Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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Noun
S: (n) beat, round (a regular route for a sentry or policeman) "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"
S: (n) pulse, pulsation, heartbeat, beat (the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart) "he could feel the beat of her heart"
S: (n) rhythm, beat, musical rhythm (the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music) "the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat"
S: (n) beat (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)
S: (n) beatnik, beat (a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior)
S: (n) beat (the sound of stroke or blow) "he heard the beat of a drum"
S: (n) beat (a regular rate of repetition) "the cox raised the beat"
S: (n) beat (a stroke or blow) "the signal was two beats on the steam pipe"
S: (n) beat (the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing)
Verb
S: (v) beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish (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"
S: (v) beat, beat up, work over (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"
S: (v) beat (hit repeatedly) "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe"
S: (v) beat (shape by beating) "beat swords into ploughshares"
S: (v) drum, beat, thrum (make a rhythmic sound) "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night"
S: (v) beat (glare or strike with great intensity) "The sun was beating down on us"
S: (v) beat, flap (move with a thrashing motion) "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"
S: (v) beat (sail with much tacking or with difficulty) "The boat beat in the strong wind"
S: (v) beat, scramble (stir vigorously) "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream"
S: (v) beat (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"
S: (v) exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out (wear out completely) "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam"
Adjective
S: (adj) all in, beat, bushed, dead (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"