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- DictionaryBeat/bēt/
verb
- 1. strike (a person or an animal) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or injure them, typically with an implement such as a club or whip: "if we were caught we were beaten"
- 2. defeat (someone) in a game or other competitive situation: "she beat him easily at chess"
noun
- 1. a main accent or rhythmic unit in music or poetry: "the glissando begins on the second beat"
- 2. the movement of a bird's wings: "the beat of the swallow's wings as they dive after midges"
adjective
- 1. completely exhausted: informal "I'm beat—I need an hour or so to rest"
- 2. relating to the beat generation or its philosophy: "beat poet Allen Ginsberg"
Definition of beat verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
4 days ago · 1. transitive verb. If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard. My wife tried to stop them and they beat her. Synonyms: batter, break, hit, strike More Synonyms of beat. 2. intransitive verb. To beat on, at, or against something means to hit it hard, usually several times or continuously for a period of time.
beat | meaning of beat in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE. Word family (noun) beat beating (adjective) beatable ≠ unbeatable beaten ≠ unbeaten (verb) beat.
Definition of beat noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. beat. noun. /biːt/ Idioms. of drums/heart/wings. [countable] a single hit to something, such as a drum, or a movement of something, such as your heart; the sound that this makes. several loud beats on the drum. a heart rate of 80 beats per minute. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
a : to put out (a fire) by beating. The fire was raging but we managed to beat it out. b baseball : to turn (a ground ball) into a base hit by running fast to first base. He beat out a bunt. 2. beat out (someone or something) or beat (someone or something) out US : to defeat or overcome (a person, team, etc.)
v. to strike forcefully and repeatedly: [ ~ + object] to beat a door down. [ no object] She beat on the door until he finally answered. to hit (a person or animal) repeatedly so as to cause injury; thrash: beat him and left him for dead.
noun. us / bit/ a regular sound that is made by your heart or by something hitting a surface: the beat of a drum. the main rhythm of a piece of music: I like music with a strong beat. (Definition of beat from the Webster's Essential Mini Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of beat. in Chinese (Traditional) 打敗, 打敗,戰勝, (非正式)比…好…