- all in, beat, bushed, dead - very tired; "was all in at the end of the day"; "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"; "bushed after all that exercise"; "I'm dead after that long trip"
Antonym: rested (indirect, via tired)
- beat, round - a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"
--1 is a kind of path, route, itinerary
- pulse, pulsation, heartbeat, beat - the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart"
--2 is a kind of periodic event, recurrent event
--2 has particulars: diastole; systole; throb, throbbing, poundingDerived form: verb beat4 - rhythm, beat, musical rhythm - the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music; "the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat"
--3 is a kind of musical time
--3 has particulars: backbeat; downbeat; upbeat; syncopationDerived forms: verb beat4, verb beat11, verb beat6, verb beat16, verb beat19 - beat - 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
--4 is a kind of oscillation, vibration
- beatnik, beat - a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
--5 is a kind of nonconformist, recusant
--5 is a member of beat generation, beats, beatniks- beat - the sound of stroke or blow; "he heard the beat of a drum"
--6 is a kind of sound
Derived forms: verb beat14, verb beat3 - meter, metre, measure, beat, cadence - (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
--7 is a kind of poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern, prosody
--7 has particulars:catalexis; scansion; common measure, common meter; metrical foot, foot, metrical unit - beat - a regular rate of repetition; "the cox raised the beat"
--8 is a kind of pace, rate
Derived form: verb beat8 - beat - a stroke or blow; "the signal was two beats on the steam pipe"
--9 is a kind of stroke
Derived forms: verb beat5, verb beat3 - beat - the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
--10 is a kind of sailing
Derived form: verb beat9 - beatnik, beat - a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
- beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
--1 is one way to get the better of, overcome, defeat
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun beating1
The fighter managed to beat his opponent
- beat, beat up, work over - give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun beating2
They want to beat the prisoners
- beat - hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe"
--3 is one way to strike
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun beat6, noun beat9, noun beater2
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- beat, pound, thump - move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"
--4 is one way to move
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun beat3, noun beat2
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- beat - shape by beating; "beat swords into ploughshares"
--5 is one way to shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun beat9
The chef wants to beat the eggs
- drum, beat, thrum - make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night"
--6 is one way to sound, go
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun beat3
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- beat - glare or strike with great intensity; "The sun was beating down on us"
--7 is one way to glare
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Something is ----ing PP
- beat, flap - move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"
--8 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun beat8
Something ----s something
- beat - sail with much tacking or with difficulty; "The boat beat in the strong wind"
--9 is one way to sail
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun beat10
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- beat, scramble - stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream"
--10 is one way to agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun beater2
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- beat - strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music; "beat one's breast"; "beat one's foot rhythmically"
--11 is one way to strike
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun beat3
Somebody ----s something
- beat - be superior; "Reading beats watching television"; "This sure beats work!"
--12 is one way to be
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- beat, bunk - avoid paying; "beat the subway fare"
--13 is one way to cheat, rip off, chisel
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- tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat - make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight"
--14 is one way to sound, go
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun beat6
Something ----s
- beat, flap - move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping"
--15 is one way to move
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- beat - indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks; "Beat the rhythm"
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun beat3
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- pulsate, beat, quiver - move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement"
--17 is one way to move
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Something ----s
- beat - make by pounding or trampling; "beat a path through the forest"
--18 is one way to make, create
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- beat - produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly; "beat the drum"
--19 is one way to play
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun beat3
Somebody ----s something
- beat - strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
--20 is one way to beat
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Somebody ----s something
- outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent - beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"
--21 is one way to surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform
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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound - be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
--22 is one way to confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
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Something ----s somebody
- exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out - wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam"
--23 is one way to tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- beat, flap - move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"