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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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BEATEN definition: 1. defeated in a competition: 2. Beaten gold or another metal has been made flat by having been…. Learn more.
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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.
1. : hammered into a desired shape. beaten gold. 2. : much trodden and worn smooth. also : familiar. a beaten path. 3. : being in a state of exhaustion : exhausted. Phrases. off the beaten track or US off the beaten path. : in a remote place rarely visited by people.
Definition of 'beaten' beaten. (biːtən ) 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.
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.
: to hit repeatedly so as to inflict pain. Inmates were put in solitary for beating other inmates. often used with up. … brutes who beat up their victims without compunction … J. H. Plumb. b. : to walk on : tread. beat the pavement looking for work. c. : to strike directly against forcefully and repeatedly : dash against. waves beating the shore.
Beaten definition: formed or shaped by blows; hammered. See examples of BEATEN used in a sentence.
Definition of beat verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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