beat - Meaning in Tamil

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beat - Meaning in Tamil

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Definitions and Meaning of beat in English

beat adjective

1. very tired

   Synonyms

   all in, bushed, dead

   குற்றுயிரான, குலையுயிரான

   Examples

   • "bushed after all that exercise"
   • "I'm dead after that long trip"
   • "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"
   • "was all in at the end of the day"

beat noun

1. a stroke or blow

   Example

   • "the signal was two beats on the steam pipe"
2. 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
3. a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior

   Synonyms

   beatnik

4. a regular route for a sentry or policeman

   Synonyms

   round

   Example

   • "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"
5. the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart

   Synonyms

   heartbeat, pulsation, pulse, pulse

   Example

   • "he could feel the beat of her heart"
6. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

   Synonyms

   cadence, cadence, measure, meter, meter, metre

7. the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
8. a regular rate of repetition

   Example

   • "the cox raised the beat"
9. the sound of stroke or blow

   Example

   • "he heard the beat of a drum"
10. the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music

    Synonyms

    musical rhythm, rhythm

    Examples

    • "the conductor set the beat"
    • "the piece has a fast rhythm"

beat verb

1. make by pounding or trampling

   Example

   • "beat a path through the forest"
2. be superior

   Examples

   • "Reading beats watching television"
   • "This sure beats work!"
3. avoid paying

   Synonyms

   bunk

   Example

   • "beat the subway fare"
4. make a sound like a clock or a timer

   Synonyms

   tick, ticktack, ticktock

   Examples

   • "the clocks were ticking"
   • "the grandfather clock beat midnight"
5. make a rhythmic sound

   Synonyms

   drum, thrum

   Examples

   • "Rain drummed against the windshield"
   • "The drums beat all night"
6. glare or strike with great intensity

   Example

   • "The sun was beating down on us"
7. move with a thrashing motion

   Synonyms

   flap

   Examples

   • "The bird flapped its wings"
   • "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"
8. move with a flapping motion

   Synonyms

   flap

   Example

   • "The bird's wings were flapping"
9. sail with much tacking or with difficulty

   Example

   • "The boat beat in the strong wind"
10. indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks

    Example

    • "Beat the rhythm"
11. move rhythmically

    Synonyms

    pound, pound, thump

    Example

    • "Her heart was beating fast"
12. move with or as if with a regular alternating motion

    Synonyms

    pulsate, quiver

    Example

    • "the city pulsated with music and excitement"
13. produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly

    Example

    • "beat the drum"
14. shape by beating

    Example

    • "beat swords into ploughshares"
15. stir vigorously

    Synonyms

    scramble

    Examples

    • "beat the cream"
    • "beat the egg whites"
16. strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music

    Examples

    • "beat one's breast"
    • "beat one's foot rhythmically"
17. strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
18. hit repeatedly

    Examples

    • "beat on the door"
    • "beat the table with his shoe"
19. give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression

    Synonyms

    beat up, work over

    Examples

    • "The teacher used to beat the students"
    • "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"
20. beat through cleverness and wit

    Synonyms

    circumvent, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach

    Examples

    • "I beat the traffic"
    • "She outfoxed her competitors"
21. come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

    Synonyms

    beat out, crush, shell, shell, trounce, vanquish

    Examples

    • "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"
    • "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
    • "We beat the competition"
22. be a mystery or bewildering to

    Synonyms

    amaze, baffle, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex, vex

    Examples

    • "a vexing problem"
    • "Got me--I don't know the answer!"
    • "This beats me!"
    • "This question really stuck me"
23. wear out completely

    Synonyms

    exhaust, tucker out, tucker, tucker, wash up

    Examples

    • "He was all washed up after the exam"
    • "I'm beat"
    • "This kind of work exhausts me"

Synonyms of beat

• musical rhythm, rhythm
• cadence, measure, meter, metre
• heartbeat, pulsation, pulse
• round
• beatnik
• exhaust, tucker, tucker out, wash up
• amaze, baffle, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex
• beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
• circumvent, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach
• beat up, work over
• scramble
• pulsate, quiver
• pound, thump
• flap
• flap
• drum, thrum
• tick, ticktack, ticktock
• bunk
• all in, bushed, dead

More matches for beat

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