I.
noun
1 rhythm
ADJECTIVE
▪ regular , rhythmic , steady
▪ pounding
▪ disco , funky , hip-hop , techno , etc.
▪
He chants his lyrics over an infectious disco ~.
▪ drum (usually drumbeat )
▪ heart (usually heartbeat )
▪ hoof
VERB + BEAT
▪ clap to , dance to , sway to
▪
They danced to the rhythmic ~ of the music.
▪ feel
▪
She felt the ~ of his heart.
▪ hear
▪
We heard the ~ of distant drums.
▪ count
▪
Count four ~s and then start singing.
PHRASES
▪ two, three, four, etc. ~s to the bar ( BrE )
▪
The piece has four ~s to the bar/measure.
▪ sb's heart misses a ~ , sb's heart skips a ~ (= sb feels very nervous)
▪
As I opened the letter, my heart missed a ~.
2 of a police officer
VERB + BEAT
▪ pound , walk (both BrE )
▪
We have two officers walking the ~ after midnight.
PREPOSITION
▪ on the ~
▪
officers on the ~
II.
verb
1 in sports, business, politics, etc.
ADVERB
▪ comfortably ( BrE ), comprehensively ( BrE ), convincingly ( esp. BrE ), easily , handily ( AmE ), hands down , soundly
▪
He ~ her hands down.
▪ consistently
▪
a higher-rated player who consistently ~ her
▪ narrowly
▪
He was narrowly beaten by his opponent.
PREPOSITION
▪ at
▪
She ~ him at chess.
▪ by
▪
I ~ her by just three points.
PHRASES
▪ ~ sb into second, third, etc. place
▪
He was beaten into second place by the American.
2 hit sb
ADVERB
▪ badly , brutally , mercilessly , savagely , severely , soundly , violently
▪ constantly , repeatedly , routinely
▪
His stepfather repeatedly ~ his mother.
PREPOSITION
▪ with
▪
She was beaten with a metal bar.
PHRASES
▪ ~ sb about the head ( BrE ), ~ sb over the head
▪
He had been beaten over the head with a rock.
▪ ~ sb to death
▪ ~ sb unconscious
3 of heart/wings
ADVERB
▪ fast , frantically , furiously , painfully , rapidly , wildly
▪
I could feel my heart ~ing wildly.
▪ loudly
4 mix
ADVERB
▪ thoroughly , well
▪
Beat the mixture well, until it is light and creamy.
▪ lightly
▪
Add three eggs, lightly beaten.
Beat is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ heart , ↑ pulse , ↑ rain , ↑ wing
Beat is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ academy , ↑ addiction , ↑ blues , ↑ butter , ↑ cancer , ↑ carpet , ↑ challenger , ↑ champion , ↑ chest , ↑ clock , ↑ competitor , ↑ cream , ↑ crime , ↑ drum , ↑ egg , ↑ expectation , ↑ fist , ↑ hand , ↑ illness , ↑ margarine , ↑ odds , ↑ opponent , ↑ recession , ↑ record , ↑ retreat , ↑ rhythm , ↑ rival , ↑ side , ↑ system , ↑ team , ↑ time , ↑ traffic , ↑ white , ↑ wife , ↑ wing