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Adjective beating has 1 sense

beating, pulsating, pulsing - expanding and contracting rhythmically as to the beating of the heart; "felt the pulsating artery"; "oh my beating heart"
Antonyms: unrhythmical, unrhythmic (indirect, via rhythmical)

Noun beating has 2 senses

beating, whipping - the act of overcoming or outdoing
--₁ is a kind of fight, fighting, combat, scrap

Derived form: verb beat₁
beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking - the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
--₂ is a kind of corporal punishment
--₂ has particulars: whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation
Derived form: verb beat₂

Verb beat has 23 senses

beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
--₁ is one way to get the better of, overcome, defeat

Derived form: noun beating₁
Sample sentence:
The fighter managed to beat his opponent
beat, beat up, work over - give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"

Derived form: noun beating₂
Sample sentence:
They want to beat the prisoners
beat - hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe"
--₃ is one way to strike

Derived forms: noun beat₆, noun beat₉, noun beater₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
beat, pound, thump - move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"
--₄ is one way to move

Derived forms: noun beat₃, noun beat₂
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
beat - shape by beating; "beat swords into ploughshares"
--₅ is one way to shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge

Derived form: noun beat₉
Sample sentence:
The chef wants to beat the eggs
drum, beat, thrum - make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night"
--₆ is one way to sound, go

Derived form: noun beat₃
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
beat - glare or strike with great intensity; "The sun was beating down on us"
--₇ is one way to glare
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
beat, flap - move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"
--₈ is one way to move, displace

Derived form: noun beat₈
Sample sentence:
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beat - sail with much tacking or with difficulty; "The boat beat in the strong wind"
--₉ is one way to sail

Derived form: noun beat₁₀
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
beat, scramble - stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream"
--₁₀ is one way to agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up

Derived form: noun beater₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
beat - strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music; "beat one's breast"; "beat one's foot rhythmically"
--₁₁ is one way to strike

Derived form: noun beat₃
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
beat - be superior; "Reading beats watching television"; "This sure beats work!"
--₁₂ is one way to be
Sample sentence:
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beat, bunk - avoid paying; "beat the subway fare"
--₁₃ is one way to cheat, rip off, chisel
Sample sentence:
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tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat - make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight"
--₁₄ is one way to sound, go

Derived form: noun beat₆
Sample sentence:
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beat, flap - move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping"
--₁₅ is one way to move
Sample sentence:
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beat - indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks; "Beat the rhythm"

Derived form: noun beat₃
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
pulsate, beat, quiver - move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement"
--₁₇ is one way to move
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
beat - make by pounding or trampling; "beat a path through the forest"
--₁₈ is one way to make, create
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
beat - produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly; "beat the drum"
--₁₉ is one way to play

Derived form: noun beat₃
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
beat - strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
--₂₀ is one way to beat
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent - beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"
--₂₁ is one way to surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound - be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
--₂₂ is one way to confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out - wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam"
--₂₃ is one way to tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody