Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)beat, rounda regular route for a sentry or policeman“in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name” (n)pulse, pulsation, heartbeat, beatthe rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart“he could feel the beat of her heart” (n)rhythm, beat, musical rhythmthe basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music“the piece has a fast rhythm”,
“the conductor set the beat” (n)beata single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations (n)beatnik, beata member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior (n)beatthe sound of stroke or blow“he heard the beat of a drum” (n)beata regular rate of repetition“the cox raised the beat” (n)beata stroke or blow“the signal was two beats on the steam pipe” (n)beatthe act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing Verbs
(v)beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquishcome 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” (v)beat, beat up, work overgive 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” (v)beathit repeatedly“beat on the door”,
“beat the table with his shoe” (v)beatshape by beating“beat swords into ploughshares” (v)drum, beat, thrummake a rhythmic sound“Rain drummed against the windshield”,
“He drummed his fingers on the table” (v)beatglare or strike with great intensity“The sun was beating down on us” (v)beat, flapmove with a thrashing motion“The bird flapped its wings”,
“The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky” (v)beatsail with much tacking or with difficulty“The boat beat in the strong wind” (v)beat, scramblestir vigorously“beat the egg whites”,
“beat the cream” (v)beatstrike (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” (v)beatbe superior“Reading beats watching television”,
“This sure beats work!” (v)beat, bunkavoid paying“beat the subway fare” (v)tick, ticktock, ticktack, beatmake a sound like a clock or a timer“the clocks were ticking”,
“the grandfather clock beat midnight” (v)beat, flapmove with a flapping motion“The bird's wings were flapping” (v)beatindicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks“Beat the rhythm” (v)pulsate, beat, quivermove with or as if with a regular alternating motion“the city pulsated with music and excitement” (v)beatmake by pounding or trampling“beat a path through the forest” (v)beatproduce a rhythm by striking repeatedly“beat the drum” (v)beatstrike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting (v)perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfoundbe a mystery or bewildering to“This beats me!”,
“Got me — I don't know the answer!”,
“a vexing problem”,
“This question really stuck me” Adjectives
(s)all in, beat, bushed, deadvery 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”