Beat
(imp.) of Beat |
Beat
(p. p.) of Beat |
Beat
(v. t.) To strike repeatedly |
Beat
(v. t.) To punish by blows |
Beat
(v. t.) To scour or range over in hunting, accompanied with the noise made by striking bushes, etc., for the purpose of rousing game. |
Beat
(v. t.) To dash against, or strike, as with water or wind. |
Beat
(v. t.) To tread, as a path. |
Beat
(v. t.) To overcome in a battle, contest, strife, race, game, etc. |
Beat
(v. t.) To cheat |
Beat
(v. t.) To exercise severely |
Beat
(v. t.) To give the signal for, by beat of drum |
Beat
(v. i.) To strike repeatedly |
Beat
(v. i.) To move with pulsation or throbbing. |
Beat
(v. i.) To come or act with violence |
Beat
(v. i.) To be in agitation or doubt. |
Beat
(v. i.) To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse. |
Beat
(v. i.) To make a sound when struck |
Beat
(v. i.) To make a succession of strokes on a drum |
Beat
(v. i.) To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect |
Beat
(n.) A stroke |
Beat
(n.) A recurring stroke |
Beat
(n.) The rise or fall of the hand or foot, marking the divisions of time |
Beat
(n.) A transient grace note, struck immediately before the one it is intended to ornament. |
Beat
(n.) A sudden swelling or reenforcement of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced by the interference of sound waves of slightly different periods of vibrations |
Beat
(v. i.) A round or course which is frequently gone over |
Beat
(v. i.) A place of habitual or frequent resort. |
Beat
(v. i.) A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade |
Beat
(a.) Weary |
Dead beat
() See Beat, n., 7. |
Double-beat valve
() See under Valve. |
Dry-beat
(v. t.) To beat severely. |
False-heart
(a.) False-hearted. |
Heart
(n.) A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood. |
Heart
(n.) The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, and the like |
Heart
(n.) The nearest the middle or center |
Heart
(n.) Courage |
Heart
(n.) Vigorous and efficient activity |
Heart
(n.) That which resembles a heart in shape |
Heart
(n.) One of a series of playing cards, distinguished by the figure or figures of a heart |
Heart
(n.) Vital part |
Heart
(n.) A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address. |
Heart
(v. t.) To give heart to |
Heart
(v. i.) To form a compact center or heart |
Heart-eating
(a.) Preying on the heart. |
Heart-robbing
(a.) Depriving of thought |
Heart-robbing
(a.) Stealing the heart or affections |
Heart's-ease
(n.) Ease of heart |
Heart's-ease
(n.) A species of violet (Viola tricolor) |
Heart-spoon
(n.) A part of the breastbone. |
Heart-whole
(a.) Having the heart or affections free |
| beat | the act of beating to windward, sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing |
| racing | the sport of engaging in contests of speed |
auto racing
car racing | the sport of racing automobiles |
| boat racing | the sport of racing boats |
| hydroplane racing | racing in high-speed motor boats |
| camel racing | the sport of racing camels |
| greyhound racing | the sport of racing greyhounds |
| horse racing | the sport of racing horses |
| thoroughbred racing | the sport of racing thoroughbred horses |
| beat | a stroke or blow, the signal was two beats on the steam pipe |
cardiac massage
heart massage | an emergency procedure that employs rhythmic compression of the heart (either through the chest wall or, during surgery, directly to the heart) in an attempt to maintain circulation during cardiac arrest |
| heart surgery | any surgical procedure involving the heart |
| closed-heart surgery | heart surgery in which a small incision is made (the chest cavity is not opened) |
| open-heart surgery | heart surgery in which the rib cage is spread open, the heart is stopped and blood is detoured through a heart-lung machine while a heart valve or coronary artery is surgically repaired |
| heart urchin | sea urchin having a heart-shaped body in a rigid spiny shell |
| artificial heart | a pump that replaces the natural heart |
cardiac monitor
heart monitor | a piece of electronic equipment for continual observation of the function of the heart |
| heart | a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it, he led the queen of hearts, hearts were trumps |
| heart-lung machine | a pump to maintain circulation during heart surgery, diverts blood from the heart and oxygenates it and then pumps it through the body |
| heart valve | an implant that replaces a natural cardiac valve |
Jarvik heart
Jarvik artificial heart | a kind of artificial heart that has been used with some success |
racer
race car
racing car | a fast car that competes in races |
| racing boat | a boat propelled by oarsmen and designed for racing |
racing circuit
circuit | a racetrack for automobile races |
| racing gig | a light narrow racing boat for two or more oarsmen |
racing skiff
single shell | a shell for a single oarsman |
rapid transit
mass rapid transit | an urban public transit system using underground or elevated trains |
| shell racing shell | a very light narrow racing boat |
sodium thiopental
phenobarbital
phenobarbitone
Luminal
purple heart | a long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative |
speed skate
racing skate | an ice skate with a long blade, worn for racing |
yacht
racing yacht | an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing |
| heart spirit | an inclination or tendency of a certain kind, he had a change of heart |
cardiac rhythm
heart rhythm | the rhythm of a beating heart |
heart mettle nerve
spunk | the courage to carry on, he kept fighting on pure spunk, you haven't got the heart for baseball |
| beat | a regular rate of repetition, the cox raised the beat |
heart
pump
ticker | the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs, its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body, he stood still, his heart thumping wildly |
| athlete's heart | enlarged heart commonly found among athletes trained for endurance |
| biauriculate heart | a heart (as of mammals and birds and reptiles) having two auricles |
cardiac muscle
heart muscle | the muscle tissue of the heart, adapted to continued rhythmic contraction |
| ventricle heart ventricle | a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries |
atrium cordis
atrium of the heart | the upper chamber of each half of the heart |
right atrium
right atrium of the heart
atrium dextrum | the right upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the venae cavae and coronary sinus |
left atrium
left atrium of the heart
atrium sinistrum | the left upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the pulmonary veins |
heart valve
cardiac valve | a valve to control one-way flow of blood |
heart
bosom | the locus of feelings and intuitions, in your heart you know it is true, her story would melt your bosom |
kernel
substance core
center
centre
essence
gist
heart heart and soul
inwardness marrow
meat
nub
pith
sum
nitty-gritty f a e a c | the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience, the gist of the prosecutor's argument, the heart and soul of the Republican Party, the nub of the story |
Order of the Purple Heart
Purple Heart | a United States military decoration awarded to any member of the armed forces who is wounded in action |
rhythm beat
musical rhythm | the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music, the piece has a fast rhythm, the conductor set the beat |
meter
metre
measure beat cadence | (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse |
| heart-to-heart | an intimate talk in private, he took me aside for a little heart-to-heart |