| Sounds | biy't | |
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| Rhymes | aesthete ... worksheet: 76 rhymes with iyt... | |
| Meaning | Very tired. | |
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| Example | "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere" | |
| Synonyms | all in, bushed, dead | |
| Broader | tired | Depleted of strength or energy |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Spanish | agotado, derrotado, hecho polvo | |
| Meaning | A regular route for a sentry or policeman. | |
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| Example | "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name" | |
| Synonym | round | |
| Broader | path, route, itinerary | An established line of travel or access |
| Spanish | ronda | |
| Catalan | ronda | |
| Meaning | The rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart. | |
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| Example | "he could feel the beat of her heart" | |
| Synonyms | pulse, pulsation, heartbeat | |
| Narrower | diastole | The widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood |
| systole | The contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery | |
| throb, throbbing, pounding | An instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart) | |
| Broader | periodic event, recurrent event | An event that recurs at intervals |
| Spanish | latido, pulsación, pulso | |
| Catalan | batec, bategada, palpitació | |
| Verbs | beat | move rhythmically |
| Meaning | The basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music. | |
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| Example | "the conductor set the beat" | |
| Synonyms | rhythm, musical rhythm | |
| Narrower | backbeat | A loud steady beat |
| downbeat | The first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm moves downward) | |
| syncopation | A musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat | |
| upbeat, offbeat | An unaccented / unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure) | |
| Broader | musical time | (music) the beat of musical rhythm |
| Spanish | cadencia, compás, ritmo | |
| Catalan | cadència, compàs, ritme | |
| Verbs | beat | strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music |
| beat | produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly | |
| beat | move rhythmically | |
| beat | indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks | |
| beat | make a rhythmic sound | |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Broader | oscillation, vibration | (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean |
| Adjectives | heterodyne | of or relating to the beat produced by heterodyning two oscillations |
| Meaning | A member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior. | |
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| Synonym | beatnik | |
| Member of | beat generation, beats, beatniks | A United States youth subculture of the 1950s |
| Broader | nonconformist, recusant | someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct |
| Spanish | beatnik | |
| Catalan | beatnik | |
| Meaning | The sound of stroke or blow / blow. | |
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| Example | "he heard the beat of a drum" | |
| Broader | sound | The sudden occurrence of an audible event |
| Verbs | beat | hit repeatedly |
| beat | make a sound like a clock or a timer / timer | |
| Meaning | (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse. | |
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| Synonyms | meter, metre, measure, cadence | |
| Category | prosody, metrics | The study of poetic meter and the art of versification |
| Narrower | catalexis | The absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse |
| common measure, common meter | The usual / usual (iambic) meter of a ballad | |
| metrical foot, foot, metrical unit | (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm | |
| scansion | Analysis of verse into metrical patterns | |
| Broader | poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern, prosody | (prosody) a system of versification |
| Spanish | cadencia, medida, metro, ritmo | |
| Catalan | cadència | |
| Meaning | A regular rate of repetition. | |
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| Example | "the cox raised the beat" | |
| Broader | pace, rate | The relative speed of progress or change |
| Spanish | cadencia | |
| Catalan | cadència | |
| Verbs | beat | move with a thrashing motion |
| Meaning | A stroke or blow. | |
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| Example | "the signal was two beats on the steam pipe" | |
| Broader | stroke | A single complete movement |
| Spanish | toque | |
| Verbs | beat | hit repeatedly |
| beat | shape by beating | |
| Meaning | The act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing. | |
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| Broader | sailing | riding in a sailboat |
| Verbs | beat | sail with much tacking or with difficulty |
| Meaning | Give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | They want to beat the prisoners | |
| Examples |
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| Synonyms | beat up, work over | |
| Entails | hit | Deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument |
| Narrower | belabour, belabor | Beat soundly |
| cane, flog, lambaste, lambast | Beat with a cane | |
| clobber, baste, batter | strike violently and repeatedly | |
| flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce | Beat severely with a whip or rod | |
| knock cold, knock out, kayo | knock unconscious or senseless | |
| pistol-whip | Beat with a pistol | |
| rough up | treat violently | |
| soak | Beat severely | |
| spank, paddle, larrup | Give a spanking to | |
| strong-arm | Use physical force against | |
| thrash, thresh, lam, flail | Give a thrashing to | |
| Spanish | apalear, dar una paliza, derrotar, golpear, pegar | |
| Catalan | copejar, derrotar, picar | |
| Nouns | beating | the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows |
| Meaning | hit repeatedly. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Examples |
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| Narrower | bastinado | Beat somebody on the soles of the feet |
| beat | strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting | |
| beetle | Beat with a beetle | |
| deck, coldcock, dump, knock down, floor | knock down with force | |
| full | beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening | |
| hammer | Beat with or as if with a hammer | |
| paste | hit with the fists | |
| thrash, thresh | Beat the seeds out of a grain | |
| whang | Beat with force | |
| Broader | strike | deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon |
| Similar to | beat | strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music |
| Spanish | batir a golpes, golpear repetidamente | |
| Nouns | beat | a stroke or blow |
| beat | the sound of stroke or blow / blow | |
| beater | an implement for beating | |
| Meaning | Move rhythmically. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "Her heart was beating fast" | |
| Synonyms | pound, thump | |
| Narrower | flap | Move noisily |
| palpitate, flutter | Beat rapidly | |
| pulsate, throb, pulse | Expand and contract rhythmically | |
| thrash | beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Similar to | beat | Indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks |
| Spanish | aporrear, golpear, latir | |
| Catalan | bategar, batre | |
| Nouns | beat | the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music |
| beat | the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart | |
| Meaning | shape by beating. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | The chef wants to beat the eggs | |
| Example | "beat swords into ploughshares" | |
| Narrower | forge, hammer | create by hammering |
| Broader | shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge | make something, usually for a specific function |
| Spanish | golpear | |
| Catalan | copejar, pegar | |
| Participle | beaten | formed or made thin by hammering |
| Nouns | beat | a stroke or blow |
| Meaning | make a rhythmic sound. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "The drums beat all night" | |
| Synonyms | drum, thrum | |
| Broader | sound, go | make a certain noise or sound |
| Similar to | beat | Indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks |
| Spanish | golpetear, martillear, tamborear, tamborilear | |
| Catalan | copejar, martellejar, tamborinar, tamborinejar | |
| Nouns | beat | the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music |
| Meaning | Glare or strike with great intensity. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "The sun was beating down on us" | |
| Broader | glare | shine intensely |
| Spanish | pegar, picar, quemar | |
| Catalan | cremar, picar | |
| Meaning | Move with a thrashing motion. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky" | |
| Synonym | flap | |
| Narrower | bate | flap the wings wildly or frantically |
| clap | Cause to strike the air in flight | |
| flutter | Flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements | |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Similar to | beat, flap | Move with a flapping motion |
| Spanish | agitar, aletear, batir, sacudir | |
| Catalan | agitar, aletejar, batre, espolsar | |
| Nouns | beat | a regular rate of repetition |
| Meaning | Sail with much tacking or with difficulty. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "The boat beat in the strong wind" | |
| Category | navigation, pilotage, piloting | The guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place |
| Broader | sail | Travel on water propelled by wind |
| Nouns | beat | the act of beating to windward |
| Meaning | Stir vigorously. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Examples |
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| Synonym | scramble | |
| Category | cooking, cookery, preparation | The act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat |
| Narrower | cream | make creamy by beating |
| whisk, whip | Whip with or as if with a wire whisk | |
| Broader | agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up | change the arrangement or position of |
| Spanish | batir, revolver | |
| Catalan | batre, remenar | |
| Nouns | beater | an implement for beating |
| Meaning | strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Examples |
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| Broader | strike | deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon |
| Similar to | beat | hit repeatedly |
| Nouns | beat | the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music |
| Meaning | Be superior. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Examples |
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| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
| Meaning | avoid paying. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "beat the subway fare" | |
| Synonym | bunk | |
| Broader | cheat, rip off, chisel | deprive somebody of something by deceit |
| Meaning | make a sound like a clock or a timer / timer. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "the grandfather clock beat midnight" | |
| Synonyms | tick, ticktock, ticktack | |
| Broader | sound, go | make a certain noise or sound |
| Catalan | amartellar, bategar, batre, copejar, martellejar, palpitar, pegar, tustar | |
| Nouns | beat | the sound of stroke or blow / blow |
| Meaning | Move with a flapping motion. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonym | flap | |
| Narrower | clap | strike the air in flight |
| flail, thresh | Move like a flail | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Similar to | beat, flap | Move with a thrashing motion |
| Spanish | agitar, aletear, golpetear | |
| Catalan | agitar, aletejar, copejar, esbategar | |
| Meaning | Indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "Beat the rhythm" | |
| Narrower | beat out, tap out, thump out | beat out a rhythm |
| Similar to | beat | produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly |
| beat, pound, thump | Move rhythmically | |
| drum, beat, thrum | make a rhythmic sound | |
| Spanish | golpetear, marcar el ritmo, martillear | |
| Catalan | copejar, picar | |
| Nouns | beat | the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music |
| Meaning | Move with or as if with a regular alternating motion. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonyms | pulsate, quiver | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Similar to | pulsate, throb, pulse | Expand and contract rhythmically |
| Meaning | make by pounding or trampling. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "beat a path through the forest" | |
| Entails | tread, trample | tread or stomp heavily or roughly |
| Broader | make, create | make or cause to be or to become |
| Spanish | desbrozar | |
| Meaning | produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "beat the drum" | |
| Category | music | An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner |
| Broader | play | Perform music on (a musical instrument) |
| Similar to | beat | Indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks |
| Nouns | beat | the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music |
| Meaning | strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | beat | hit repeatedly |
| Meaning | Beat through cleverness and wit. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "I beat the traffic" | |
| Synonyms | outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, circumvent | |
| Broader | surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform | Be or do something to a greater degree |
| Similar to | beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish | Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict |
| Spanish | burlar | |
| Adjectives | beatable | susceptible to being defeated |
| Meaning | Be a mystery or bewildering to. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "This beats me!" | |
| Synonyms | perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound | |
| Narrower | elude, escape | Be incomprehensible to |
| riddle | Set a difficult problem or riddle | |
| stump, mix up | Cause to be perplexed or confounded | |
| Broader | confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate | Be confusing / confusing or perplexing to |
| Spanish | asombrar, confundir, desconcertar, incomodar, irritar, molestar, sorprender | |
| Catalan | desconcertar, incomodar, irritar, molestar | |
| Meaning | wear out completely. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "I'm beat" | |
| Synonyms | exhaust, wash up, tucker, tucker out | |
| Narrower | frazzle | Exhaust physically or emotionally |
| kill | tire out completely | |
| play | Exhaust by allowing to pull on the line | |
| Broader | tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue | Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain / strain / strain or stress |
| Spanish | agotarse, agotar | |
| Catalan | esgotar-se, esgotar | |
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