Learn English Irregular Verbsbeat /biːt/
- 1 to defeat somebody in a game or competition:
She beat him easily at chess.
We competed hard in the tournament but we were beaten by a better team.
The Conservatives were narrowly beaten in the election. - 2 to hit someone or something repeatedly and violently with your hand, a stick etc so as to hurt or injure them:
The victims were beaten to death with baseball bats.
Her son was beating a drum.
She was beating dust out of the carpet.
They beat him unconscious.
Past simple
- beat
Past participle
- beaten
- beat
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