Inside the Universes

Words with a similar base: beaten

'beaten'

[beat.v.01] as in: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

Examples:
Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
We beat the competition
Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game

'beaten'

[beat.v.02] as in: give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression

Examples:
Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night
The teacher used to beat the students

'beaten'

[beat.v.03] as in: hit repeatedly

Examples:
beat on the door
beat the table with his shoe

'beaten'

[beat.v.04] as in: move rhythmically

Examples:
Her heart was beating fast

'beaten'

[beat.v.05] as in: shape by beating

Examples:
beat swords into ploughshares

'beaten'

[drum.v.01] as in: make a rhythmic sound

Examples:
Rain drummed against the windshield
The drums beat all night

'beaten'

[beat.v.07] as in: glare or strike with great intensity

Examples:
The sun was beating down on us

'beaten'

[beat.v.08] as in: move with a thrashing motion

Examples:
The bird flapped its wings
The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky

'beaten'

[beat.v.09] as in: sail with much tacking or with difficulty

Examples:
The boat beat in the strong wind

'beaten'

[beat.v.10] as in: stir vigorously

Examples:
beat the egg whites
beat the cream

'beaten'

[beat.v.11] as in: strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music

Examples:
beat one's breast
beat one's foot rhythmically

'beaten'

[beat.v.12] as in: be superior

Examples:
Reading beats watching television
This sure beats work!

'beaten'

[beat.v.13] as in: avoid paying

Examples:
beat the subway fare

'beaten'

[tick.v.02] as in: make a sound like a clock or a timer

Examples:
the clocks were ticking
the grandfather clock beat midnight

'beaten'

[beat.v.15] as in: move with a flapping motion

Examples:
The bird's wings were flapping

'beaten'

[beat.v.16] as in: indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks

Examples:
Beat the rhythm

'beaten'

[pulsate.v.02] as in: move with or as if with a regular alternating motion

Examples:
the city pulsated with music and excitement

'beaten'

[beat.v.18] as in: make by pounding or trampling

Examples:
beat a path through the forest

'beaten'

[beat.v.19] as in: produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly

Examples:
beat the drum

'beaten'

[beat.v.20] as in: strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting

'beaten'

[outwit.v.01] as in: beat through cleverness and wit

Examples:
I beat the traffic
She outfoxed her competitors

'beaten'

[perplex.v.01] as in: be a mystery or bewildering to

Examples:
This beats me!
Got me--I don't know the answer!
a vexing problem
This question really stuck me

'beaten'

[exhaust.v.01] as in: wear out completely

Examples:
This kind of work exhausts me
I'm beat
He was all washed up after the exam

'beaten'

[beaten.a.01] as in: formed or made thin by hammering

Examples:
beaten gold

'beaten'

[beaten.s.01] as in: much trodden and worn smooth or bare

Examples:
did not stray from the beaten path

Origins

					beaten (English)
├── -en (English)
│   ├── -en (Middle English (1100-1500))
│   └── -enen (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── beat (English)
    └── beten (Middle English (1100-1500))
        └── beatan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))