eng: beat

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means(noun) a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"
beat, round
means(noun) the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart"
beat, pulse, pulsation, heartbeat
means(noun) the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music; "the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat"
musical rhythm, beat, rhythm
means(noun) 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
beat
means(noun) a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
beat, beatnik
means(noun) the sound of stroke or blow; "he heard the beat of a drum"
beat
means(noun) (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
measure, beat, metre, meter, cadence
means(noun) a regular rate of repetition; "the cox raised the beat"
beat
means(noun) a stroke or blow; "the signal was two beats on the steam pipe"
beat
means(noun) the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
beat
means(verb) come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
crush, vanquish, beat out, trounce, shell, beat
means(verb) 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"
work over, beat, beat up
means(verb) hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe"
beat
means(verb) move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"
pound, beat, thump
means(verb) shape by beating; "beat swords into ploughshares"
beat
means(verb) make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night"
thrum, drum, beat
means(verb) glare or strike with great intensity; "The sun was beating down on us"
beat
means(verb) move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"
flap, beat
means(verb) sail with much tacking or with difficulty; "The boat beat in the strong wind"
beat
means(verb) stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream"
scramble, beat
means(verb) 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"
beat
means(verb) be superior; "Reading beats watching television"; "This sure beats work!"
beat
means(verb) avoid paying; "beat the subway fare"
bunk, beat
means(verb) make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight"
ticktock, tick, ticktack, beat
means(verb) move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping"
flap, beat
means(verb) indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks; "Beat the rhythm"
beat
means(verb) move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement"
pulsate, quiver, beat
means(verb) make by pounding or trampling; "beat a path through the forest"
beat
means(verb) produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly; "beat the drum"
beat
means(verb) strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
beat
means(verb) beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"
beat, outsmart, overreach, outfox, circumvent, outwit
means(verb) be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
amaze, vex, beat, nonplus, perplex, baffle, stupefy, bewilder, gravel, mystify, dumbfound, puzzle, get, flummox, pose, stick
means(verb) wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam"
tucker, tucker out, beat, wash up, exhaust
means(adjective) 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"
beat, all in, dead, bushed
meanse/Beat (King Crimson album)
meanse/Beat (filmmaking)

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