Bate (n.) Strife |
Bate (v. t.) To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing |
Bate (v. t.) To allow by way of abatement or deduction. |
Bate (v. t.) To leave out |
Bate (v. t.) To remove. |
Bate (v. t.) To deprive of. |
Bate (v. i.) To remit or retrench a part |
Bate (v. i.) To waste away. |
Bate (v. t.) To attack |
Bate () imp. of Bite. |
Bate (v. i.) To flutter as a hawk |
Bate (n.) See 2d Bath. |
Bate (n.) An alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain animals |
Bate (v. t.) To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather. |
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 |
Bench (n.) A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length. |
Bench (n.) A long table at which mechanics and other work |
Bench (n.) The seat where judges sit in court. |
Bench (n.) The persons who sit as judges |
Bench (n.) A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public |
Bench (n.) A conformation like a bench |
Bench (v. t.) To furnish with benches. |
Bench (v. t.) To place on a bench or seat of honor. |
beat | the act of beating to windward, sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing |
beat | a stroke or blow, the signal was two beats on the steam pipe |
bench press | a weightlift in which you lie on your back on a bench and press weights upward |
incline bench press | a bench press performed on an inclined bench |
bench | a long seat for more than one person |
bench | (law) the seat for judges in a courtroom |
bench clamp | a clamp used to hold work in place on a workbench |
bench hook | any of various stops on a workbench against which work can be pushed (as while chiseling or planing) |
bench lathe | lathe mounted on a workbench |
bench press | a small punch press mounted on a workbench |
flat bench | a bench on which a weightlifter lies to do exercises |
front bench | any of the front seats in the House of Commons that are reserved for ministers or former ministers |
lab bench laboratory bench | a workbench in a laboratory |
optical bench | apparatus for observation and measurement of optical phenomena |
park bench | a bench in a public park |
pew church bench | long bench with backs, used in church by the congregation |
vise bench vise | a holding device attached to a workbench, has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place |
workbench work bench bench | a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic |
beat | a regular rate of repetition, the cox raised the beat |
bench warrant arrest warrant | a warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to apprehend an offender and bring that person to court |
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 |
benchmark bench mark | a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point |
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 |
judiciary bench | persons who administer justice |
bench | the reserve players on a team, our team has a strong bench |
Bench | the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively |
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 |
terrace bench | a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below) |
beatnik beat | a member of the beat generation, a nonconformist in dress and behavior |
bench warmer | (sports) a substitute who seldom plays |
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 |
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 |
bate | soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments, bate hides and skins |
hammer in drill in ram down beat in | teach by drills and repetition |
perplex vex stick get a puzzle mystify baffle beat pose bewilder flummox stupefy nonplus gravel amaze dumbfound ca | be a mystery or bewildering to, This beats me!, Got me--I don't know the answer!, a vexing problem, This question really stuck me |
cast about beat about cast around | search anxiously |
beat around the bush equivocate tergiversate prevaricate palter | be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information |
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 |
outwit overreach outsmart outfox beat e circumvent | beat through cleverness and wit, I beat the traffic, She outfoxed her competitors |
beat up drum up rally | gather, drum up support |
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 |
beat | hit repeatedly, beat on the door, beat the table with his shoe |
beat c | strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting |
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 |
beat scramble | stir vigorously, beat the egg whites, beat the cream |
repel drive b repulse force back push back beat back | cause to move back by force or influence, repel the enemy, push back the urge to smoke, beat back the invaders |
beat | shape by beating, beat swords into ploughshares |