Defeat

verb

1. To hit repeatedly so as to inflict pain

   "Inmates were put in solitary for beating other inmates."

2. To walk on tread

   "beat the pavement looking for work"

3. To strike directly against forcefully and repeatedly dash against

   "waves beating the shore"

4. To flap or thrash at vigorously

   "a trapped bird beating the air"

5. To strike at in order to rouse game

   "beating a hedgerow"

6. To mix by stirring whip

   "beat the eggs"

7. To strike repeatedly in order to produce music or a signal

   "beat a drum"

8. To drive or force by blows

   "beat back his attackers"

9. To pound into a powder, paste, or pulp
10. To make by repeated treading or driving over

    "beat a path through the woods"

11. To shape by beating

    "beat swords into plowshares"

12. To sound or express especially by drumbeat

    "beating out a rhythm on the conga"

13. To cause to strike or flap repeatedly

    "a bird beating its wings"

14. Overcome, defeat

    "beat the insurgents in a bloody battle"

15. To prevail despite

    "beat the odds"

16. Bewilder, baffle

    "it beats me how she does it"

17. Cheat, swindle

    "beat him out of his inheritance"

18. To come or arrive before

    "I beat him to the finish line."

19. Circumvent

    "beat the system"

20. To outmaneuver (a defender) and get free

    "The player attempts to beat the defender and score."

21. To score against (a goalkeeper)
22. To produce (music or a signal) by striking something repeatedly to indicate by beating

    "beat the tempo"

23. To become forcefully propelled forward dash

    "waves beating against the shore"

24. To glare or strike with oppressive intensity

    "The sun beat down on us."

25. To sustain distracting activity

    "… the turbulence of the Renaissance … beating about his head …"

26. To strike a drum repeatedly to beat a drum

    "The drummers kept beating."

27. To sound upon being struck

    "the sound of a beating drum"

28. To strike repeated blows

    "beating on the door"

29. To strike the air flap

    "The bird's wings beat frantically."

30. To strike bushes or other cover in order to rouse game
31. To progress with much difficulty
32. To sail to windward by a series of zigzag movements

    "beating along the coast"

noun

1. A single stroke or blow especially in a series

   "a single beat on a drum"

2. A sound produced by or as if by beating see beat

   "dance to the beat of the drums"

3. A driving impact or force

   "… the full force of the surf beat …"

4. One swing of the pendulum or balance see balance of a timepiece
5. A regularly traversed round see round

   "a cop patrolling her beat"

6. A group of news sources that a reporter covers regularly

   "a reporter on the beat"

7. A metrical or rhythmic stress in poetry or music or the rhythmic effect of these stresses

   "four beats per bar"

8. The tempo indicated (as by a conductor) to a musical performer
9. The pronounced rhythm see rhythm that is the characteristic driving force in some types of music (such as jazz or rock)

   "music with a Latin beat"

10. The part of a rap song that is the base over which rap lyrics are added and that is usually composed using special software

    "The beat and lyrics were beautifully combined and his [Drake's] voice took it over the top."

11. One that excels

    "I've never seen the beat of it."

12. The reporting of a news story ahead of competitors
13. Deadbeat
14. An act of sailing toward the side or direction from which the wind is blowing by a series of zigzag movements an act of beating see beatintransitive 5} to windward
15. One of the reaches see reach in the zigzag course so traversed tack
16. Each of the pulsations of amplitude see amplitude produced by the union of sound or radio waves or electric currents having different frequencies
17. An accented stroke (as of one leg or foot against the other)
18. Moment

    "waited a beat before responding"

adjective

1. Being in a state of exhaustion exhausted

   "Sometimes I'd be so beat that I'd flop down and go to sleep fully dressed."

2. Sapped of resolution or morale
3. Of, relating to, or being beatniks

   "beat poets"

noun

1. Beatnik

verb

1. Repel
2. Masturbate

verb

1. To make or perform by or as if by beating
2. To mark or accompany by beating
3. To turn (a routine ground ball or a bunt) into a hit in baseball by fast running to first base

adjective

1. Dilapidated, shabby

idiom

1. To keep talking about a subject that has already been discussed or decided

   "I don't mean to beat a dead horse, but I still don't understand what happened."

2. To waste time and effort trying to do something that is impossible

   "Is it just beating a dead horse to ask for another recount of the votes?"

idiom

1. To make (a path) by walking over the ground many times

   "They beat a path through the woods to the stream."

phrasal verb

1. To force (someone) to go back or to retreat by fighting

   "Our troops were beaten back by enemy forces."