Definition of beat

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Beat (v. i.) To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse..

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Chamade :: Chamade (n.) A signal made for a parley by beat of a drum.
Beaten :: Beaten (a.) Tried; practiced.
Weather-beaten :: Weather-beaten (a.) Beaten or harassed by the weather; worn by exposure to the weather, especially to severe weather..
Jar :: Jar (v. t.) To tick; to beat; to mark or tell off.
Pound :: Pound (v. i.) To strike heavy blows; to beat.
Repercuss :: Repercuss (v. t.) To drive or beat back; hence, to reflect; to reverberate..
Clapcake :: Clapcake (n.) Oatmeal cake or bread clapped or beaten till it is thin.
Vapulation :: Vapulation (n.) The act of beating or whipping.
Bethump :: Bethump (v. t.) To beat or thump soundly.
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) 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..
Batfowling :: Batfowling (n.) A mode of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost. The birds, flying to the light, are caught with nets or otherwise..
Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To punish by blows; to thrash.
Forge :: Forge (n.) The act of beating or working iron or steel; the manufacture of metalic bodies.
Thresh :: Thresh (v. t.) To practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the business of beating grain from straw; as, a man who thrashes well..
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; -- often emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat..
Taw :: Taw (v. t.) To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew; hence, to beat; to scourge..
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat..
Rebut :: Rebut (v. t.) To drive or beat back; to repulse.
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force; to strike anything, as, rain, wind, and waves do..
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To move with pulsation or throbbing.
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