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Sounds | biy't |
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Rhymes | aesthete, athlete, backseat, and 73 more rhymes in iyt at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Very tired. |
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Examples | "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere" |
Synonyms | all in, bushed, dead |
Similar to | tired |
Usage | colloquialism |
Meaning | A regular route for a sentry or policeman. |
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Examples | "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name" |
Synonyms | round |
Broader | path, route, itinerary |
Meaning | The rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart. |
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Examples | "he could feel the beat of her heart" |
Synonyms | pulse, pulsation, heartbeat |
Narrower | diastole; systole; throb, throbbing, pounding |
Broader | periodic event, recurrent event |
Verbs | beat |
Meaning | The basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music. |
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Examples | "the conductor set the beat" |
Synonyms | rhythm, musical rhythm |
Narrower | backbeat; downbeat; upbeat; syncopation |
Broader | musical time |
Verbs | beat; beat; beat; beat; beat |
Meaning | 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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Broader | oscillation, vibration |
Adjectives | heterodyne |
Meaning | A member of the beat generation. A nonconformist in dress and behavior. |
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Synonyms | beatnik |
Member of | beat generation, beats, beatniks |
Broader | nonconformist, recusant |
Meaning | The sound of stroke or blow. |
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Examples | "he heard the beat of a drum" |
Broader | sound |
Verbs | beat; beat |
Meaning | (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse. |
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Synonyms | meter, metre, measure, cadence |
Category | prosody, metrics |
Narrower | catalexis; scansion; common measure, common meter; metrical foot, foot, metrical unit |
Broader | poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern, prosody |
Meaning | A regular rate of repetition. |
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Examples | "the cox raised the beat" |
Broader | pace, rate |
Verbs | beat |
Meaning | A stroke or blow. |
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Examples | "the signal was two beats on the steam pipe" |
Broader | stroke |
Verbs | beat; beat |
Meaning | The act of beating to windward. Sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing. |
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Broader | sailing |
Verbs | beat |
Meaning | Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
Model | The fighter managed to beat his opponent |
Examples | "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition" |
Synonyms | beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish |
Entails | win |
Narrower | outpoint, outscore; walk over; eliminate; worst, pip, mop up, whip, rack up; whomp; spread-eagle, spreadeagle, rout; get the jump; cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey; surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform; outdo, outflank, trump, best, scoop; outfight; overpower, overmaster, overwhelm; checkmate, mate; immobilize, immobilise; outplay; bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick |
Broader | get the better of, overcome, defeat |
Similar to | outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent |
Nouns | beating |
Meaning | Give a beating to. Subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
Model | They want to beat the prisoners |
Examples | "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students" |
Synonyms | beat up, work over |
Entails | hit |
Narrower | strong-arm; soak; pistol-whip; belabour, belabor; rough up; flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce; cane, flog, lambaste, lambast; knock cold, knock out, kayo; thrash, thresh, lam, flail; clobber, baste, batter; spank, paddle, larrup |
Nouns | beating |
Meaning | Hit repeatedly. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
Examples | "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe" |
Narrower | full; beat; beetle; bastinado; deck, coldcock, dump, knock down, floor; whang; paste; thrash, thresh; hammer |
Broader | strike |
Similar to | beat |
Nouns | beater; beat; beat |
Meaning | Move rhythmically. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
Examples | "Her heart was beating fast" |
Synonyms | pound, thump |
Narrower | pulsate, throb, pulse; palpitate, flutter; thrash; flap |
Broader | move |
Similar to | beat |
Nouns | beat; beat |
Meaning | Shape by beating. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Model | The chef wants to beat the eggs |
Examples | "beat swords into ploughshares" |
Narrower | forge, hammer |
Broader | shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge |
Participle | beaten |
Nouns | beat |
Meaning | Make a rhythmic sound. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
Examples | "The drums beat all night" |
Synonyms | drum, thrum |
Broader | sound, go |
Similar to | beat |
Nouns | beat |
Meaning | Glare or strike with great intensity. |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP |
Examples | "The sun was beating down on us" |
Broader | glare |
Meaning | Move with a thrashing motion. |
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Pattern | Something ----s something |
Examples | "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky" |
Synonyms | flap |
Narrower | bate; clap |
Broader | move, displace |
Similar to | beat, flap |
Nouns | beat |
Meaning | Sail with much tacking or with difficulty. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "The boat beat in the strong wind" |
Category | navigation, pilotage, piloting |
Broader | sail |
Nouns | beat |
Meaning | Stir vigorously. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream" |
Synonyms | scramble |
Category | cooking, cookery, preparation |
Narrower | whisk, whip; cream |
Broader | agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up |
Nouns | beater |
Meaning | Strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "beat one's breast"; "beat one's foot rhythmically" |
Broader | strike |
Similar to | beat |
Nouns | beat |
Meaning | Be superior. |
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Pattern | Something ----s something |
Examples | "Reading beats watching television"; "This sure beats work!" |
Broader | be |
Meaning | Avoid paying. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "beat the subway fare" |
Synonyms | bunk |
Broader | cheat, rip off, chisel |
Meaning | Make a sound like a clock or a timer. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Examples | "the grandfather clock beat midnight" |
Synonyms | tick, ticktock, ticktack |
Broader | sound, go |
Nouns | beat |
Meaning | Move with a flapping motion. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Synonyms | flap |
Narrower | flail, thresh; clap |
Broader | move |
Similar to | beat, flap |
Meaning | Indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
Examples | "Beat the rhythm" |
Narrower | beat out, tap out, thump out |
Similar to | beat; beat, pound, thump; drum, beat, thrum |
Nouns | beat |
Meaning | Move with or as if with a regular alternating motion. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Synonyms | pulsate, quiver |
Broader | move |
Similar to | pulsate, throb, pulse |
Meaning | Make by pounding or trampling. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "beat a path through the forest" |
Entails | tread, trample |
Broader | make, create |
Meaning | Produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "beat the drum" |
Category | music |
Broader | play |
Similar to | beat |
Nouns | beat |
Meaning | Strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Broader | beat |
Meaning | Beat through cleverness and wit. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "I beat the traffic" |
Synonyms | outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, circumvent |
Broader | surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform |
Similar to | beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish |
Meaning | Be a mystery or bewildering to. |
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Pattern | Something ----s somebody |
Examples | "This beats me!" |
Synonyms | perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound |
Narrower | stump, mix up; riddle; elude, escape |
Broader | confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate |
Meaning | Wear out completely. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
Examples | "I'm beat" |
Synonyms | exhaust, wash up, tucker, tucker out |
Narrower | frazzle; play; kill |
Broader | tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue |