Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Display options for word: word (sense key)
Noun
S: (n) beat (beat%1:15:00::), round (round%1:15:00::) (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) beat (beat%1:19:00::) (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: (v) beat (beat%2:35:01::), beat up (beat_up%2:35:01::), work over (work_over%2:35:00::) (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 (beat%2:35:00::) (hit repeatedly) "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe"
S: (v) beat (beat%2:39:03::) (glare or strike with great intensity) "The sun was beating down on us"
S: (v) beat (beat%2:38:04::), flap (flap%2:38:03::) (move with a thrashing motion) "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"
S: (v) beat (beat%2:38:01::) (sail with much tacking or with difficulty) "The boat beat in the strong wind"
S: (v) beat (beat%2:35:10::) (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"