beat
Cross references:
1. conquer
1. beat \'be-t\ \'be-t-*n\ vb or beat; or beat.en; or beat or beat.ing
[ME beten, fr. OE be-atan; akin to OHG bo-zan to beat,]L -futare to beat,
fustis club 1: to strike repeatedly : 1a: to hit repeatedly so as to
inflict pain 1b: to walk on : TREAD 1c: to dash against 1d: to flap or
thrash at vigorously 1e: to strike at to rouse game; also : to range over
in or as if i n quest of game 1f: to mix by stirring : WHIP 2a: to drive
or force by beating 2b: to pound into a powder, paste, or pulp 2c: to
made by repeated treading or driving over 2d: to lodge or dislodge by
repeated hitting 2e: to shape by beating {~ swords into plowshares}; esp
:: to flatten thin by blows 2f: to sound or express by drum beat or sound
3: to cause to strike or flap repeatedly 4a: OVERCOME, DEFEAT; also :
SURPASS 4b: to prevail despite {~ odds} 4c: BEWILDER, BAFFLE 4d1:
FATIGUE, EXHAUST 4d2: to leave dispirited, irresolute, or hopeless 4e:
CHEAT 5a1: to act ahead of usu. so as to forestall 5a2: to report a news
item in advance of 5b: to come or arrive before 5c: CIRCUMVENT {~ the
system} 6: to indicate by beating {~ the tempo} 1a: to become forcefully
impelled : DASH 1b: to glare or strike with oppressive intensity 1c: to
sustain distracting activity 1d: to beat a drum 2a1: PULSATE, THROB 2a2:
TICK 2b: to sound upon being struck 3a: to strike repeated blows 3b: to
strike the air : FLAP 3c: to strike cover to rouse game; also : to range
or scour for or as if for game 4: to progress with much tacking or with
difficulty
2. beat n 1a: a single stroke or blow esp. in a series; also : PULSATIONM,
TICK 1b: a sound produced by or as if by beating 1c: a driving impact or
force 2: one swing of the pendulum or balance of a timepiece 3: each of
the pulsations of amplitude produced by the union of sound or ra dio waves
or electric currents having different frequencies 4a: a metrical or
rhythmic stress in poetry or music or the rhythmic effect of these
stresses 4b: the tempo indicated to a musical performer 5: a regularly
traversed round 6a: something that excels 6b: the reporting of a news
story ahead of competitors 7: DEADBEAT 8a: an act of beating to windward
8b: one of the reaches so traversed : TACK
3. beat aj [ME beten, bete, fr. pp. of beten] 1a: EXHAUSTED 1b: sapped of
resolution or morale 2: of or relating to beatniks
4. beat n : BEATNIK