English > beam: 13 senses > noun 2, artifact| Meaning | long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction. |
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| Narrower | box beam, box girder | A beam built up from boards |
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| cantilever | projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only |
| girder | A beam made usually of steel |
| header | A framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, studs, or rafters |
| header, lintel | horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window |
| joist | beam used to support floors or roofs |
| keel | One of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of a vessel |
| keelson | A longitudinal beam connected to the keel of ship to strengthen it |
| rafter, balk, baulk | One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof |
| rider plate | A horizontal beam (or plate) connected to the top of a ship's vertical keel or to the keelson |
| ridge, ridgepole, rooftree | A beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top |
| shore, shoring | A beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support |
| tie, tie beam | A horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating |
| timber | A beam made of wood |
| trave, traverse, crossbeam, crosspiece | A horizontal beam that extends across something |
| Broader | piece | A separate part of a whole |
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| structural member | support that is a constituent part of any structure or building |
| Substances | wood | The hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees |
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| Spanish | viga |
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| Catalan | biga |
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English > beam: 13 senses > verb 2, weather| Meaning | emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
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| Model | Lights beam on the horizon; The horizon is beaming with lights |
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| Example | "The fire beamed on their faces" |
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| Synonym | shine |
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| Caused by | shine | Throw or flash the light of (a lamp) |
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| Narrower | beacon | shine like a beacon |
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| beat down | shine hard |
| blaze | shine brightly and intensively |
| burn, glow | shine intensely, as if with heat |
| flare, flame | shine with a sudden light |
| flicker, flick | shine unsteadily |
| glare | shine intensely |
| outshine | shine brighter than |
| shimmer | shine with a weak or fitful light |
| twinkle, winkle, scintillate | emit or reflect light in a flickering manner |
| Spanish | brillar, lucir, relucir, relumbrar, resplandecer |
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| Catalan | brillar, lluir, relluir, resplendir |
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| Nouns | beam | a column of light (as from a beacon) |
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English > beam: 13 senses > verb 4, communication| Meaning | broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
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| Synonyms | air, send, broadcast, transmit |
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| Category | broadcast medium, broadcasting | A medium that disseminates via telecommunications |
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| Cause to | air | Be broadcast |
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| Narrower | interrogate | transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication |
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| rerun, rebroadcast | broadcast again, as of a film |
| satellite | broadcast or disseminate via satellite |
| sportscast | broadcast a sports event |
| telecast, televise | broadcast via television |
| Broader | publicize, publicise, air, bare | make public |
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| Spanish | divulgar, emitir, radiar, retransmitir, transmitir |
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| Catalan | divulgar, emetre, radiar, transmetre |
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| Nouns | beam | a signal transmitted along a narrow path |
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