Defeated
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adjective
-  Hammered into a desired shape 
"beaten gold"
 - Much trodden and worn smooth
 - Being in a state of exhaustion exhausted
 
verb
-  To hit repeatedly so as to inflict pain 
"Inmates were put in solitary for beating other inmates."
 -  To walk on tread 
"beat the pavement looking for work"
 -  To strike directly against forcefully and repeatedly dash against 
"waves beating the shore"
 -  To flap or thrash at vigorously 
"a trapped bird beating the air"
 -  To strike at in order to rouse game 
"beating a hedgerow"
 -  To mix by stirring whip 
"beat the eggs"
 -  To strike repeatedly in order to produce music or a signal 
"beat a drum"
 -  To drive or force by blows 
"beat back his attackers"
 - To pound into a powder, paste, or pulp
 -  To make by repeated treading or driving over 
"beat a path through the woods"
 -  To shape by beating 
"beat swords into plowshares"
 -  To sound or express especially by drumbeat 
"beating out a rhythm on the conga"
 -  To cause to strike or flap repeatedly 
"a bird beating its wings"
 -  Overcome, defeat 
"beat the insurgents in a bloody battle"
 -  To prevail despite 
"beat the odds"
 -  Bewilder, baffle 
"it beats me how she does it"
 -  Cheat, swindle 
"beat him out of his inheritance"
 -  To come or arrive before 
"I beat him to the finish line."
 -  Circumvent 
"beat the system"
 -  To outmaneuver (a defender) and get free 
"The player attempts to beat the defender and score."
 - To score against (a goalkeeper)
 -  To produce (music or a signal) by striking something repeatedly to indicate by beating 
"beat the tempo"
 -  To become forcefully propelled forward dash 
"waves beating against the shore"
 -  To glare or strike with oppressive intensity 
"The sun beat down on us."
 -  To sustain distracting activity 
"… the turbulence of the Renaissance … beating about his head …"
 -  To strike a drum repeatedly to beat a drum 
"The drummers kept beating."
 -  To sound upon being struck 
"the sound of a beating drum"
 -  To strike repeated blows 
"beating on the door"
 -  To strike the air flap 
"The bird's wings beat frantically."
 - To strike bushes or other cover in order to rouse game
 - To progress with much difficulty
 -  To sail to windward by a series of zigzag movements 
"beating along the coast"
 
noun
- A biscuit whose dough is lightened by beating and folding
 
adjective
-  Toughened, tanned, or bronzed by the weather 
"a weather-beaten face"
 - Worn or damaged by exposure to weather
 
verb
- Repel
 - Masturbate
 
verb
- To make or perform by or as if by beating
 - To mark or accompany by beating
 - To turn (a routine ground ball or a bunt) into a hit in baseball by fast running to first base
 
noun
- Bodily waste discharged through the anus feces, excrement
 - An act of defecation
 - Any of several intoxicating or narcotic drugs
 -  A minimum amount or degree (as of care or consideration) damn 
"I don't give a shit what they think of me."
 -  A worthless, offensive, or detestable person 
"He's such a (little) shit! = He's such a piece of shit!"
 - Used as an interjection
 - Used as an intensive usually with the
 - Someone or something that is excellent and exemplary
 - Something that is valuable or worthwhile
 - bodily waste discharged through the anus : feces, excrement
 - an act of defecation —usually used in the phrases take a shit and (British) have a shit
 - nonsense, foolishness, crap; especially : trivial and usually boastful or inaccurate talk
 
phrasal verb
-  To force (someone) to go back or to retreat by fighting 
"Our troops were beaten back by enemy forces."
 
This clue was used on March 11, 2025.
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