Definition of beat

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Beat (n.) A sudden swelling or reenforcement of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced by the interference of sound waves of slightly different periods of vibrations; applied also, by analogy, to other kinds of wave motions; the pulsation or throbbing produced by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison. See Beat, v. i., 8..

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Taw :: Taw (v. t.) To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew; hence, to beat; to scourge..
Cheapen :: Cheapen (a.) To beat down the price of; to lessen the value of; to depreciate.
Launder :: Launder (n.) A trough used by miners to receive the powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus, for comminuting, or sorting, the ore..
Eggnog :: Eggnog (n.) A drink consisting of eggs beaten up with sugar, milk, and (usually) wine or spirits..
Throb :: Throb (n.) A beat, or strong pulsation, as of the heart and arteries; a violent beating; a papitation:.
Lam :: Lam (v. t.) To beat soundly; to thrash.
Sextuple :: Sextuple (a.) Divisible by six; having six beats; as, sixtuple measure..
Thesis :: Thesis (n.) The accented part of the measure, expressed by the downward beat; -- the opposite of arsis..
Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To scour or range over in hunting, accompanied with the noise made by striking bushes, etc., for the purpose of rousing game..
Profligate :: Profligate (a.) Overthrown; beaten; conquered.
Bang :: Bang (v. t.) To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly..
Vapulation :: Vapulation (n.) The act of beating or whipping.
Rivet :: Rivet (v. t.) To spread out the end or point of, as of a metallic pin, rod, or bolt, by beating or pressing, so as to form a sort of head..
Beater :: Beater (n.) One who, or that which, beats..
Beat :: Beat (p. p.) of Bea.
Hammer :: Hammer (n.) An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle..
Pound :: Pound (v. i.) To strike heavy blows; to beat.
Drum :: Drum (v. i.) To beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a drum.
Beatify :: Beatify (v. t.) To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment.
Abature :: Abature (n.) Grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them.
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