Beat (imp.) of Beat |
Beat (p. p.) of Beat |
Beaten () of Beat |
Beating (p. pr. & vb. n.) 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 |
Beaten (a.) Made smooth by beating or treading |
Beaten (a.) Vanquished |
Beaten (a.) Exhausted |
Beaten (a.) Become common or trite |
Beaten (a.) Tried |
Beating (n.) The act of striking or giving blows |
Beating (n.) Pulsation |
Beating (n.) Pulsative sounds. See Beat, n. |
Beating (n.) The process of sailing against the wind by tacks in zigzag direction. |
Benting time () The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe. |
Dead beat () See Beat, n., 7. |
Double-beat valve () See under Valve. |
Dry-beat (v. t.) To beat severely. |
Gold-beaten (a.) Gilded. |
Gold-beating (n.) The art or process of reducing gold to extremely thin leaves, by beating with a hammer. |
Storm-beat (a.) Beaten, injured, or impaired by storms. |
Time (n.) Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof. |
Time (n.) A particular period or part of duration, whether past, present, or future |
Time (n.) The period at which any definite event occurred, or person lived |
Time (n.) The duration of one's life |
time | the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past |
beat | the act of beating to windward, sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing |
avocation by-line hobby pursuit sideline spare-time activity | an auxiliary activity |
beat | a stroke or blow, the signal was two beats on the steam pipe |
time and motion study time-and-motion study time-motion study motion study time study work study | an analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort |
waste of time | the devotion of time to a useless activity, the waste of time could prove fatal |
time exposure | exposure of a film for a relatively long time (more than half a second) |
harvest harvest time | the season for gathering crops |
haying haying time | the season for cutting and drying and storing grass as fodder |
respite recess break time out | a pause from doing something (as work), we took a -minute break, he took time out to recuperate |
free time spare time | time that is free from duties or responsibilities |
beating thrashing licking drubbing lacing trouncing whacking | the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows |
beating whipping | the act of overcoming or outdoing |
character printer character-at-a-time printer serial printer | a printer that prints a single character at a time |
line printer line-at-a-time printer | printer that serves as an output device on a computer, prints a whole line of characters at a time |
page printer page-at-a-time printer | a printer that prints one page at a time |
time-ball | a ball that slides down a staff to show a fixed time, especially at an observatory |
time bomb infernal machine | a bomb that has a detonating mechanism that can be set to go off at a particular time |
time capsule | container for preserving historical records to be discovered at some future time |
time clock | clock used to record the hours that people work |
time-delay measuring instrument time-delay measuring system | chronoscope for measuring the time difference between two events |
time exposure | a photograph produced with a relatively long exposure time |
time-fuse | a fuse made to burn for a given time (especially to explode a bomb) |
time machine | a science fiction machine that is supposed to transport people or objects into the past or the future |
time-switch | a switch set to operate at a desired time |
vintage time of origin | the oldness of wines |
meter metre time | rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration |
beat | a regular rate of repetition, the cox raised the beat |
light time | distance measured in terms of the speed of light (or radio waves), the light time from Jupiter to the sun is approximately minutes |
space-time space-time continuum | the four-dimensional coordinate system ( dimensions of space and of time) in which physical events are located |
time series | a series of values of a variable at successive times |
pulse-time modulation | modulation of the time between successive pulses |
time sheet | a record of the hours worked by employees |
time signal | a signal (especially electronic or by radio) indicating the precisely correct time |
time signature musical time signature | a musical notation indicating the number of beats to a measure and kind of note that takes a beat |
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 |
good time blast | a highly pleasurable or exciting experience, we had a good time at the party, celebrating after the game was a blast |
time | a person's experience on a particular occasion, he had a time holding back the tears, they had a good time together |
semantic error run-time error runtime error | an error in logic or arithmetic that must be detected at run time |
time clip | an instance or single occasion for some event, this time he succeeded, he called four times, he could do ten at a clip |
beat | the sound of stroke or blow, he heard the beat of a drum |
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 |
beat generation beats beatniks | a United States youth subculture of the s, rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress, for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism, favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop) |
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 |
time zone | any of the regions of the globe (loosely divided by longitude) throughout which the same standard time is used |
beatnik beat | a member of the beat generation, a nonconformist in dress and behavior |
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 |
double time | a doubled wage (for working overtime) |
time and a half | a rate of pay that is . times the regular rate, for overtime work |