Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Formed or made thin by hammering.
- adjective Worn by continuous use; familiar and much traveled.
- adjective Totally worn-out; exhausted.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Wrought upon by beating; formed or affected in any way by blows or percussion: as, beaten work (which see, below).
- Specifically Worn by beating or treading; much trodden; hence, common from frequent use or repetition; trite: as, to follow the beaten course of reasoning.
- Conquered; vanquished.
- Exhausted; worn out.
- Baffled, as by the difficulty of a task, intellectual or physical.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Made smooth by beating or treading; worn by use.
- adjective Vanquished; defeated; conquered; baffled.
- adjective Exhausted; tired out.
- adjective obsolete Become common or trite.
- adjective obsolete Tried; practiced.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective defeated
- adjective repeatedly struck
- adjective mixed by paddling with a wooden spoon or other implement
- verb Past participle of
beat
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective formed or made thin by hammering
- adjective much trodden and worn smooth or bare
Etymologies
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Examples
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The sin of thoughtlessness shall be beaten with fewer stripes than the sin of deliberation, -- but it shall be _beaten_, and therefore it is _sin_.
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"When you do not give her so much as a voice in her own house; when you allow her children to be trampled on, and beaten -- _beaten_, sir -- and she dare not interfere!
Elster's Folly Henry Wood 1850
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“‘With sandals beaten from the crowns of kings,’” Leo added, murmuring the words reverently, loving them with his lips as his lips formed them and uttered them.
CHAPTER XXIX 2010
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More important, they allowed the Magic to zone up on them defensively all series, with little fear of being beaten from the perimeter.
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They had a delicate flavor and firm, soft flesh, best eaten lightly fried in beaten egg with a squeeze of lemon juice.
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Could have beeen calabacitas rellenas, but it might have been raíz de chayote relleno de queso: two slices of parboiled raíz de chayote with a slice of cheese inside; capeado (dipped in beaten egg batter) and fried.
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Could have beeen calabacitas rellenas, but it might have been raíz de chayote relleno de queso: two slices of parboiled raíz de chayote with a slice of cheese inside; capeado (dipped in beaten egg batter) and fried.
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Could have beeen calabacitas rellenas, but it might have been raíz de chayote relleno de queso: two slices of parboiled raíz de chayote with a slice of cheese inside; capeado (dipped in beaten egg batter) and fried.
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Could have beeen calabacitas rellenas, but it might have been raíz de chayote relleno de queso: two slices of parboiled raíz de chayote with a slice of cheese inside; capeado (dipped in beaten egg batter) and fried.
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Could have beeen calabacitas rellenas, but it might have been raíz de chayote relleno de queso: two slices of parboiled raíz de chayote with a slice of cheese inside; capeado (dipped in beaten egg batter) and fried.
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