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Definition: Meaning of, beat in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / biːt /

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Prsesent Past Past Participle
beat beat beaten
Present Participle Third Person Singular
beating beats
  1. competition/election [transitive] to get the most points, votes etc in a game, race, or competition [=  defeat]
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  2. hit [transitive] to hit someone or something many times with your hand, a stick etc
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  3. hit against [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to hit against something many times or continuously
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  4. do better [transitive] to do something better, faster etc than what was best before
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  5. be better [transitive not in progressive] especially spoken to be much better and more enjoyable than something else
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  6. food [intransitive and transitive] to mix things together quickly with a fork or special kitchen machine
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  7. control/deal with [transitive] to successfully deal with a problem that you have been struggling with [=  conquer]
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  8. heart [intransitive] when your heart beats, it moves in a regular RHYTHM as it pumps your blood
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  9. drums [intransitive and transitive] if you beat drums, or if drums beat, they make a regular continuous sound
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  10. wings [intransitive and transitive] if a bird beats its wings, or if its wings beat, they move up and down quickly and regularly [=  flap]
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  11. take some beating if something or someone will take some beating, it will be difficult for anyone or anything to be or do better
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  12. avoid [transitive] to avoid situations in which a lot of people are trying to do something, usually by doing something early
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  13. do before somebody else [transitive] informal to get or do something before someone else, especially if you are both trying to do it first
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  14. beat about/around the bush to avoid or delay talking about something embarrassing or unpleasant
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  15. beat the system to find ways of avoiding or breaking the rules of an organization, system etc, in order to achieve what you want
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  16. beat a path (to somebody's door) also beat down somebody's door if people beat a path to your door, they are interested in something you are selling, a service you are providing etc
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  17. beat a (hasty) retreat to leave somewhere or stop doing something very quickly, in order to avoid a bad situation
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  18. beat the clock to finish something very quickly, especially before a particular time
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  19. spoken (it) beats me used to say that you do not know something or cannot understand or explain it
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  20. spoken beat it! used to tell someone to leave at once, because they are annoying you or should not be there
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  21. spoken can you beat that/it? used to show that you are surprised or annoyed by something
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  22. spoken beat your brains out to think about something very hard and for a long time
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  23. spoken if you can't beat 'em, join 'em used when you decide to take part in something even though you disapprove of it, because everyone else is doing it and you cannot stop them
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  24. beat the rap American English informal to avoid being punished for something you have done
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  25. beat time to make regular movements or sounds to show the speed at which music should be played
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  26. beat a path/track to make a path by walking over an area of land
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  27. to beat the band American English informal in large amounts or with great force
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  28. beat the heat American English informal to make yourself cooler
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  29. metal also beat out [transitive] to hit metal with a hammer in order to shape it or make it thinner
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  30. hunting [intransitive and transitive] to force wild birds and animals out of bushes, long grass etc so that they can be shot for sport
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  31. beat your breast literary to show clearly that you are very upset or sorry about something
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beat beats
  1. [countable] one of a series of regular movements or hitting actions
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  2. [singular] a regular repeated noise [=  rhythm]
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  3. [countable] the main RHYTHM that a piece of music or a poem has
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  4. [singular] a subject or area of a city that someone is responsible for as their job
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  5. [countable] one of the notes in a piece of music that sounds stronger than the other notes
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  1. informal very tired [=  exhausted]
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beat used in phrases

  • Beat Generation, the
    1. the group of young people in the 1950s, including the writers Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, who refused to accept the values of Western society, and showed this by refusing to work, keeping no material possessions, and wearing their own style of clothes
  • beat a dead horse (verb)
    1. waste time on something that is a lost cause or likely to be unproductive
  • beat a retreat (verb)
    1. depart hastily
  • beat about (verb)
    1. search anxiously
  • beat about the bush (verb)
    1. be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
  • beat around the bush (verb)
    1. be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
  • beat back (verb)
    1. cause to move back by force or influence
  • beat generation (noun)
    1. e.g., bebop a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favoured modern forms of jazz
  • beat hollow (verb)
    1. beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
  • beat in (verb)
    1. teach by drills and repetition
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beat used in phrasal verbs

  • beat down (phrasal verb)
    1. [intransitive] if the sun beats down, it shines very brightly making the weather very hot
    2. [intransitive] if the rain beats down, it rains very hard
  • beat off (phrasal verb)
    1. to succeed in winning or gaining something from an opponent
    2. to prevent someone from physically attacking you by hitting them with your hands or with an object
  • beat on (phrasal verb)
    1. beat on someone to hurt someone by hitting them a lot of times
  • beat out (phrasal verb)
    1. to stop a fire from burning by hitting it with something
    2. to make a pattern of sounds by hitting an instrument or other object
  • beat up (phrasal verb)
    1. to hurt someone by hitting or kicking them many times
    2. beat someone/yourself up to blame or criticize yourself or someone else
  • beat up on (phrasal verb)
    1. beat up on someone same as beat up (sense 1)
    2. beat up on someone/yourself same as beat up (sense 2)
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