beaten
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/ˈbit(ə)n/
English
Definitions
verb
- To hit; strike“As soon as she heard that her father had died, she went into a rage and beat the wall with her fists until her knuckles bled.”
- To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.“He danced hypnotically while she beat the atabaque.”
- To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
- To move with pulsation or throbbing.
adjective
- Defeated
- Repeatedly struck, or formed or flattened by blows“a beaten path; beaten gold; the beaten victims of the attack”
- (of a liquid) mixed by paddling with a wooden spoon or other implement
- Trite; hackneyed
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