beat
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～ be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
beat
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～ wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam"
beat
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～ give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"
beat
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～ make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night"
beat
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～ move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"
beat
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～ produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly; "beat the drum"
beat
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～ beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"
beat
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～ make by pounding or trampling; "beat a path through the forest"
beat
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～ glare or strike with great intensity; "The sun was beating down on us"
beat
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～ strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music; "beat one's breast"; "beat one's foot rhythmically"
beat
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～ strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
beat
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～ be superior; "Reading beats watching television"; "This sure beats work!"
beat
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～ sail with much tacking or with difficulty; "The boat beat in the strong wind"
beat
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～ move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement"
beat
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～ move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"
beat
— Adjective
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～ very tired; "was all in at the end of the day"; "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"; "bushed after all that exercise"; "I'm dead after that long trip"
beat
— Noun
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～ a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"
beat
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～ the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music; "the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat"
beat
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～ the sound of stroke or blow; "he heard the beat of a drum"