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beaten
[beet-n]
adjective
formed 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.
beaten
/ ˈːə /
adjective
defeated or baffled
shaped or made thin by hammering
a bowl of beaten gold
much travelled; well trodden (esp in the phrase 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
Other 51Թ Forms
- underbeaten adjective
- well-beaten adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
off the beaten track / path, novel; uncommon; out of the ordinary.
a tiny shop that was off the beaten track.
Example Sentences
They were beaten 3-1 by Senegal at the City Ground on Tuesday, with Thomas Tuchel tasting defeat for the first time since taking charge.
A U.S. marshal sent to Sacramento to clear them out and get the trains moving was beaten up and insisted later that the local police force was sympathetic to the strikers.
Britain's Draper might have lost earlier than expected when he was beaten by 62nd-ranked Alexander Bublik in the last 16 in Paris, but he has reached a new career high of fourth in the world.
“Hope is always there,” said Pages, who has beaten impossibly long odds once.
And even the San Marinese have beaten Liechtenstein twice in the past year.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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