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Definitions of beat
  1. 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"

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  2. verb
    come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
    "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship" "We beat the competition"
  3. verb
    make a rhythmic sound
    "The drums beat all night"

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  4. verb
    avoid paying
    "beat the subway fare"

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  5. verb
    move rhythmically
    "Her heart was beating fast"

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  6. verb
    be a mystery or bewildering to
    "This beats me!"
  7. verb
    wear out completely
    "I'm beat"
  8. verb
    make a sound like a clock or a timer
    "the grandfather clock beat midnight"

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  9. noun
    the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
    "he could feel the beat of her heart"
  10. verb
    move with a flapping motion

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  11. noun
    the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
    "the conductor set the beat"

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  12. adjective
    very tired
    "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"

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  13. verb
    move with or as if with a regular alternating motion

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  14. noun
    a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior

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  15. noun
    (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

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  16. 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"

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  17. verb
    move with a thrashing motion
    "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"

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  18. verb
    beat through cleverness and wit
    "I beat the traffic"
  19. verb
    stir vigorously
    "beat the egg whites" "beat the cream"

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  20. noun
    a regular rate of repetition
    "the cox raised the beat"
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  21. 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
  22. noun
    a stroke or blow
    "the signal was two beats on the steam pipe"
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  23. verb
    be superior
    "Reading beats watching television" "This sure beats work!"
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  24. verb
    glare or strike with great intensity
    "The sun was beating down on us"
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  25. verb
    hit repeatedly
    "beat on the door" "beat the table with his shoe"
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  26. verb
    indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
  27. verb
    make by pounding or trampling
    "beat a path through the forest"
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  28. verb
    produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
    "beat the drum"
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  29. verb
    sail with much tacking or with difficulty
    "The boat beat in the strong wind"
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  30. verb
    shape by beating
    "beat swords into ploughshares"
  31. 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"
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  32. verb
    strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
  33. noun
    the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
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  34. noun
    the sound of stroke or blow
    "he heard the beat of a drum"
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