beaten

  • 11beaten-up — adjective INFORMAL BEAT UP …

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  • 12beaten — (adj.) hammered (of metal, etc.), c.1300, from pp. of BEAT (Cf. beat) (v.), which alternates with beat with some distinctions of sense. Meaning defeated is from 1560s; that of repeatedly struck is from 1590s …

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  • 13beaten — beat|en [ˈbi:tn] adj [only before noun] 1.) off the beaten track/path a place that is off the beaten track is not well known and is far away from the places that people usually visit 2.) a beaten path, track etc has been made by many people… …

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  • 14beaten — /beet n/, adj. 1. formed or shaped by blows; hammered: a dish of beaten brass. 2. much trodden; commonly used: a beaten path. 3. defeated; vanquished; thwarted. 4. overcome by exhaustion; fatigued by hard work, intense activity, etc. 5. (of food) …

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  • 15beaten — adjective 1) the beaten team Syn: defeated, losing, unsuccessful, conquered, bettered, vanquished, trounced, routed, overcome, overwhelmed, overpowered, overthrown, bested, subdued, quashed, crushed, broken …

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  • 16beaten — adjective (only before noun) 1 beaten metal has been shaped with a hammer to make it thinner 2 a beaten path, track etc has been made by many people walking the same way: a well beaten path through the forest 3 off the beaten track a place that… …

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  • 17beaten — UK [ˈbiːt(ə)n] / US [ˈbɪt(ə)n] adjective [only before noun] 1) beaten gold, silver, or other metal has been shaped with a hammer 2) a beaten path or beaten earth has been walked on so often that it has become hard • off the beaten track/path far… …

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  • 18beaten — beat•en [[t]ˈbit n[/t]] adj. 1) formed or shaped by blows; hammered: a dish of beaten brass[/ex] 2) much trodden; commonly used: a beaten path[/ex] 3) defeated; vanquished; thwarted 4) overcome by exhaustion; worn out 5) coo mixed or made light… …

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  • 19beaten-up — adjective damaged by blows or hard usage a battered old car the beaten up old Ford • Syn: ↑battered, ↑beat up • Similar to: ↑damaged * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective …

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  • 20beaten — [[t]bi͟ːt(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦♦ 1) ADJ: ADJ n Beaten earth has been pressed down, often by people s feet, until it is hard. Before you is a well worn path of beaten earth. Syn: trampled 2) PHRASE A place that is off the beaten track is in an area where… …

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