beat

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English Vietnamese dictionary

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Advanced English dictionary

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verb, noun, adjective
+ verb (beat, beaten )
in game
1 [VN] ~ sb (at sth) to defeat sb in a game or competition: He beat me at chess. + Their recent wins have proved they're still the ones to beat (= the most difficult team to beat).
control
2 [VN] to get control of sth
Synonym: DEFEAT
The government's main aim is to beat inflation.
be too difficult
3 to be too difficult for sb
Synonym: DEFEAT
[VN] a problem that beats even the experts + [VN wh-] It beats me (= I don't know) why he did it. + What beats me is how it was done so quickly (= I don't understand how).
be better
4 [VN] to do or be better than sth: Nothing beats home cooking. + You can't beat Italian shoes. + They want to beat the speed record (= go faster than anyone before).
avoid
5 [VN] to avoid sth: If we go early we should beat the traffic. + We were up and off early to beat the heat.
hit
6 to hit sb/sth many times, usually very hard: [V, +adv./prep.] Somebody was beating at the door. + Hailstones beat against the window. + [VN] [often +adv./prep.] Someone was beating a drum. + She was beating dust out of the carpet (= removing dust from the carpet by beating it). + An elderly man was found beaten to death. + At that time children were regularly beaten for quite minor offences (= a punishment). + The prisoners were beaten into submission (= they were beaten until they did what was wanted). + [VN-ADJ] They beat him unconscious (= hit him until he became unconscious).
of heart / drums / wings
7 to make, or cause sth to make, a regular sound or movement: [V] She's alive-her heart is still beating. + We heard the drums beating. + [VN] The bird was beating its wings (= moving them up and down) frantically.
mix
8 [VN] ~ sth (up)
~ A and B together to mix sth with short quick movements with a fork, etc: Beat the eggs up to a frothy consistency. + Beat the flour and milk together.
shape metal
9 ~ sth (out) (into sth) to change the shape of sth, especially metal, by hitting it with a hammer, etc: [VN] beaten silver + The gold is beaten out into thin strips. + [VN-ADJ] The metal had been beaten flat.
make path
10 [VN] ~ sth (through, across, along, etc. sth) to make a path, etc. by walking somewhere or by pressing branches down and walking over them: a well-beaten track (= one that has been worn hard by much use) + The hunters beat a path through the undergrowth.
Idioms: beat about the bush (BrE) (AmE beat around the bush) to talk about sth for a long time without coming to the main point: Stop beating about the bush and tell me what you want.
beat sb at their own game to defeat or do better than sb in an activity which they have chosen or in which they think they are strong
beat your brains out (informal, especially AmE) to think very hard about sth for a long time: I've been beating my brains out all weekend to get this script written.
beat your breast to show great sadness or guilt, especially in public and in an exaggerated way
beat the clock to finish a task, race, etc. before a particular time
beat it (spoken, slang) (usually used in orders) to go away immediately: This is private land, so beat it!
beat a path to sb's door if a lot of people beat a path to sb's door, they are all interested in sth that person has to sell, or can do or tell them: Top theatrical agents are beating a path to the teenager's door.
beat the rap (AmE, slang) to escape without being punished
beat a (hasty) retreat to go away or back quickly, especially to avoid sth unpleasant
beat time (to sth) to mark or follow the rhythm of music, by waving a stick, TAPPING your foot, etc: She beat time with her fingers.
beat sb to the punch (informal) to get or do sth before sb else can
can you beat that / it! (spoken) used to express surprise or anger
if you can't beat them, join them (saying) if you cannot defeat sb or be as successful as they are, then it is more sensible to join them in what they are doing and perhaps get some advantage for yourself by doing so
off the beaten track far away from other people, houses, etc: They live miles off the beaten track.
a rod / stick to beat sb with a fact, an argument, etc. that is used in order to blame or punish sb
take some beating to be difficult to beat: That score is going to take some beating. + For sheer luxury, this hotel takes some beating.
more at BLACK adj., DAYLIGHTS, DRUM n., HELL
Phrasal Verbs: beat sth<->down to hit a door, etc. many times until it breaks open
beat down (on sb/sth) if the sun beats down it shines with great heat: The sun beat down on the desert sand.
beat sb/sth down (to sth) to persuade sb to reduce the price at which they are selling sth: He wanted $8 000 for the car but I beat him down to $6 000. + I beat down the price to $6 000.
beat off (AmE, !!!, slang) to MASTURBATE
beat sb/sth<->off to force sb/sth back or away by fighting: The attacker was beaten off. + She beat off a challenge to her leadership.
beat sth<->out
1 to produce a rhythm by hitting sth many times
2 to put a fire out by beating: We beat the flames out.
3 to remove sth by hitting it with a hammer, etc: They can beat out the dent in the car's wing.
beat sb out of sth (AmE, informal) to cheat sb by taking sth from them: Her brother beat her out of $200.
beat sb to sth / ...
beat sb to it to get somewhere or do sth before sb else: She beat me to the top of the hill. + I was about to take the last cake, but he beat me to it.
beat sb<->up to hit or kick sb hard, many times: He was badly beaten up by a gang of thugs.
beat up on sb (AmE) to hit sb hard, especially sb who is young or weak: I've heard people say he used to beat up on his wife.
+ noun
of drums / heart / wings
1 [C] a single blow to sth, such as a drum, or a movement of sth, such as your heart; the sound that this makes: several loud beats on the drum + His heart missed a beat when he saw her.
2 [sing.] a series of regular blows to sth, such as a drum; the sound that this makes: the steady beat of the drums
See also - HEARTBEAT
rhythm
3 [C] the main rhythm, or a unit of rhythm, in a piece of music, a poem, etc: This type of music has a strong beat to it. + The piece has four beats to the bar. + Pause for two beats and then repeat the chorus.
of police officer
4 [C] the area which a police officer walks around regularly and which he or she is responsible for: More police officers out on the beat may help to cut crime.
Idioms see HEART, WALK v.
+ adjective [not before noun] (informal) = DEAD BEAT

Thesaurus dictionary

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v.

1 strike, pound, bash, smite, batter, pummel or pommel, belabour, pelt, clout, thrash, give (someone) a thrashing or beating, drub, manhandle, thump, whack, cane, scourge, whip, bludgeon, club, cudgel, fustigate; whip, flog, lash, Colloq clobber, wallop, give (someone) a once-over:

At first he refused to tell them, but then they beat it out of him.

2 defeat, best, worst, win (out) over, vanquish, trounce, rout, outdo, subdue, overcome, overwhelm, pre-empt; surpass, conquer, crush, master, US beat out:

Can they beat Manchester United for the cup? He first beat the Danes, then the Russians.

3 throb, pulsate, palpitate, pound, thump:

I could feel my heart beating against my ribs.

4 Nautical tack:

Close-hauled, the sloop was beating to windward against the howling gale.

5 hammer, forge, shape, form, fashion, make, mould:

They shall beat their swords into ploughshares.

6 mix, whip, stir, blend:

Beat two eggs, then add the flour and sugar.

7 tread, wear, trample:

The hunters beat a path through the forest.

8 beat it. depart, leave, abscond, run off or away, Slang US take it on the lam, lam out of here, US hit the road:

You'd better beat it before the cops come.

9 beat off. drive off or away, rout:

We beat off our attackers, who fled into the forest.

n.

10 stroke, blow:

The signal was to be three beats of a tin cup on the pipes.

11 rhythm, tempo, measure; pulse, throb, stress, pulsation:

In boogie-woogie the beat is eight to the bar.

12 course, round, tour, route, circuit, run, path; area, bailiwick:

In the old days, it was the bobby on the beat who prevented a lot of crime. As a reporter, my beat is the financial news.

adj.

13 dead beat, exhausted, spent, drained, worn out, weary, bone-tired, fatigued, fagged:

I was really beat after completing the marathon.

Collocation dictionary

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¹ rhythm

ADJ.

regular, rhythmic, steady | pounding

VERB + BEAT

clap to, dance to, sway to

They danced to the rhythmic beat of the music.

PHRASES

two, three, four, etc. beats to the bar

The piece has four beats to the bar.

| sb's heart misses/skips a beat

(= sb feels very nervous)As I opened the letter, my heart missed a beat.

² of a police officer

VERB + BEAT

pound, walk

We have two officers walking the beat after midnight.

PREP.

on the ~

officers on the beat

Concise English dictionary

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beaten|beats|beatingbiːt
noun
+a regular route for a sentry or policeman
+the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
+the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
+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
+a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
+the sound of stroke or blow
+(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
+a regular rate of repetition
+a stroke or blow
+the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
verb
+come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
+give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
+hit repeatedly
+move rhythmically
+shape by beating
+make a rhythmic sound
+glare or strike with great intensity
+move with a thrashing motion
+sail with much tacking or with difficulty
+stir vigorously
+strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
+be superior
+avoid paying
+make a sound like a clock or a timer
+move with a flapping motion
+indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
+move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
+make by pounding or trampling
+produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
+strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
+beat through cleverness and wit
+be a mystery or bewildering to
+wear out completely
adj.
+very tired

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