||
Verb group | beat | ||
5. | beat (creation) shape by beating | ||
Samples | Beat swords into ploughshares. | ||
Examples | The chef wants to beat the eggs | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | forge, form, mold, mould, shape, work | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | forge, hammer | ||
6. | beat (perception) make a rhythmic sound | ||
Samples | Rain drummed against the windshield. The drums beat all night. | ||
Synonyms | drum, thrum | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | go, sound | ||
Verb group | beat | ||
7. | beat (perception) glare or strike with great intensity | ||
Samples | The sun was beating down on us. | ||
Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | glare | ||
8. | beat (motion) move with a thrashing motion | ||
Samples | The bird flapped its wings. The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky. | ||
Synonyms | flap | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bate, clap, flutter | ||
Verb group | beat, flap | ||
9. | beat (motion) sail with much tacking or with difficulty | ||
Samples | The boat beat in the strong wind. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | sail | ||
Domain category | navigation, pilotage, piloting | ||
10. | beat (contact) stir vigorously | ||
Samples | Beat the egg whites. Beat the cream. | ||
Synonyms | scramble | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | agitate, commove, disturb, raise up, shake up, stir up, vex | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | cream, whip, whisk | ||
Domain category | cookery, cooking, preparation | ||
11. | beat (contact) strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music | ||
Samples | Beat one's breast. Beat one's foot rhythmically. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | strike | ||
Verb group | beat | ||
12. | beat (stative) be superior | ||
Samples | Reading beats watching television. This sure beats work!. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | be | ||
13. | beat (social) avoid paying | ||
Samples | Beat the subway fare. | ||
Synonyms | bunk | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cheat, chisel, rip off | ||
14. | beat (perception) make a sound like a clock or a timer | ||
Samples | The clocks were ticking. The grandfather clock beat midnight. | ||
Synonyms | tick, ticktack, ticktock | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | go, sound | ||
15. | beat (motion) move with a flapping motion | ||
Samples | The bird's wings were flapping. | ||
Synonyms | flap | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | move | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | clap, flail, thresh | ||
Verb group | beat, flap | ||
16. | beat (motion) indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks | ||
Samples | Beat the rhythm. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | beat out, tap out, thump out | ||
Verb group | beat, beat, beat, drum, pound, thrum, thump | ||
17. | beat (motion) move with or as if with a regular alternating motion | ||
Samples | The city pulsated with music and excitement. | ||
Synonyms | pulsate, quiver | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | move | ||
Verb group | pulsate, pulse, throb | ||
18. | beat (creation) make by pounding or trampling | ||
Samples | Beat a path through the forest. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | create, make | ||
Entail | trample, tread | ||
19. | beat (creation) produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly | ||
Samples | Beat the drum. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | play | ||
Verb group | beat | ||
Domain category | music | ||
20. | beat (contact) strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | beat | ||
21. | beat (competition) beat through cleverness and wit | ||
Samples | I beat the traffic. She outfoxed her competitors. | ||
Synonyms | circumvent, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass | ||
Verb group | beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish | ||
22. | beat (cognition) be a mystery or bewildering to | ||
Samples | This beats me!. Got me--I don't know the answer!. A vexing problem. This question really stuck me. | ||
Synonyms | amaze, baffle, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | elude, escape, mix up, riddle, stump | ||
23. | beat (body) wear out completely | ||
Samples | This kind of work exhausts me. I'm beat. He was all washed up after the exam. | ||
Synonyms | exhaust, tucker, tucker out, wash up | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | frazzle, kill, play | ||