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beaten [ˈbiːtən] adj
1. defeated or baffled 2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Crafts) shaped or made thin by hammering a bowl of beaten gold 3. much travelled; well trodden (esp in the phrase the beaten track) off the beaten track a. in or into unfamiliar territory b. out of the ordinary; unusual 5. (Cookery) (of food) mixed by beating; whipped 6. tired out; exhausted 7. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) Hunting (of woods, undergrowth, etc.) scoured so as to rouse game ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
beaten adjective 1. well-trodden, worn, trodden, trampled, well-used, much travelled Before you is a well-worn path of beaten earth. 2. stirred, mixed, whipped, blended, whisked, frothy, foamy Cool a little and slowly add the beaten eggs. 4. defeated, overcome, frustrated, overwhelmed, cowed, thwarted, trounced, vanquished, disheartened They had looked a beaten side with just seven minutes left. Translations beaten ptp of beat adj metal → gehämmert; egg → geschlagen earth → festgetreten; path → ausgetreten; a well-beaten path → ein Trampelpfad m; to be off the beaten track (fig) → abgelegen sein How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Let no one be surprised if, in speaking of entirely new principalities as I shall do, I adduce the highest examples both of prince and of state; because men, walking almost always in paths beaten by others, and following by imitation their deeds, are yet unable to keep entirely to the ways of others or attain to the power of those they imitate. It reminded him of his first fight, when he was six years old, when he punched away with the tears running down his cheeks while the other boy, two years his elder, had beaten and pounded him into exhaustion. Not long afterwards he saw the Cocks fighting together and not separating before one had well beaten the other. |
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