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To beat up
(gcide) | Beat \Beat\ (b[=e]t), v. t. [imp. Beat; p. p. Beat,
Beaten; p. pr. & vb. n. Beating.] [OE. beaten, beten, AS.
be['a]tan; akin to Icel. bauta, OHG. b[=o]zan. Cf. 1st
Butt, Button.]
1. To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to
beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat
grain, in order to force out the seeds; to beat eggs and
sugar; to beat a drum.
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Thou shalt beat some of it [spices] very small.
--Ex. xxx. 36.
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They did beat the gold into thin plates. --Ex.
xxxix. 3.
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2. To punish by blows; to thrash.
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3. To scour or range over in hunting, accompanied with the
noise made by striking bushes, etc., for the purpose of
rousing game.
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To beat the woods, and rouse the bounding prey.
--Prior.
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4. To dash against, or strike, as with water or wind.
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A frozen continent . . . beat with perpetual storms.
--Milton.
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5. To tread, as a path.
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Pass awful gulfs, and beat my painful way.
--Blackmore.
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6. To overcome in a battle, contest, strife, race, game,
etc.; to vanquish, defeat, or conquer; to surpass or be
superior to.
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He beat them in a bloody battle. --Prescott.
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For loveliness, it would be hard to beat that. --M.
Arnold.
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7. To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; -- often with
out. [Colloq.]
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8. To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
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Why should any one . . . beat his head about the
Latin grammar who does not intend to be a critic?
--Locke.
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9. (Mil.) To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound
by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley,
a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo.
See Alarm, Charge, Parley, etc.
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10. to baffle or stump; to defy the comprehension of (a
person); as, it beats me why he would do that.
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11. to evade, avoid, or escape (blame, taxes, punishment);
as, to beat the rap (be acquitted); to beat the sales tax
by buying out of state.
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To beat down, to haggle with (any one) to secure a lower
price; to force down. [Colloq.]
To beat into, to teach or instill, by repetition.
To beat off, to repel or drive back.
To beat out, to extend by hammering.
To beat out of a thing, to cause to relinquish it, or give
it up. "Nor can anything beat their posterity out of it to
this day." --South.
To beat the dust. (Man.)
(a) To take in too little ground with the fore legs, as a
horse.
(b) To perform curvets too precipitately or too low.
To beat the hoof, to walk; to go on foot.
To beat the wing, to flutter; to move with fluttering
agitation.
To beat time, to measure or regulate time in music by the
motion of the hand or foot.
To beat up, to attack suddenly; to alarm or disturb; as, to
beat up an enemy's quarters.
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Syn: To strike; pound; bang; buffet; maul; drub; thump;
baste; thwack; thrash; pommel; cudgel; belabor; conquer;
defeat; vanquish; overcome.
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To beat up and down
(gcide) | Beat \Beat\, v. i.
1. To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock
vigorously or loudly.
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The men of the city . . . beat at the door.
--Judges. xix.
22.
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2. To move with pulsation or throbbing.
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A thousand hearts beat happily. --Byron.
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3. To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force;
to strike anything, as rain, wind, and waves do.
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Sees rolling tempests vainly beat below. --Dryden.
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They [winds] beat at the crazy casement.
--Longfellow.
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The sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he
fainted, and wished in himself to die. --Jonah iv.
8.
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Public envy seemeth to beat chiefly upon ministers.
--Bacon.
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4. To be in agitation or doubt. [Poetic]
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To still my beating mind. --Shak.
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5. (Naut.) To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a
zigzag line or traverse.
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6. To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat.
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7. (Mil.) To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the
drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters.
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8. (Acoustics & Mus.) To sound with more or less rapid
alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to
produce a pulsating effect; -- said of instruments, tones,
or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.
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A beating wind (Naut.), a wind which necessitates tacking
in order to make progress.
To beat about, to try to find; to search by various means
or ways. --Addison.
To beat about the bush, to approach a subject circuitously.
To beat up and down (Hunting), to run first one way and
then another; -- said of a stag.
To beat up for recruits, to go diligently about in order to
get helpers or participators in an enterprise.
To beat the rap, to be acquitted of an accusation; --
especially, by some sly or deceptive means, rather than to
be proven innocent.
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To beat up for recruits
(gcide) | Beat \Beat\, v. i.
1. To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock
vigorously or loudly.
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The men of the city . . . beat at the door.
--Judges. xix.
22.
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2. To move with pulsation or throbbing.
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A thousand hearts beat happily. --Byron.
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3. To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force;
to strike anything, as rain, wind, and waves do.
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Sees rolling tempests vainly beat below. --Dryden.
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They [winds] beat at the crazy casement.
--Longfellow.
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The sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he
fainted, and wished in himself to die. --Jonah iv.
8.
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Public envy seemeth to beat chiefly upon ministers.
--Bacon.
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4. To be in agitation or doubt. [Poetic]
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To still my beating mind. --Shak.
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5. (Naut.) To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a
zigzag line or traverse.
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6. To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat.
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7. (Mil.) To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the
drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters.
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8. (Acoustics & Mus.) To sound with more or less rapid
alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to
produce a pulsating effect; -- said of instruments, tones,
or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.
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A beating wind (Naut.), a wind which necessitates tacking
in order to make progress.
To beat about, to try to find; to search by various means
or ways. --Addison.
To beat about the bush, to approach a subject circuitously.
To beat up and down (Hunting), to run first one way and
then another; -- said of a stag.
To beat up for recruits, to go diligently about in order to
get helpers or participators in an enterprise.
To beat the rap, to be acquitted of an accusation; --
especially, by some sly or deceptive means, rather than to
be proven innocent.
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