strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music; "beat one's breast"; "beat one's foot rhythmically"
stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream"
shape by beating; "beat swords into ploughshares"
produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly; "beat the drum"
make by pounding or trampling; "beat a path through the forest"
move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement"
the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"
a stroke or blow; "the signal was two beats on the steam pipe"
indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks; "Beat the rhythm"
a regular rate of repetition; "the cox raised the beat"
sail with much tacking or with difficulty; "The boat beat in the
BEST
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified;
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well');
Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978)
morally admirable
without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor; "took the joke well"; "took the tragic news well"
tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health;
indicating high probability; in all likelihood; "I might well do it"; "a mistake that could easily have ended in disaster"; "you may well need your umbrella"; "he could equally well be trying to deceive us"
in excellent physical condition;
thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form; "The problem is well understood"; "she was well inform
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
a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals
whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"
having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)
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
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"
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
SCOURGE
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"
punish severely; excoriate
a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of the neighborhood"
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
a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
of a light yellowish-brown color
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
beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
give a thrashing to; beat hard
a swimming kick used while treading water
beat the seeds out of a grain
move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation; "The system is thrashing again!"
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"