beaten beaten /ˈbiː.tən/ aep /-t̬ən/ adjective [before noun]
1 F0 describes gold or another metal that has been made flat by having been hit repeatedly with a hard object: » She was wearing a necklace of beaten gold.Thesaurus+: ↑Metals and metalworking , ↑Chemical elements2 F0 describes a path or track that people walk along regularly so that the ground has become hard and the path is clear Thesaurus+: ↑Habitual and customary |