beat/beet

beat (bēt)

Noun

• A stroke or blow, especially one that produces a sound or serves as a signal.
• A pulsation or throb.
• Physics. A variation in amplitude that results from the super positioning of two or more waves of different frequencies. When sound waves are combined, the variation is heard as a pulsation in the sound.
• Music. A steady succession of units of rhythm.

Adjective.

• Informal. Worn-out; fatigued.

Verb. _{^{beat, beat·en (bēt'n) or beat, beat·ing, beats.}}

Verb. Transitive

• To strike repeatedly.
• To punish by hitting or whipping; flog.
• To strike against repeatedly and with force; pound: waves beating the shore.
• To make by pounding or trampling: beat a path through the jungle.
• To mix rapidly with a utensil: beat two eggs in a bowl.
• To defeat or subdue, as in a contest.

Verb. Intransitive

• To inflict repeated blows.
• To pulsate; throb.
• To emit sound when struck: The gong beat thunderously.
• To shine or glare intensely: The sun beat down on us all day.
• To fall in torrents: The rain beat on the roof.

beet (bēt)

Noun

• A biennial Eurasian plant (Beta vulgaris) grown as a crop plant for its edible roots and leaves.
• The swollen root of this plant eaten as a vegetable, typically having reddish flesh.
• The sugar beet.