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noun(beat)a regular route for a sentry or policeman
Synonyms: round,
Examples:
In the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name.
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verb(beat)come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
Examples:
Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship.
We beat the competition.
We beat the competition.
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verb(beat)be a mystery or bewildering to
Synonyms: amaze, baffle, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex,
Examples:
This beats me!.
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verb(beat)make a sound like a clock or a timer
Examples:
The grandfather clock beat midnight.
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noun(beat)the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
Examples:
He could feel the beat of her heart.
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noun(beat)the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
Synonyms: musical rhythm, rhythm,
Examples:
The conductor set the beat.
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adjective(beat)very tired
Examples:
So beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere.
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noun(beat)a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
Synonyms: beatnik,
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noun(beat)(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
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verb(beat)give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
Synonyms: beat up, work over,
Examples:
Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night.
The teacher used to beat the students.
The teacher used to beat the students.
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verb(beat)move with a thrashing motion
Synonyms: flap,
Examples:
The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky.
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verb(beat)beat through cleverness and wit
Examples:
I beat the traffic.
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noun(beat)a regular rate of repetition
Examples:
The cox raised the beat.
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noun(beat)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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noun(beat)a stroke or blow
Examples:
The signal was two beats on the steam pipe.
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verb(beat)be superior
Examples:
Reading beats watching television.
This sure beats work!.
This sure beats work!.
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verb(beat)glare or strike with great intensity
Examples:
The sun was beating down on us.
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verb(beat)hit repeatedly
Examples:
Beat on the door.
Beat the table with his shoe.
Beat the table with his shoe.
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verb(beat)indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
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verb(beat)make by pounding or trampling
Examples:
Beat a path through the forest.
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verb(beat)produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
Examples:
Beat the drum.
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verb(beat)sail with much tacking or with difficulty
Examples:
The boat beat in the strong wind.
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verb(beat)shape by beating
Examples:
Beat swords into ploughshares.
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verb(beat)strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
Examples:
Beat one's breast.
Beat one's foot rhythmically.
Beat one's foot rhythmically.
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verb(beat)strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
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noun(beat)the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
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noun(beat)the sound of stroke or blow
Examples:
He heard the beat of a drum.