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Meaning of beaten

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

beaten

Pronunciation:/ˈbit(ə)n/

verb

Definitions

  1. To hit; strike

    Example: 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.

    Synonyms:hammerknockpoundstrikewhack
  2. To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.

    Example: He danced hypnotically while she beat the atabaque.

  3. To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.

  4. To move with pulsation or throbbing.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Defeated

  2. Repeatedly struck, or formed or flattened by blows

    Example: a beaten path; beaten gold; the beaten victims of the attack

  3. (of a liquid) mixed by paddling with a wooden spoon or other implement

  4. Trite; hackneyed