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Question: Pulsations
Solution: BEATS
BEATS Definition 1:
To hit (something) repeatedly
Examples:
He beat the door with his fists. = He beat his fists against/on the door.
He beat the dusty rug with a stick. = He beat a stick against the dusty rug.
He beat the dust out of the rug with a stick.
She used a hammer to beat the metal into shape.
She used a hammer to beat the nail into the wall.
The dented metal was beaten flat.
The waves were beating the shore.
He beat at/against/on the door with his fists.
The waves were beating on/against the shore.
The rain beat on the roof.
BEATS Definition 2:
To hit (someone) repeatedly in order to cause pain or injury
Examples:
They beat him with clubs.
He was beaten badly/savagely/brutally.
A man accused of beating his wife
They beat him to the ground. [=they hit him repeatedly and he fell to the ground]
They threatened to
He was
BEATS Definition 3:
To hit (a drum) repeatedly in order to produce music or a signal
Examples:
The drummer kept beating his drum.
The sound of a beaten drum
They beat (out) a message on their drums.
The drum kept beating (out) its rhythm.
The drummer kept beating.
The drum kept beating.
The sound of a beating drum
BEATS Definition 4:
To stir or mix (something) in a forceful way
Examples:
She used a whisk to beat the eggs.
The recipe says you should beat the eggs lightly/thoroughly/well.
Slowly beat the sugar into the batter. = Slowly beat in the sugar. = Slowly beat the sugar in.
Separate out the egg whites and beat until stiff.
BEATS Definition 5:
To move (wings) with an up and down motion
Examples:
The bird was beating [=flapping] its wings.
The sound of beating wings
BEATS Definition 6:
To make the regular movements needed to pump blood .
Examples:
My heart was beating wildly/frantically with excitement and my pulse was racing!
(humorous) We get free doughnuts?
BEATS Definition 7:
To defeat (someone) in a game, contest, etc.
Examples:
He gets very angry when I beat him at chess.
We beat them 14 to 3.
Our team was badly beaten in the championship game.
She was narrowly beaten in the previous election, but she won this time.
We beat them soundly/convincingly/comfortably/easily/badly. = (US) We
They tried to lure away our customers by offering deep discounts, but we
BEATS Definition 8:
To do better than (something)
Examples:
She managed to beat the old record by several seconds.
We can still beat the deadline if we work quickly.
His wonderful performance will be
Most new restaurants fail, but this one somehow managed to
Can you beat that?! A person like him being elected mayor! [=it is surprising or ridiculous to think that a person like him has been elected mayor]
BEATS Definition 9:
To be better than (something) .
Examples:
For sheer luxury
BEATS Definition 10:
To control or overcome (something) .
Examples:
By working together we can beat crime!
(US) His favorite way of
BEATS Definition 11:
To be too difficult for (someone)
Examples:
This problem has beaten everyone. [=no one has been able to solve this problem]
“How did she manage to fix the problem so quickly?” “Beats me.”
I don’t believe anything he tells me. It beats me how people can continue to trust him.
BEATS Definition 12:
To come, arrive, or act before (someone or something) .
Examples:
I beat him narrowly to the finish line. [=I reached the finish line slightly before he did]
I bet I can beat you to the front door!
I wondered which of us would finish our work first, but she
BEATS Definition 13:
To avoid having problems with (something) by acting earlier .
Examples:
We left early so that we could
We got to the store when it opened and managed to
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