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Adjective - 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
Noun - the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
- a stroke or blow
- the signal was two beats on the steam pipe
- a regular rate of repetition
- (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- the sound of stroke or blow
- he heard the beat of a drum
- a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
- 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
- the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
- the piece has a fast rhythm
- the conductor set the beat
- the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
- he could feel the beat of her heart
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name
Verb - wear out completely
- This kind of work exhausts me
- He was all washed up after the exam
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- Got me--I don't know the answer!
- This question really stuck me
- beat through cleverness and wit
- She outfoxed her competitors
- strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
- produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
- make by pounding or trampling
- beat a path through the forest
- move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
- the city pulsated with music and excitement
- indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
- move with a flapping motion
- The bird's wings were flapping
- make a sound like a clock or a timer
- the grandfather clock beat midnight
- be superior
- Reading beats watching television
- strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
- beat one's foot rhythmically
- sail with much tacking or with difficulty
- The boat beat in the strong wind
- move with a thrashing motion
- The bird flapped its wings
- The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky
- glare or strike with great intensity
- The sun was beating down on us
- make a rhythmic sound
- Rain drummed against the windshield
- shape by beating
- beat swords into ploughshares
- move rhythmically
- Her heart was beating fast
- hit repeatedly
- beat the table with his shoe
- 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
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
- Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
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