[biːt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- strike (a person or an animal) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or injure them, typically with an implement such as a club or whip
(e.g: if we were caught we were beaten)

- defeat (someone) in a game or other competitive situation
(e.g: she beat him easily at chess)

- succeed in getting somewhere ahead of (someone)
(e.g: the defender beat him to the ball)

- (of the heart) pulsate
(e.g: her heart beat faster with panic)

- (of a bird) move (the wings) up and down
(e.g: doves wheel around the rooftops, beating their wings)

- stir (cooking ingredients) vigorously to make a smooth or frothy mixture
(e.g: beat the butter until light and fluffy)

- sail into the wind, following a zigzag course with repeated tacking
(e.g: we beat southwards all that first day)


Phrases:
- be beaten at the post
- beat a hasty retreat
- beat a path to someone's door
- beat about the bush
- beat it
- beat one's meat
- beat someone to it
- beat the bounds
- beat the bushes
- beat the clock
- beat the pants off
- beat the system
- beat time
- if you can't beat them, join them
- to beat all —s
- to beat the band

Origin:
Old English bēatan, of Germanic origin

[biːt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a main accent or rhythmic unit in music or poetry
(e.g: the glissando begins on the second beat)

- the movement of a bird's wings
(e.g: the beat of the swallow's wings as they dive after midges)

- an area allocated to a police officer and patrolled on foot
(e.g: his beat was in North London)

- a brief pause or moment of hesitation
(e.g: she waited for a beat of three seconds)



Phrases:
- be beaten at the post
- beat a hasty retreat
- beat a path to someone's door
- beat about the bush
- beat it
- beat one's meat
- beat someone to it
- beat the bounds
- beat the bushes
- beat the clock
- beat the pants off
- beat the system
- beat time
- if you can't beat them, join them
- to beat all —s
- to beat the band

Origin:
Old English bēatan, of Germanic origin

[biːt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- completely exhausted
(e.g: I'm beat—I need an hour or so to rest)

- relating to the beat generation or its philosophy
(e.g: beat poet Allen Ginsberg)


Phrases:
- be beaten at the post
- beat a hasty retreat
- beat a path to someone's door
- beat about the bush
- beat it
- beat one's meat
- beat someone to it
- beat the bounds
- beat the bushes
- beat the clock
- beat the pants off
- beat the system
- beat time
- if you can't beat them, join them
- to beat all —s
- to beat the band

Origin:
Old English bēatan, of Germanic origin