beat
/biːt/ verb (past tense beat, past participle beaten, also US beat)Translation
DEFEAT [T] › to defeat someone in a competition
yenmek, mağlup etmek
Our team beat Germany 3-1.14752441HIT [I, T] › to hit a person or animal hard many times
dövmek, dayak atmak
She beat the dog with a stick. She was beaten to death.58339SOUND [I, T] › to hit against something hard, making a continuous or regular sound
atmak, çarpmak, vurmak, düzenli darbe indirmek
soldiers beating drums We could hear the pigeons beating their wings. Rain beat against the windows.1092GET RID OF [T] › to get rid of something bad
kötü bir şeyden kurtulmak, başından atmak
measures to beat crime I'm determined to beat this illness.785HEART [I] › When your heart beats, it makes regular movements and sounds.
atmak, çarpmak, (kalp vb.) düzenli kareket etmek ve ses çıkarmak
By the time the doctor arrived, his heart had stopped beating.1092548BE BETTER [T] › to be better than something
bir şeyden daha iyi olmak
[+ doing sth] Being at the youth club beats sitting at home.2444 you can't beat sth › used to emphasize that something is best
onu yenemezsin, üstesinden gelemezsin, mağlup edemezsin
You can't beat Pedro's for a great pizza.2445 take a lot of/some, etc beating › to be so good or enjoyable that it is hard to find anything better
daha iyisi bulunamayacak kadar iyi, hoş olmak, rakipsiz olmak, eline su dökememek, üstüne olmamak
This ice cream takes some beating.2444FOOD [T] › to mix food using hard, quick movements
çırpmak, karıştırmak
Beat the egg whites until they are stiff.901It beats me informal › something that you say when you do not understand a situation or someone's behaviour
→ See also beat about the bush → See also beat/knock the (living) daylights out of sb → See also off the beaten track beat down phrasal verb bir anlam veremiyorum, Allah Allah, bana bir şey ifade etmiyor
It beats me why she goes out with him.1130 › If the sun beats down, it is very hot and bright.
beat sb down phrasal verb UK çok sıcak ve yakıcı olmak, kavurmak
1516 › to persuade someone to charge you less for something
beat sb/sth off phrasal verb birini daha az para almaya ikna etmek, pazarlıkta galip gelmek
1423 › to manage to defeat someone who is attacking you
beat sb to sth phrasal verb püskürtmek, mağlup etmeyi başarmak, üstesinden gelmek
709 › to do something before someone else does it: I was going to ask her to the party, but you beat me to it.1605
beat sb up phrasal verb › to attack someone by hitting or kicking them many times
dövmek, dayak atmak, sopa çekmek
He beat up one of the other prisoners.583(Definition of beat verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish
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