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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Mash :: Mash (v. t.) To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; to bruise; to crush; as, to mash apples in a mill, or potatoes with a pestle. Specifically (Brewing), to convert, as malt, or malt and meal, into the mash which makes wort..
Beaten :: Beaten (a.) Made smooth by beating or treading; worn by use.
Jerker :: Jerker (n.) A beater.
Malleate :: Malleate (v. t.) To hammer; to beat into a plate or leaf.
Braid :: Braid (v. t.) To mingle, or to bring to a uniformly soft consistence, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in some culinary operations..
Mill :: Mill (n.) To beat with the fists.
Verberate :: Verberate (v. t.) To beat; to strike.
Patrol :: Patrol (v.) t To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman; as, to patrol a frontier; to patrol a beat..
Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve; the drums strike up a march..
Oryx :: Oryx (n.) A genus of African antelopes which includes the gemsbok, the leucoryx, the bisa antelope (O. beisa), and the beatrix antelope (O. beatrix) of Arabia..
Bate :: Bate (v. t.) To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower..
Wallop :: Wallop (v. t.) To beat soundly; to flog; to whip.
Bethump :: Bethump (v. t.) To beat or thump soundly.
Ruff :: Ruff (v. t.) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum..
Swaddlebill :: Swaddle (v. t.) To beat; to cudgel.
Mazurka :: Mazurka (n.) A Polish dance, or the music which accompanies it, usually in 3-4 or 3-8 measure, with a strong accent on the second beat..
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) A place of habitual or frequent resort.
Dead Beat :: Dead beat () See Beat, n., 7..
Roll :: Roll (v.) The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
Beatificate :: Beatificate (v. t.) To beatify.
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