The definition of 'beated' & the word 'beated' in example sentences or phrases
Verb
1
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
- We beat the competition
- Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
2
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
3
hit repeatedly
- beat on the door
- beat the table with his shoe
4
move rhythmically
- Her heart was beating fast
5
shape by beating
- beat swords into ploughshares
6
make a rhythmic sound
- Rain drummed against the windshield
- The drums beat all night
7
glare or strike with great intensity
- The sun was beating down on us
8
move with a thrashing motion
- The bird flapped its wings
- The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky
9
sail with much tacking or with difficulty
- The boat beat in the strong wind
10
stir vigorously
- beat the egg whites
- beat the cream
11
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
12
be superior
- Reading beats watching television
- This sure beats work!
13
avoid paying
- beat the subway fare
14
make a sound like a clock or a timer
- the clocks were ticking
- the grandfather clock beat midnight
15
move with a flapping motion
- The bird's wings were flapping
16
indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
- Beat the rhythm
17
move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
- the city pulsated with music and excitement
18
make by pounding or trampling
- beat a path through the forest
19
produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
- beat the drum
20
strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
21
beat through cleverness and wit
- I beat the traffic
- She outfoxed her competitors
22
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
23
wear out completely
- This kind of work exhausts me
- I'm beat
- He was all washed up after the exam
Synonyms of the word 'beated' & Antonyms of the word 'beated'.
Verb
Synonymscrush, beat, vanquish, beat out, trounce, shell, beat, beat up, work over, beat, beat, pound, thump, beat, thrum, beat, drum, beat, beat, flap, beat, beat, scramble, beat, beat, bunk, beat, beat, ticktack, ticktock, tick, beat, flap, beat, quiver, pulsate, beat, beat, beat, beat, outfox, outsmart, beat, circumvent, outwit, overreach, bewilder, stupefy, nonplus, stick, mystify, baffle, puzzle, gravel, dumbfound, perplex, beat, flummox, get, vex, pose, amaze, tucker out, beat, tucker, wash up, exhaust,
