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beat
Overview of noun beat
The noun beat has 10 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (1) beat, round -- (a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name")
2. (1) pulse, pulsation, heartbeat, beat -- (the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart")
3. (1) rhythm, beat, musical rhythm -- (the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music; "the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat")
4. 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)
5. beatnik, beat -- (a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior)
6. beat -- (the sound of stroke or blow; "he heard the beat of a drum")
7. meter, metre, measure, beat, cadence -- ((prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse)
8. beat -- (a regular rate of repetition; "the cox raised the beat")
9. beat -- (a stroke or blow; "the signal was two beats on the steam pipe")
10. beat -- (the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing)
Overview of verb beat
The verb beat has 23 senses (first 11 from tagged texts)
1. (18) beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish -- (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")
2. (9) beat, beat up, work over -- (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")
3. (8) beat -- (hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe")
4. (4) beat, pound, thump -- (move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast")
5. (3) beat -- (shape by beating; "beat swords into ploughshares")
6. (2) drum, beat, thrum -- (make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night")
7. (1) beat -- (glare or strike with great intensity; "The sun was beating down on us")
8. (1) beat, flap -- (move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky")
9. (1) beat -- (sail with much tacking or with difficulty; "The boat beat in the strong wind")
10. (1) beat, scramble -- (stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream")
11. (1) beat -- (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")
12. beat -- (be superior; "Reading beats watching television"; "This sure beats work!")
13. beat, bunk -- (avoid paying; "beat the subway fare")
14. tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat -- (make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight")
15. beat, flap -- (move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping")
16. beat -- (indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks; "Beat the rhythm")
17. pulsate, beat, quiver -- (move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement")
18. beat -- (make by pounding or trampling; "beat a path through the forest")
19. beat -- (produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly; "beat the drum")
20. beat -- (strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting)
21. outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent -- (beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors")
22. perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound -- (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")
23. exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out -- (wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam")
Overview of adj beat
The adj beat has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. all in, beat, bushed, dead -- (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")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun beat
10 senses of beat
Sense 1
beat, round
=> path, route, itinerary
=> line
=> location
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
pulse, pulsation, heartbeat, beat
=> periodic event, recurrent event
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
rhythm, beat, musical rhythm
=> musical time
=> time
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
beat
=> oscillation, vibration
=> wave, undulation
=> movement, motion
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
beatnik, beat
=> nonconformist, recusant
=> dissenter, dissident, protester, objector, contestant
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 6
beat
=> sound
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 7
meter, metre, measure, beat, cadence
=> poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern, prosody
=> versification
=> form
=> writing style, literary genre, genre
=> expressive style, style
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 8
beat
=> pace, rate
=> temporal property
=> property
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 9
beat
=> stroke
=> motion, movement, move, motility
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 10
beat
=> sailing
=> water travel, seafaring
=> travel, traveling, travelling
=> motion, movement, move
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun beat
3 of 10 senses of beat
Sense 2
pulse, pulsation, heartbeat, beat
=> diastole
=> systole
=> throb, throbbing, pounding
Sense 3
rhythm, beat, musical rhythm
=> backbeat
=> downbeat
=> upbeat, offbeat
=> syncopation
Sense 7
meter, metre, measure, beat, cadence
=> catalexis
=> scansion
=> common measure, common meter
=> metrical foot, foot, metrical unit
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun beat
10 senses of beat
Sense 1
beat, round
=> path, route, itinerary
Sense 2
pulse, pulsation, heartbeat, beat
=> periodic event, recurrent event
Sense 3
rhythm, beat, musical rhythm
=> musical time
Sense 4
beat
=> oscillation, vibration
Sense 5
beatnik, beat
=> nonconformist, recusant
Sense 6
beat
=> sound
Sense 7
meter, metre, measure, beat, cadence
=> poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern, prosody
Sense 8
beat
=> pace, rate
Sense 9
beat
=> stroke
Sense 10
beat
=> sailing
Antonyms of noun beat
Member Holonyms of noun beat
1 of 10 senses of beat
Sense 5
beatnik, beat
MEMBER OF: beat generation, beats, beatniks
Substance Holonyms of noun beat
Part Holonyms of noun beat
Member Meronyms of noun beat
Substance Meronyms of noun beat
Part Meronyms of noun beat
Meronyms of noun beat
Holonyms of noun beat
1 of 10 senses of beat
Sense 5
beatnik, beat
MEMBER OF: beat generation, beats, beatniks
Attributes of noun beat
Derived Forms of noun beat
6 of 10 senses of beat
Sense 2
pulse, pulsation, heartbeat, beat
RELATED TO>(verb) beat#4
=> beat, pound, thump
Sense 3
rhythm, beat, musical rhythm
RELATED TO>(verb) beat#4
=> beat, pound, thump
RELATED TO>(verb) beat#11
=> beat
RELATED TO>(verb) beat#6
=> drum, beat, thrum
RELATED TO>(verb) beat#16
=> beat
RELATED TO>(verb) beat#19
=> beat
Sense 6
beat
RELATED TO>(verb) beat#14
=> tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat
RELATED TO>(verb) beat#3
=> beat
Sense 8
beat
RELATED TO>(verb) beat#8
=> beat, flap
Sense 9
beat
RELATED TO>(verb) beat#5
=> beat
RELATED TO>(verb) beat#3
=> beat
Sense 10
beat
RELATED TO>(verb) beat#9
=> beat
Domain of noun beat
1 of 10 senses of beat
Sense 7
meter, metre, measure, beat, cadence
TOPIC>(noun) prosody#3, metrics#1
Domain Terms of noun beat
Familiarity of noun beat
beat used as a noun is familiar (polysemy count =10)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun beat
10 senses of beat
Sense 1
beat, round
> path, route, itinerary
=> feeder line
=> main line
=> track, data track
=> air lane, flight path, airway, skyway
=> traffic pattern, approach pattern, pattern
=> flight path
=> beat, round
=> bus route
=> line of flight
=> line of march
=> orbit, celestial orbit
=> orbit, electron orbit
=> paper route, paper round
=> beeline
=> circuit
=> crosscut
=> supply line, supply route
=> line of fire
=> migration route, flyway
=> fairway
=> direction, way
=> trade route
HAS INSTANCE=> Northwest Passage
Sense 2
pulse, pulsation, heartbeat, beat
> periodic event, recurrent event
=> migration
=> cycle, oscillation
=> repeat, repetition
=> sunrise
=> sunset
=> pulse, pulsation, heartbeat, beat
=> tide
Sense 3
rhythm, beat, musical rhythm
> musical time
=> rhythm, beat, musical rhythm
=> common time, four-four time, quadruple time, common measure
=> duple time
=> triple time
=> tempo, pacing
=> in time
Sense 4
beat
> oscillation, vibration
=> ripple
=> transient
=> beat
=> resonance
=> sympathetic vibration
Sense 5
beatnik, beat
> nonconformist, recusant
=> beatnik, beat
=> bohemian
=> enfant terrible
=> heretic
=> maverick, rebel
Sense 6
beat
> sound
=> bong
=> beat
=> beep, bleep
=> bell, toll
=> buzz, bombilation, bombination
=> chink, click, clink
=> chirp
=> chirrup, twitter
=> chorus
=> click-clack
=> clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clopping, clunking, clumping
=> cry
=> ding
=> drip, dripping
=> drum
=> footfall, footstep, step
=> gargle
=> gurgle
=> jingle, jangle
=> knock, knocking
=> mutter, muttering, murmur, murmuring, murmuration, mussitation
=> noise
=> paradiddle, roll, drum roll
=> pat, rap, tap
=> patter
=> peal, pealing, roll, rolling
=> ping
=> plunk
=> pop, popping
=> purr
=> quack
=> quaver
=> ring, ringing, tintinnabulation
=> rub-a-dub, rataplan, drumbeat
=> sigh
=> skirl
=> song
=> strum
=> susurration, susurrus
=> swish
=> tapping
=> throbbing
=> thump, thumping, clump, clunk, thud
=> thrum
=> thunk
=> tick, ticking
=> ting, tinkle
=> toot
=> tootle
=> trample, trampling
=> twang
=> vibrato
=> voice
=> vroom
=> whack
=> whir, whirr, whirring, birr
=> whistle, whistling
=> whiz
=> zing
=> zizz
Sense 7
meter, metre, measure, beat, cadence
> poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern, prosody
=> meter, metre, measure, beat, cadence
=> sprung rhythm
Sense 8
beat
> pace, rate
=> speed, swiftness, fastness
=> beat
=> celerity, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness
=> slowness, deliberation, deliberateness, unhurriedness
=> sluggishness
Sense 9
beat
> stroke
=> beat
=> bow
=> blow
Sense 10
beat
> sailing
=> luff
=> beat
=> tack
Meronyms of noun beat
10 senses of beat
Sense 5
beatnik, beat
=> nonconformist, recusant
=> dissenter, dissident, protester, objector, contestant
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Holonyms of noun beat
1 of 10 senses of beat
Sense 5
beatnik, beat
MEMBER OF: beat generation, beats, beatniks
Grep of noun beat
backbeat
beat
beat generation
beater
beatification
beating
beating-reed instrument
beatitude
beatles
beatnik
beatniks
beatrice
beatrice lillie
beatrice webb
beats
beats per minute
deadbeat
downbeat
drumbeat
heartbeat
offbeat
upbeat
Antonyms of verb beat
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb beat
23 senses of beat
Sense 1
beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
=> get the better of, overcome, defeat
Sense 2
beat, beat up, work over
Sense 3
beat
=> strike
=> touch
Sense 4
beat, pound, thump
=> move
Sense 5
beat
=> shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
=> create from raw material, create from raw stuff
=> make, create
Sense 6
drum, beat, thrum
=> sound, go
=> cause to be perceived
Sense 7
beat
=> glare
=> shine, beam
Sense 8
beat, flap
=> move, displace
Sense 9
beat
=> sail
=> boat
=> ride
=> travel
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 10
beat, scramble
=> agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up
=> move, displace
Sense 11
beat
=> strike
=> touch
Sense 12
beat
=> be
Sense 13
beat, bunk
=> cheat, rip off, chisel
=> victimize, victimise
=> wrong
=> treat, handle, do by
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 14
tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat
=> sound, go
=> cause to be perceived
Sense 15
beat, flap
=> move
Sense 16
beat
Sense 17
pulsate, beat, quiver
=> move
Sense 18
beat
=> make, create
Sense 19
beat
=> play
=> sound
Sense 20
beat
=> beat
=> strike
=> touch
Sense 21
outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent
=> surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform
=> beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
=> get the better of, overcome, defeat
Sense 22
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> be
Sense 23
exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out
=> tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue
=> indispose
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb beat
11 of 23 senses of beat
Sense 1
beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
=> 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
=> cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick
Sense 2
beat, beat up, work over
=> 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
Sense 3
beat
=> full
=> beat
=> beetle
=> bastinado
=> deck, coldcock, dump, knock down, floor
=> whang
=> paste
=> thrash, thresh
=> hammer
Sense 4
beat, pound, thump
=> pulsate, throb, pulse
=> palpitate, flutter
=> thrash
=> flap
Sense 5
beat
=> forge, hammer
Sense 8
beat, flap
=> flutter
=> bate
=> clap
Sense 10
beat, scramble
=> whisk, whip
=> cream
Sense 15
beat, flap
=> flail, thresh
=> clap
Sense 16
beat
=> beat out, tap out, thump out
Sense 22
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
=> stump, mix up
=> riddle
=> elude, escape
Sense 23
exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out
=> frazzle
=> play
=> kill
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb beat
23 senses of beat
Sense 1
beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
=> get the better of, overcome, defeat
Sense 2
beat, beat up, work over
Sense 3
beat
=> strike
Sense 4
beat, pound, thump
=> move
Sense 5
beat
=> shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
Sense 6
drum, beat, thrum
=> sound, go
Sense 7
beat
=> glare
Sense 8
beat, flap
=> move, displace
Sense 9
beat
=> sail
Sense 10
beat, scramble
=> agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up
Sense 11
beat
=> strike
Sense 12
beat
=> be
Sense 13
beat, bunk
=> cheat, rip off, chisel
Sense 14
tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat
=> sound, go
Sense 15
beat, flap
=> move
Sense 16
beat
Sense 17
pulsate, beat, quiver
=> move
Sense 18
beat
=> make, create
Sense 19
beat
=> play
Sense 20
beat
=> beat
Sense 21
outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent
=> surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform
Sense 22
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
Sense 23
exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out
=> tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue
'Cause To' of verb beat
Derived Forms of verb beat
14 of 23 senses of beat
Sense 1
beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
RELATED TO>(adj) beatable#1
=> beatable, vanquishable, vincible
RELATED TO>(noun) beating#1
=> beating, whipping
Sense 2
beat, beat up, work over
RELATED TO>(noun) beating#2
=> beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking
Sense 3
beat
RELATED TO>(noun) beat#6
=> beat
RELATED TO>(noun) beat#9
=> beat
RELATED TO>(noun) beater#2
=> beater
Sense 4
beat, pound, thump
RELATED TO>(noun) beat#3
=> rhythm, beat, musical rhythm
RELATED TO>(noun) beat#2
=> pulse, pulsation, heartbeat, beat
Sense 5
beat
RELATED TO>(noun) beat#9
=> beat
Sense 6
drum, beat, thrum
RELATED TO>(noun) beat#3
=> rhythm, beat, musical rhythm
Sense 8
beat, flap
RELATED TO>(noun) beat#8
=> beat
Sense 9
beat
RELATED TO>(noun) beat#10
=> beat
Sense 10
beat, scramble
RELATED TO>(noun) beater#2
=> beater
Sense 11
beat
RELATED TO>(noun) beat#3
=> rhythm, beat, musical rhythm
Sense 14
tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat
RELATED TO>(noun) beat#6
=> beat
Sense 16
beat
RELATED TO>(noun) beat#3
=> rhythm, beat, musical rhythm
Sense 19
beat
RELATED TO>(noun) beat#3
=> rhythm, beat, musical rhythm
Sense 21
outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent
RELATED TO>(adj) beatable#1
=> beatable, vanquishable, vincible
Domain of verb beat
3 of 23 senses of beat
Sense 9
beat
TOPIC>(noun) navigation#1, pilotage#1, piloting#1
Sense 10
beat, scramble
TOPIC>(noun) cooking#1, cookery#1, preparation#8
Sense 19
beat
TOPIC>(noun) music#1
Domain Terms of verb beat
Familiarity of verb beat
beat used as a verb is very familiar (polysemy count =23)
Sample Sentences of verb beat
23 senses of beat
Sense 1
beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
EX: The fighter managed to beat his opponent
Sense 2
beat, beat up, work over
EX: They want to beat the prisoners
Sense 3
beat
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 4
beat, pound, thump
*> Something ----s
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 5
beat
EX: The chef wants to beat the eggs
Sense 6
drum, beat, thrum
*> Something ----s
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 7
beat
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 8
beat, flap
*> Something ----s something
Sense 9
beat
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s
*> Something is ----ing PP
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 10
beat, scramble
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 11
beat
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 12
beat
*> Something ----s something
Sense 13
beat, bunk
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 14
tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat
*> Something ----s
Sense 15
beat, flap
*> Something ----s
Sense 16
beat
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 17
pulsate, beat, quiver
*> Something ----s
Sense 18
beat
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 19
beat
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 20
beat
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 21
outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 22
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 23
exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb beat
21 of 23 senses of beat
Sense 1
beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
> get the better of, overcome, defeat
=> demolish, destroy
=> beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
=> wallop
=> down
=> overrun
=> lurch, skunk
=> get the best, have the best, overcome
=> overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master
=> rout, rout out, expel
=> upset
=> nose
=> conquer
=> survive, pull through, pull round, come through, make it
Sense 3
beat
> strike
=> jab
=> dab, pat
=> butt, bunt
=> knock, strike hard
=> down, knock down, cut down, push down, pull down
=> spur
=> peck, pick, beak
=> tap, tip
=> hew
=> sideswipe
=> whip, lash
=> beat
=> beat
=> sclaff
=> clout
=> rap, knap
=> chop
=> slap
=> sclaff
=> buffet, knock about, batter
Sense 4
beat, pound, thump
> move
=> move involuntarily, move reflexively
=> quicken
=> stretch, stretch out
=> snap, click, flick
=> flex, bend
=> spread, propagate
=> reach, reach out
=> putter, potter, potter around, putter around
=> dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
=> drop back
=> hit the dirt, hit the deck
=> gravitate
=> fly
=> move over, give way, give, ease up, yield
=> cut to
=> lurch, pitch, shift
=> jolt, jar
=> duck
=> bob
=> wallow, welter
=> writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist
=> wobble, coggle
=> sidle, sashay
=> sidle
=> sweep, sail
=> brush, sweep
=> wamble, waggle
=> chop
=> reciprocate
=> move back and forth
=> nod
=> pulsate, beat, quiver
=> beat, pound, thump
=> teeter, seesaw, totter
=> buck, jerk, hitch
=> cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
=> careen, wobble, shift, tilt
=> churn, boil, moil, roil
=> steal, slip
=> shake, agitate
=> vibrate
=> jerk, twitch
=> flip, twitch
=> snap, click
=> stir, shift, budge, agitate
=> arouse, stir
=> dance
=> stumble, trip
=> falter, waver
=> roll, undulate, flap, wave
=> mill, mill about, mill around
=> turn
=> startle, jump, start
=> mope, mope around
=> hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride
=> climb
=> strike out
=> jump, leap, bound, spring
=> bolt
=> get down
=> assume, take, strike, take up
=> seesaw
=> displace
=> exit, go out, get out, leave
=> separate, part, split
=> diverge
=> list, lean
=> whirl, tumble, whirl around
=> close, come together
=> bustle, bustle about, hustle
=> fidget
=> linger, dawdle
=> flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
=> lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust
=> swoop
=> flow, flux
=> run, flow, feed, course
=> flurry
=> streak
=> heave
=> crash
=> thunder
=> snap
=> beat, flap
=> fling
=> hop
=> turn
=> dodge
=> dodge
=> throw
=> make way
=> dance
=> grab
=> cut
=> close
=> jump, leap, jump off
Sense 5
beat
> shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
=> carve
=> swage, upset
=> chip
=> layer
=> cut out
=> machine
=> grind
=> stamp
=> puddle
=> beat
=> preform
=> preform
=> mound
=> hill
=> roughcast
=> reshape, remold
=> sinter
=> cast, mold, mould
=> throw
=> handbuild, hand-build, coil
=> sculpt, sculpture
=> model, mold, mould
Sense 6
drum, beat, thrum
> sound, go
=> snarl
=> whistle, sing
=> blow
=> ting
=> make noise, resound, noise
=> splat
=> twang
=> clang, clangor
=> clank
=> clangor, clangour
=> boom, boom out
=> drum, beat, thrum
=> rattle
=> tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat
=> resonate, vibrate
=> tweet, twirp
=> skirl
=> gurgle
=> glug
=> blow
=> whish
=> guggle
=> ping
=> pink, ping, knock
=> trump
=> squelch
=> chug
=> ring, peal
=> buzz, bombinate, bombilate
=> chime
=> rustle
=> snap, crack
=> crack
=> honk, blare, beep, claxon, toot
=> whistle
=> resound, echo, ring, reverberate
=> thud, thump
=> clop, clump, clunk, plunk
=> patter, pitter-patter
=> tap, rap, knock, pink
=> click, tick
=> chatter, click
=> pop
=> tinkle, tink, clink, chink
=> splash, splosh, slosh, slush
=> hum, thrum
=> bleep
=> rumble, grumble
=> boom, din
=> bang
=> ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle
=> lap, swish, swosh, swoosh
=> drone
=> whizz, whiz, whirr, whir, birr, purr
=> roll
Sense 7
beat
> glare
=> beat
Sense 8
beat, flap
> move, displace
=> mobilize, mobilise, circulate
=> relocate
=> dislocate, luxate, splay, slip
=> translate
=> station, post, base, send, place
=> agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up
=> transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise
=> funnel
=> brandish, flourish, wave
=> pull, draw, force
=> transport, carry
=> tug
=> disarrange
=> expel, eject, chuck out, exclude, throw out, kick out, turf out, boot out, turn out
=> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
=> engage, mesh, lock, operate
=> propel, impel
=> launch, set in motion
=> wind, wrap, roll, twine
=> unwind, wind off, unroll
=> wedge, squeeze, force
=> work
=> spill, shed, disgorge
=> spill, slop, splatter
=> unseat
=> separate, disunite, divide, part
=> uproot, extirpate, deracinate, root out
=> press down, depress
=> lift
=> flick, ruffle, riffle
=> work
=> take back
=> center, centre
=> pump
=> scan
=> jar, shake up, bump around
=> dandle
=> roll, revolve
=> push, force
=> rock, sway
=> fluctuate
=> pulse
=> shift, dislodge, reposition
=> glide
=> stir
=> play
=> overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump over
=> transport, send, ship
=> send, direct
=> transport
=> saltate
=> lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down
=> lift, raise
=> raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
=> drop
=> sink
=> advance, bring forward
=> chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off
=> transfer, shift
=> displace, force out
=> herd, crowd
=> circulate
=> circulate, pass around, pass on, distribute
=> rout out, drive out, force out, rouse
=> drive
=> race, rush
=> woosh, whoosh
=> pour
=> exteriorize, bring outside
=> upstage
=> swing
=> turn, turn over
=> turn
=> turn
=> slide
=> run
=> whistle
=> beat, flap
=> singsong
=> hustle
=> wash
=> rake
=> blow
=> drag
=> pull, draw
=> lateralize
=> translate
=> hit, strike
=> change hands, change owners
=> transfer
=> expel, throw out, kick out
Sense 9
beat
> sail
=> run
=> luff, point
=> weather
=> beat
=> scud, rack
=> outpoint
=> tack, wear round
=> wear ship
=> jibe, gybe, jib, change course
Sense 10
beat, scramble
> agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up
=> beat, scramble
=> toss
=> roil, rile
=> poke
Sense 11
beat
> strike
=> jab
=> dab, pat
=> butt, bunt
=> knock, strike hard
=> down, knock down, cut down, push down, pull down
=> spur
=> peck, pick, beak
=> tap, tip
=> hew
=> sideswipe
=> whip, lash
=> beat
=> beat
=> sclaff
=> clout
=> rap, knap
=> chop
=> slap
=> sclaff
=> buffet, knock about, batter
Sense 12
beat
> be
=> look
=> suffer, hurt
=> be well
=> suffer
=> feel
=> stay, remain, rest
=> continue
=> sparkle, scintillate, coruscate
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> rank
=> point
=> want, need, require
=> compact, pack
=> rest
=> cut
=> seethe, boil
=> mope, moon around, moon about
=> look, appear, seem
=> appear, seem
=> owe
=> belong
=> cover
=> represent
=> account
=> cut across
=> begin, start
=> begin
=> stand
=> specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate
=> go
=> make sense, add up
=> consist, comprise
=> prove, turn out, turn up
=> account for
=> remain
=> stand by, stick by, stick, adhere
=> loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
=> total, number, add up, come, amount
=> count, matter, weigh
=> rate
=> deserve, merit
=> buy
=> shine
=> fall
=> depend
=> underlie
=> stink
=> subtend, delimit
=> incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate
=> contain, take, hold
=> cost, be
=> measure
=> hum, buzz, seethe
=> pass
=> abound
=> disagree, disaccord, discord
=> gape, yawn, yaw
=> tend, be given, lean, incline, run
=> run, go
=> figure, enter
=> press
=> rage
=> relate, interrelate
=> rut
=> stagnate
=> stagnate
=> come in handy
=> squat
=> hoodoo
=> impend
=> range, run
=> stay, stay on, continue, remain
=> sell
=> translate
=> head, head up
=> come in for
=> compare
=> fall, come
=> run into, encounter
=> gravitate
=> pay
=> diverge
=> shine
=> iridesce
=> lie
=> stand
=> hang
=> litter
=> suit
=> end, terminate
=> fit
=> lend
=> let go
=> belong
=> belong
=> wind, twist, curve
=> jumble, mingle
=> promise
=> accept, take
=> clean
=> draw
=> wash
=> balance
=> hail, come
=> act
=> test
=> seem
=> answer
=> beat
=> hold
=> contain
=> connect
=> sell
=> sell
=> kill
=> make
=> deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
=> consist
=> work
=> lubricate
=> breathe
=> trim
=> swing
=> osculate
=> retard
=> transplant
=> cohere
=> object
=> stick
=> recognize
=> distribute
=> put out
Sense 13
beat, bunk
> cheat, rip off, chisel
=> gazump
=> cozen
=> overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook
=> victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con
=> bilk
=> beat, bunk
=> whipsaw
=> welsh
=> juggle, beguile, hoodwink
Sense 14
tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat
> sound, go
=> snarl
=> whistle, sing
=> blow
=> ting
=> make noise, resound, noise
=> splat
=> twang
=> clang, clangor
=> clank
=> clangor, clangour
=> boom, boom out
=> drum, beat, thrum
=> rattle
=> tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat
=> resonate, vibrate
=> tweet, twirp
=> skirl
=> gurgle
=> glug
=> blow
=> whish
=> guggle
=> ping
=> pink, ping, knock
=> trump
=> squelch
=> chug
=> ring, peal
=> buzz, bombinate, bombilate
=> chime
=> rustle
=> snap, crack
=> crack
=> honk, blare, beep, claxon, toot
=> whistle
=> resound, echo, ring, reverberate
=> thud, thump
=> clop, clump, clunk, plunk
=> patter, pitter-patter
=> tap, rap, knock, pink
=> click, tick
=> chatter, click
=> pop
=> tinkle, tink, clink, chink
=> splash, splosh, slosh, slush
=> hum, thrum
=> bleep
=> rumble, grumble
=> boom, din
=> bang
=> ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle
=> lap, swish, swosh, swoosh
=> drone
=> whizz, whiz, whirr, whir, birr, purr
=> roll
Sense 15
beat, flap
> move
=> move involuntarily, move reflexively
=> quicken
=> stretch, stretch out
=> snap, click, flick
=> flex, bend
=> spread, propagate
=> reach, reach out
=> putter, potter, potter around, putter around
=> dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
=> drop back
=> hit the dirt, hit the deck
=> gravitate
=> fly
=> move over, give way, give, ease up, yield
=> cut to
=> lurch, pitch, shift
=> jolt, jar
=> duck
=> bob
=> wallow, welter
=> writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist
=> wobble, coggle
=> sidle, sashay
=> sidle
=> sweep, sail
=> brush, sweep
=> wamble, waggle
=> chop
=> reciprocate
=> move back and forth
=> nod
=> pulsate, beat, quiver
=> beat, pound, thump
=> teeter, seesaw, totter
=> buck, jerk, hitch
=> cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
=> careen, wobble, shift, tilt
=> churn, boil, moil, roil
=> steal, slip
=> shake, agitate
=> vibrate
=> jerk, twitch
=> flip, twitch
=> snap, click
=> stir, shift, budge, agitate
=> arouse, stir
=> dance
=> stumble, trip
=> falter, waver
=> roll, undulate, flap, wave
=> mill, mill about, mill around
=> turn
=> startle, jump, start
=> mope, mope around
=> hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride
=> climb
=> strike out
=> jump, leap, bound, spring
=> bolt
=> get down
=> assume, take, strike, take up
=> seesaw
=> displace
=> exit, go out, get out, leave
=> separate, part, split
=> diverge
=> list, lean
=> whirl, tumble, whirl around
=> close, come together
=> bustle, bustle about, hustle
=> fidget
=> linger, dawdle
=> flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
=> lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust
=> swoop
=> flow, flux
=> run, flow, feed, course
=> flurry
=> streak
=> heave
=> crash
=> thunder
=> snap
=> beat, flap
=> fling
=> hop
=> turn
=> dodge
=> dodge
=> throw
=> make way
=> dance
=> grab
=> cut
=> close
=> jump, leap, jump off
Sense 17
pulsate, beat, quiver
> move
=> move involuntarily, move reflexively
=> quicken
=> stretch, stretch out
=> snap, click, flick
=> flex, bend
=> spread, propagate
=> reach, reach out
=> putter, potter, potter around, putter around
=> dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
=> drop back
=> hit the dirt, hit the deck
=> gravitate
=> fly
=> move over, give way, give, ease up, yield
=> cut to
=> lurch, pitch, shift
=> jolt, jar
=> duck
=> bob
=> wallow, welter
=> writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist
=> wobble, coggle
=> sidle, sashay
=> sidle
=> sweep, sail
=> brush, sweep
=> wamble, waggle
=> chop
=> reciprocate
=> move back and forth
=> nod
=> pulsate, beat, quiver
=> beat, pound, thump
=> teeter, seesaw, totter
=> buck, jerk, hitch
=> cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
=> careen, wobble, shift, tilt
=> churn, boil, moil, roil
=> steal, slip
=> shake, agitate
=> vibrate
=> jerk, twitch
=> flip, twitch
=> snap, click
=> stir, shift, budge, agitate
=> arouse, stir
=> dance
=> stumble, trip
=> falter, waver
=> roll, undulate, flap, wave
=> mill, mill about, mill around
=> turn
=> startle, jump, start
=> mope, mope around
=> hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride
=> climb
=> strike out
=> jump, leap, bound, spring
=> bolt
=> get down
=> assume, take, strike, take up
=> seesaw
=> displace
=> exit, go out, get out, leave
=> separate, part, split
=> diverge
=> list, lean
=> whirl, tumble, whirl around
=> close, come together
=> bustle, bustle about, hustle
=> fidget
=> linger, dawdle
=> flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
=> lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust
=> swoop
=> flow, flux
=> run, flow, feed, course
=> flurry
=> streak
=> heave
=> crash
=> thunder
=> snap
=> beat, flap
=> fling
=> hop
=> turn
=> dodge
=> dodge
=> throw
=> make way
=> dance
=> grab
=> cut
=> close
=> jump, leap, jump off
Sense 18
beat
> make, create
=> beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth
=> reproduce, procreate, multiply
=> regenerate
=> clear
=> distill, extract, distil
=> derive, educe
=> froth, spume, suds
=> lay down, establish, make
=> puncture
=> twine
=> cleave
=> track
=> institute, bring
=> short-circuit, short
=> re-create
=> grind
=> generate, bring forth
=> originate, initiate, start
=> give, yield
=> bring, work, play, wreak, make for
=> raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
=> create by mental act, create mentally
=> create, make
=> realize, realise, actualize, actualise, substantiate
=> cause, do, make
=> establish, give
=> put on, turn in
=> bear, turn out
=> create from raw material, create from raw stuff
=> construct, build, make
=> build, establish
=> assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together
=> style
=> strike
=> copy, re-create
=> create verbally
=> compose, write
=> choreograph
=> direct
=> film
=> film-make
=> recreate
=> offset
=> scrape
=> produce, bring forth
=> produce, bring about, give rise
=> press
=> prepare
=> cut
=> cut
=> raise
=> beat
=> arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
=> incorporate
=> form, organize, organise
Sense 19
beat
> play
=> register
=> skirl
=> beat
=> tweedle
=> chord
=> pipe
=> drum
=> harp
=> fiddle
=> trumpet
=> clarion
Sense 20
beat
> beat
=> full
=> beat
=> beetle
=> bastinado
=> deck, coldcock, dump, knock down, floor
=> whang
=> paste
=> thrash, thresh
=> hammer
Sense 21
outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent
> surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform
=> outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent
=> outgrow
=> outshout, outcry
=> outroar
=> outsail
=> outdraw
=> outsell
=> outsell
=> outpace
=> better, break
=> outshine
=> outrange
=> outweigh
=> outbrave
=> out-herod
=> outfox
=> shame
=> outmarch
=> outwear
Sense 22
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> demoralize
=> perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
=> disorient, disorientate
Sense 23
exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out
> tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue
=> exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out
=> overtire, overweary, overfatigue
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb beat
Sense 1
beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
=> get the better of, overcome, defeat
Sense 21
outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent
=> surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform
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Sense 3
beat
=> strike
Sense 11
beat
=> strike
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Sense 4
beat, pound, thump
=> move
Sense 6
drum, beat, thrum
=> sound, go
Sense 16
beat
Sense 19
beat
=> play
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Sense 8
beat, flap
=> move, displace
Sense 15
beat, flap
=> move
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Sense 2
beat, beat up, work over
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Sense 5
beat
=> shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
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Sense 7
beat
=> glare
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Sense 9
beat
=> sail
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Sense 10
beat, scramble
=> agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up
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Sense 12
beat
=> be
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Sense 13
beat, bunk
=> cheat, rip off, chisel
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Sense 14
tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat
=> sound, go
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Sense 17
pulsate, beat, quiver
=> move
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Sense 18
beat
=> make, create
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Sense 20
beat
=> beat
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Sense 22
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
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Sense 23
exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out
=> tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue
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Grep of verb beat
beat
beat a retreat
beat about
beat around the bush
beat back
beat down
beat in
beat out
beat up
beatify
browbeat
Antonyms of adj beat
1 sense of beat
Sense 1
all in(predicate), beat(predicate), bushed(predicate), dead(predicate)
INDIRECT (VIA tired) -> rested
Similarity of adj beat
1 sense of beat
Sense 1
all in(predicate), beat(predicate), bushed(predicate), dead(predicate)
=> tired (vs. rested)
Pertainyms of adj beat
Attributes of adj beat
Domain of adj beat
1 sense of beat
Sense 1
all in(predicate), beat(predicate), bushed(predicate), dead(predicate)
USAGE>(noun) colloquialism#1
Domain Terms of adj beat
Familiarity of adj beat
beat used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj beat
beat
beat-up
beatable
beaten
beaten-up
beatific
beatified
beating
offbeat
upbeat
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