adjective
Etymology: Middle English beten, from past participle of beten to beat
1. : wrought by hammering : hammered into shape : hammered thin or fine
beaten gold
sometimes : repoussé
2.
a. : much trodden and worn smooth or bare ; sometimes : familiar , well-known
a beaten path
b. archaic : trite
3. : defeated or checked and sapped of strength, resolution, and morale
too beaten to pull himself out of the latest mess — Laurent Le Sage
4.
a. : beat III 1
b. : worn out : exhausted of fertility
beaten soil
c. : much worn : battered, tattered , dilapidated
one of my most precious volumes is a beaten old volume — Christopher Morley