a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations
move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping"
wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam"
move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"
be a mystery or bewildering to;
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
glare or strike with great intensity; "The sun was beating down on us"
beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"
make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night"
give a beat
BEST
it would be sensible; "you'd best stay at home"
to a great extent or degree; "I'm afraid the film was well over budget"; "painting the room white made it seem considerably (or substantially) larger"; "the house has fallen considerably in value"; "the price went up substantially"
morally admirable
in a most excellent way or manner; "he played best after a couple of martinis"
with skill or in a pleasing manner; "she dances well"; "he writes well"
tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health;
from a position of superiority or authority; "father knows best"; "I know better."
with prudence or propriety; "You would do well to say nothing more"; "could not well refuse"
in excellent physical condition;
the supreme effort one can make; "they did their best"
with great or especially intimate knowledge; "we knew them well"
appealing to the mind;
the person who is mo
DEFEAT
win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"
thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"
an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"
the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
FLAGELLATE
having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)
a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals
whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"
FLOG
beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
beat with a cane
Sell (slang)
Whipped
LASH
a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; "the whip raised a red welt"
leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
bind with a rope, chain, or cord; "lash the horse"
strike as if by whipping; "The curtain whipped her face"
beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
lash or flick about sharply; "The lion lashed its tail"
SCOURGE
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"
a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of the neighborhood"
punish severely; excoriate
something causing misery or death; "the bane of my life"
TAN
a light brown the color of topaz
ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
of a light yellowish-brown color
a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
beat or flog
get a tan, from wind or sun
treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather
THRASH
give a thrashing to; beat hard
beat the seeds out of a grain
move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation; "The system is thrashing again!"
a swimming kick used while treading water
beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all
move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
dance the slam dance
beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"