Definition of beat

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Beat (v. t.) To dash against, or strike, as with water or wind..

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To- :: To- (prep.) An obsolete intensive prefix used in the formation of compound verbs; as in to-beat, to-break, to-hew, to-rend, to-tear. See these words in the Vocabulary. See the Note on All to, or All-to, under All, adv..
Hammer :: Hammer (v. t.) To beat with a hammer; to beat with heavy blows; as, to hammer iron..
Unbeat :: Unbeat (v. t.) To deliver from the form or nature of a beast.
Tremolo :: Tremolo (n.) A certain contrivance in an organ, which causes the notes to sound with rapid pulses or beats, producing a tremulous effect; -- called also tremolant, and tremulant..
Badger :: Badger (v. t.) To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.
Pulse :: Pulse (v. i.) To beat, as the arteries; to move in pulses or beats; to pulsate; to throb..
Swaddlebill :: Swaddle (v. t.) To beat; to cudgel.
Crush :: Crush (v. t.) To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight..
Tewtaw :: Tewtaw (v. t.) To beat; to break, as flax or hemp..
Pulverize :: Pulverize (v. t.) To reduce of fine powder or dust, as by beating, grinding, or the like; as, friable substances may be pulverized by grinding or beating, but to pulverize malleable bodies other methods must be pursued..
Spread :: Spread (v. i.) To be extended by drawing or beating; as, some metals spread with difficulty..
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters..
Sextuple :: Sextuple (a.) Divisible by six; having six beats; as, sixtuple measure..
Welk :: Welk (v. t.) To soak; also, to beat severely..
Balance Wheel :: Balance wheel () A wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock; -- often called simply a balance..
Smite :: Smite (v. t.) To destroy the life of by beating, or by weapons of any kind; to slay by a blow; to kill; as, to smite one with the sword, or with an arrow or other instrument..
Get :: Get (v. i.) To arrive at, or bring one's self into, a state, condition, or position; to come to be; to become; -- with a following adjective or past participle belonging to the subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to get beaten; to get elected..
Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To dash against, or strike, as with water or wind..
Cudgeler :: Cudgeler (n.) One who beats with a cudgel.
Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To tread, as a path..
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