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ALL meanings of beaten

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  • adjective beaten Beaten earth has been pressed down, often by people's feet, until it is hard. 3
  • adjective beaten defeated or baffled 3
  • adjective beaten shaped or made thin by hammering 3
  • adjective beaten much travelled; well trodden (esp in the phrase the beaten track) 3
  • adjective beaten (of food) mixed by beating; whipped 3
  • adjective beaten tired out; exhausted 3
  • adjective beaten (of woods, undergrowth, etc) scoured so as to rouse game 3
  • adjective beaten struck with repeated blows; whipped 3
  • adjective beaten flattened by treading; much traveled 3
  • adjective beaten defeated 3
  • adjective beaten crushed in spirit by defeat 3
  • adjective beaten tired out 3
  • adjective beaten searched through for game 3
  • noun beaten Having been defeated. 1
  • adjective beaten Informal. exhausted; worn out. 1
  • adjective beaten (often initial capital letter) of or characteristic of members of the Beat Generation or beatniks. 1
  • idioms beaten beat all, Informal. to surpass anything of a similar nature, especially in an astonishing or outrageous way: The way he came in here and ordered us around beats all! 1
  • idioms beaten beat a retreat. retreat (def 12). 1
  • idioms beaten beat around / about the bush. bush1 (def 16). 1
  • idioms beaten beat it, Informal. to depart; go away: He was pestering me, so I told him to beat it. 1
  • idioms beaten beat the air / wind, to make repeated futile attempts. 1
  • idioms beaten beat the rap. rap1 (def 17). 1
  • idioms beaten off one's beat, outside of one's routine, general knowledge, or range of experience: He protested that nonobjective art was off his beat. 1
  • idioms beaten on the beat, in the correct rhythm or tempo: By the end of the number they were all finally playing on the beat. 1
  • verb with object beaten to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly. 1
  • verb with object beaten to dash against: rain beating the trees. 1
  • verb with object beaten to flutter, flap, or rotate in or against: beating the air with its wings. 1
  • verb with object beaten to sound, as on a drum: beating a steady rhythm; to beat a tattoo. 1
  • verb with object beaten to stir vigorously: Beat the egg whites well. 1
  • verb with object beaten to break, forge, or make by blows: to beat their swords into plowshares. 1
  • verb with object beaten to produce (an attitude, idea, habit, etc.) by repeated efforts: I'll beat some sense into him. 1
  • verb with object beaten to make (a path) by repeated treading. 1
  • verb with object beaten to strike (a person or animal) repeatedly and injuriously: Some of the hoodlums beat their victims viciously before robbing them. 1
  • verb with object beaten Music. to mark (time) by strokes, as with the hand or a metronome. 1
  • verb with object beaten Hunting. to scour (the forest, grass, or brush), and sometimes make noise, in order to rouse game. 1
  • verb with object beaten to overcome in a contest; defeat. 1
  • verb with object beaten to win over in a race: We beat the English challenger to Bermuda. 1
  • verb with object beaten to be superior to: Making reservations beats waiting in line. 1
  • verb with object beaten to be incomprehensible to; baffle: It beats me how he got the job. 1
  • verb with object beaten to defeat or frustrate (a person), as a problem to be solved: It beats me how to get her to understand. 1
  • verb with object beaten to mitigate or offset the effects of: beating the hot weather; trying to beat the sudden decrease in land values. 1
  • verb with object beaten Slang. to swindle; cheat (often followed by out): He beat him out of hundreds of dollars on that deal. 1
  • verb with object beaten to escape or avoid (blame or punishment). 1
  • verb with object beaten Textiles. to strike (the loose pick) into its proper place in the woven cloth by beating the loosely deposited filling yarn with the reed. 1
  • verb without object beaten to strike repeated blows; pound. 1
  • verb without object beaten to throb or pulsate: His heart began to beat faster. 1
  • verb without object beaten to dash; strike (usually followed by against or on): rain beating against the windows. 1
  • verb without object beaten to resound under blows, as a drum. 1
  • verb without object beaten to achieve victory in a contest; win: Which team do you think will beat? 1
  • verb without object beaten to play, as on a drum. 1
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