beat
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～ a regular rate of repetition; "the cox raised the beat"
beat
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～ 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
beat
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～ (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
beat
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～ a stroke or blow; "the signal was two beats on the steam pipe"
beat
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～ the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
beat
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～ the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart"
beat
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～ a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
beater
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～ a worker who rouses wild game from under cover for a hunter
beater
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～ an implement for beating
beatification
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～ a state of supreme happiness
beatification
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～ (Roman Catholic Church) an act of the Pope who declares that a deceased person lived a holy life and is worthy of public veneration; a first step toward canonization
beatification
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～ the action of rendering supremely blessed and extremely happy
beating
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～ the act of overcoming or outdoing
beating
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～ the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
beatitude
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～ a state of supreme happiness
Beatitude
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～ one of the eight sayings of Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount; in Latin each saying begins with `beatus' (blessed); "her favorite Beatitude is `Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth'"
beatles
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～ a rock group from Liverpool who between 1962 and 1970 produced a variety of hit songs and albums (most of them written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon)
beatnik
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～ a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
beatniks
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～ a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop)
Beatrice
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～ the woman who guided Dante through Paradise in the Divine Comedy