Brazilian Portugese Meaning of beat

batida

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Definitions and Meaning of beat in English

Wordnet

beat (n)

a regular route for a sentry or policeman

the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart

the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music

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

a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior

the sound of stroke or blow

(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

a regular rate of repetition

a stroke or blow

the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing

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beat (v)

come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression

hit repeatedly

move rhythmically

shape by beating

make a rhythmic sound

glare or strike with great intensity

move with a thrashing motion

sail with much tacking or with difficulty

stir vigorously

strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music

be superior

avoid paying

make a sound like a clock or a timer

move with a flapping motion

indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks

move with or as if with a regular alternating motion

make by pounding or trampling

produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly

strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting

beat through cleverness and wit

be a mystery or bewildering to

wear out completely

Wordnet

beat (s)

very tired

Webster

beat (imp.)

of Beat

Webster

beat (p. p.)

of Beat

Webster

beat (v. t.)

To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat grain, in order to force out the seeds; to beat eggs and sugar; to beat a drum.

To punish by blows; to thrash.

To scour or range over in hunting, accompanied with the noise made by striking bushes, etc., for the purpose of rousing game.

To dash against, or strike, as with water or wind.

To tread, as a path.

To overcome in a battle, contest, strife, race, game, etc.; to vanquish or conquer; to surpass.

To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; -- often with out.

To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.

To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo. See Alarm, Charge, Parley, etc.

Webster

beat (v. i.)

To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.

To move with pulsation or throbbing.

To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force; to strike anything, as, rain, wind, and waves do.

To be in agitation or doubt.

To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse.

To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat.

To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters.

To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; -- said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.

A round or course which is frequently gone over; as, a watchman's beat.

A place of habitual or frequent resort.

A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; -- often emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat.

Webster

beat (n.)

A stroke; a blow.

A recurring stroke; a throb; a pulsation; as, a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse.

The rise or fall of the hand or foot, marking the divisions of time; a division of the measure so marked. In the rhythm of music the beat is the unit.

A transient grace note, struck immediately before the one it is intended to ornament.

A sudden swelling or reenforcement of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced by the interference of sound waves of slightly different periods of vibrations; applied also, by analogy, to other kinds of wave motions; the pulsation or throbbing produced by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison. See Beat, v. i., 8.

One that beats, or surpasses, another or others; as, the beat of him.

The act of one that beats a person or thing

The act of obtaining and publishing a piece of news by a newspaper before its competitors; also, the news itself; a scoop.

The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.

A smart tap on the adversary's blade.

Webster

beat (a.)

Weary; tired; fatigued; exhausted.

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