Definition of beat

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Beat (v. i.) To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; -- said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison..

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Knead :: Knead (v. t.) Fig.: To treat or form as by kneading; to beat.
Foliature :: Foliature (n.) The state of being beaten into foil.
Wap :: Wap (n.) A blow or beating; a whap.
Churn :: Churn (v. t.) A vessel in which milk or cream is stirred, beaten, or otherwise agitated (as by a plunging or revolving dasher) in order to separate the oily globules from the other parts, and obtain butter..
Syncope :: Syncopation (n.) The act of syncopating; a peculiar figure of rhythm, or rhythmical alteration, which consists in welding into one tone the second half of one beat with the first half of the beat which follows..
Lathe :: Lathe (n.) The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; -- called also lay and batten..
Beatify :: Beatify (v. t.) To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness..
Paw :: Paw (v. i.) To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.
Drumbeat :: Drumbeat (n.) The sound of a beaten drum; drum music.
Excerebration :: Excerebration (n.) The act of removing or beating out the brains.
Squash :: Squash (v. i.) To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.
Beaten :: Beaten (a.) Vanquished; conquered; baffled.
Measure :: Measure (n.) The group or grouping of beats, caused by the regular recurrence of accented beats..
Beaten :: Beaten () of Bea.
Beetle :: Beetle (v. t.) A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc..
Roll :: Roll (v. i.) To beat a drum with strokes so rapid that they can scarcely be distinguished by the ear.
Forge :: Forge (n.) To form by heating and hammering; to beat into any particular shape, as a metal..
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) A place of habitual or frequent resort.
Trim :: Trim (v. t.) To rebuke; to reprove; also, to beat..
Beat :: Beat (n.) The rise or fall of the hand or foot, marking the divisions of time; a division of the measure so marked. In the rhythm of music the beat is the unit..
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