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[ beet-n ] / ˈbit n / SEE SYNONYMS FOR beaten ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveformed 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. Idioms for beatenoff the beaten track / path, novel; uncommon; out of the ordinary: a tiny shop that was off the beaten track.
Origin of beatenbefore 1100; Middle English beten,Old English bēaten, past participle of bēatan to beat OTHER WORDS FROM beatenun·der·beat·en, adjectivewell-beaten, adjectiveWords nearby beatenbeat around the bush, beat back, beatbox, beatboxing, beat down, beaten, beaten biscuit, beaten track, beater, Beat Generation, beat hollow Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for beatenThe 26 were beaten by the bailiffs as they filed into a caged dock, sobbing, on Dec. 21. Sisi Is Persecuting, Prosecuting, and Publicly Shaming Egypt’s Gays|Bel Trew|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST Last week, property owners were beaten by security guards as they confronted a real-estate developer who defrauded them. China’s Internet Is Freer Than You Think|Brendon Hong|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST She said that everyone she has talked to who was detained was beaten. The Corrupt Cops of Rebel-Held East Ukraine|Kristina Jovanovski|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST I was beaten by prison guards who demanded to know who had made me write against Islam. What It’s Like to Be an Atheist in Palestine|Waleed al-Husseini, Movements.Org|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hundreds were beaten, scores injured, including elderly passers- by and foreign journalists. How Havel Inspired the Velvet Revolution|Michael Zantovsky|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST And it was even worse for the government of the Republic to be outwitted in diplomacy than beaten in the field. The Life of John of Barneveld, 1614-23, Volume II.|John Lothrop Motley Simple sugar icings into which some butter is beaten may also be utilized to advantage in making French pastry of this kind. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4|Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences They were gentlemen who would go home to England or Germany and tell how many miles they had beaten the guide-book every day. A Tramp Abroad, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) That keeps him going—that, and a trophy he once achieved by winning the beaten eight division of the sixth sixteen. Penguin Persons & Peppermints|Walter Prichard Eaton Wet inside and outside with hot milk, and when they are fairly soaked, dip in beaten eggs and fry them in lard or oil. The Italian Cook Book|Maria Gentile
British Dictionary definitions for beaten
adjectivedefeated or baffled shaped or made thin by hammeringa bowl of beaten gold much travelled; well trodden (esp in the phrase the beaten track) off the beaten track - in or into unfamiliar territory
- out of the ordinary; unusual
(of food) mixed by beating; whipped tired out; exhausted hunting (of woods, undergrowth, etc) scoured so as to rouse game Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to beatenoverwhelmed, humbled, overpowered, routed, whipped, stirred, frustrated, overcome, disappointed, overthrown, ruined, undone, thwarted, bested, surmounted, vanquished, disheartened, discomfited, subjugated, worsted |