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- Dictionarybeaten/ˈbiːtn/
verb
- 1. past participle of beat
adjective
- 1. having been defeated: "last year's beaten finalist"
- 2. having been beaten or struck: "he trudged home like a beaten cur" Similar
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The meaning of BEATEN is hammered into a desired shape. How to use beaten in a sentence.
adjective. formed or shaped by blows; hammered: a dish of beaten brass. much trodden; commonly used: a beaten path. defeated; vanquished; thwarted. overcome by exhaustion; fatigued by hard work, intense activity, etc. (of food) whipped up, pounded, pulverized, or the like: adding three beaten eggs. beaten. / ˈbiːtən / adjective.
1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Beaten earth has been pressed down, often by people's feet, until it is hard. Before you is a well-worn path of beaten earth. Synonyms: well-trodden, worn, trodden, trampled More Synonyms of beaten. 2. See off the beaten track. More Synonyms of beaten. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
1. formed or shaped by blows; hammered: a dish of beaten brass. 2. much trodden; commonly used: a beaten path. 3. defeated; vanquished; thwarted. 4. overcome by exhaustion; worn-out.
Something that's beaten has been made smooth or thin from repeated impact, like the beaten surface of a silver bracelet, or the beaten path that leads to your hideout in the woods. To make something beaten, you have to beat it — strike or hammer it repeatedly.