beat: signification et définitions

To strike repeatedly.

To subject to repeated beatings or physical abuse; batter.

To punish by hitting or whipping; flog.

To strike against repeatedly and with force; pound: waves beating the shore.

To flap, especially wings.

To strike so as to produce music or a signal: beat a drum.

Music To mark or count (time or rhythm), especially with the hands or with a baton.

To shape or break by repeated blows; forge: beat the glowing metal into a dagger.

To make by pounding or trampling: beat a path through the jungle.

To mix rapidly with a utensil: beat two eggs in a bowl.

To defeat or subdue, as in a contest.

To force to withdraw or retreat: beat back the enemy.

To dislodge from a position: I beat him down to a lower price.

Informal To be superior to or better than: Riding beats walking.

Slang To perplex or baffle: It beats me; I don't know the answer.

Informal To avoid or counter the effects of, often by thinking ahead; circumvent: beat the traffic.

Informal To arrive or finish before (another): We beat you home by five minutes.

Informal To deprive, as by craft or ability: He beat me out of 20 dollars with his latest scheme.

Physics To cause a reference wave to combine with (a second wave) so that the frequency of the second wave can be studied through time variations in the amplitude of the combination.

To inflict repeated blows.

To pulsate; throb.

To emit sound when struck: The gong beat thunderously.

To strike a drum.

To flap repeatedly.

To shine or glare intensely: The sun beat down on us all day.