Synonyms: beat
Definition: the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
Similar words: sailing
Definition: riding in a sailboat
Synonyms: beat
Definition: a stroke or blow
Usage: the signal was two beats on the steam pipe
Similar words: stroke
Definition: a single complete movement
Synonyms: beat
Definition: a regular rate of repetition
Usage: the cox raised the beat
Definition: the relative speed of progress or change
Usage: he lived at a fast pace; he works at a great rate; the pace of events accelerated
Synonyms: rhythm, beat, musical rhythm
Definition: the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
Usage: the piece has a fast rhythm; the conductor set the beat
Similar words: musical time
Definition: (music) the beat of musical rhythm
Synonyms: beat, cadence, measure, meter, metre
Definition: (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
Similar words: poetic rhythm, prosody, rhythmic pattern
Definition: (prosody) a system of versification
Synonyms: beat
Definition: the sound of stroke or blow
Usage: he heard the beat of a drum
Similar words: sound
Definition: the sudden occurrence of an audible event
Usage: the sound awakened them
Synonyms: beat, pulsation, pulse, heartbeat
Definition: the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
Usage: he could feel the beat of her heart
Similar words: periodic event, recurrent event
Definition: an event that recurs at intervals
Definition: a regular route for a sentry or policeman
Usage: in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name
Definition: a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
Similar words: nonconformist, recusant
Definition: someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct
Synonyms: beat
Definition: 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
Similar words: vibration, oscillation
Definition: (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean
Synonyms: wash up, exhaust, beat, tucker, tucker out
Definition: wear out completely
Usage: This kind of work exhausts me; I'm beat; He was all washed up after the exam
Similar words: jade, fag, fag out, fatigue, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary
Definition: exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
Usage: We wore ourselves out on this hike
Synonyms: dumbfound, bewilder, baffle, beat, amaze, puzzle, pose, mystify, nonplus, perplex, stick, stupefy, flummox, gravel, get, vex
Definition: be a mystery or bewildering to
Usage: This beats me!; Got me--I don't know the answer!; a vexing problem; This question really stuck me
Similar words: throw, bedevil, befuddle, discombobulate, confound, confuse, fox, fuddle
Definition: be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
Usage: These questions confuse even the experts; This question completely threw me; This question befuddled even the teacher
Synonyms: trounce, crush, vanquish, shell, beat, beat out
Definition: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
Usage: Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship; We beat the competition; Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
Similar words: overcome, defeat, get the better of
Definition: win a victory over
Usage: You must overcome all difficulties; defeat your enemies; He overcame his shyness; He overcame his infirmity; Her anger got the better of her and she blew up
Synonyms: outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach, circumvent, beat
Definition: beat through cleverness and wit
Usage: I beat the traffic; She outfoxed her competitors
Similar words: outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, exceed, surmount, surpass
Definition: be or do something to a greater degree
Usage: her performance surpasses that of any other student I know; She outdoes all other athletes; This exceeds all my expectations; This car outperforms all others in its class
Synonyms: beat
Definition: hit repeatedly
Usage: beat on the door; beat the table with his shoe
Similar words: strike
Definition: deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
Usage: The teacher struck the child; the opponent refused to strike; The boxer struck the attacker dead
Synonyms: beat
Definition: strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
Synonyms: beat
Definition: strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
Usage: beat one's breast; beat one's foot rhythmically
Similar words: strike
Definition: deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
Usage: The teacher struck the child; the opponent refused to strike; The boxer struck the attacker dead
Definition: stir vigorously
Usage: beat the egg whites; beat the cream
Similar words: stir up, commove, agitate, disturb, vex, raise up, shake up
Definition: change the arrangement or position of
Synonyms: beat
Definition: shape by beating
Usage: beat swords into ploughshares
Similar words: forge, form, mold, mould, shape, work
Definition: make something, usually for a specific function
Usage: She molded the rice balls carefully; Form cylinders from the dough; shape a figure; Work the metal into a sword
Synonyms: beat
Definition: produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
Usage: beat the drum
Similar words: play
Definition: perform music on (a musical instrument)
Usage: He plays the flute; Can you play on this old recorder?
Synonyms: beat
Definition: make by pounding or trampling
Usage: beat a path through the forest
Definition: make or cause to be or to become
Usage: make a mess in one's office; create a furor
Synonyms: pulsate, quiver, beat
Definition: move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
Usage: the city pulsated with music and excitement
Similar words: move
Definition: move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
Usage: He moved his hand slightly to the right
Definition: move rhythmically
Usage: Her heart was beating fast
Similar words: move
Definition: move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
Usage: He moved his hand slightly to the right
Synonyms: beat
Definition: sail with much tacking or with difficulty
Usage: The boat beat in the strong wind
Similar words: sail
Definition: travel on water propelled by wind
Usage: I love sailing, especially on the open sea; the ship sails on
Definition: move with a flapping motion
Usage: The bird's wings were flapping
Similar words: move
Definition: move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
Usage: He moved his hand slightly to the right
Definition: move with a thrashing motion
Usage: The bird flapped its wings; The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky
Definition: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
Usage: Move those boxes into the corner, please; I'm moving my money to another bank; The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant
Synonyms: beat
Definition: glare or strike with great intensity
Usage: The sun was beating down on us
Definition: make a rhythmic sound
Usage: Rain drummed against the windshield; The drums beat all night
Definition: make a certain noise or sound
Usage: She went `Mmmmm'; The gun went `bang'
Synonyms: tick, ticktack, ticktock, beat
Definition: make a sound like a clock or a timer
Usage: the clocks were ticking; the grandfather clock beat midnight
Definition: make a certain noise or sound
Usage: She went `Mmmmm'; The gun went `bang'
Definition: avoid paying
Usage: beat the subway fare
Similar words: rip off, cheat, chisel
Definition: deprive somebody of something by deceit
Usage: The con-man beat me out of $50; This salesman ripped us off!; we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme; They chiseled me out of my money
Synonyms: beat
Definition: be superior
Usage: Reading beats watching television; This sure beats work!
Similar words: be
Definition: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
Usage: John is rich; This is not a good answer
Synonyms: bushed, all in, beat, dead
Definition: very tired
Usage: 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
Similar words: tired
Definition: depleted of strength or energy
Usage: tired mothers with crying babies; too tired to eat