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beaten

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beat·en  (btn)
adj.
1. Formed or made thin by hammering: beaten gold.
2. Worn by continuous use; familiar and much traveled: a village located well off the beaten path.
3. Totally worn-out; exhausted.

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
Adj.1.beaten - formed or made thin by hammering; "beaten gold"
2.beaten - much trodden and worn smooth or bare; "did not stray from the beaten path"
familiar - well known or easily recognized; "a familiar figure"; "familiar songs"; "familiar guests"

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.
3. shaped, worked, formed, stamped, hammered, forged brightly painted beaten metal
4. defeated, overcome, frustrated, overwhelmed, cowed, thwarted, trounced, vanquished, disheartened They had looked a beaten side with just seven minutes left.
Translations
beaten [ˈbiːtn]
A. PP of beat
B. ADJ
1. (= shaped, compacted) [metal, earth] → batido
off the beaten track (= isolated) → apartado, retirado; (= unfrequented) → fuera de los lugares donde va todo el mundo
to get off the beaten trackapartarse de los lugares donde va todo el mundo
2. (= defeated) [person] → derrotado
he was a beaten manera un hombre derrotado
beaten [ˈbiːtən] adj (= trampled) [earth] → battu(e)
off the beaten track → hors des chemins battus, hors des sentiers battus
to get off the beaten track → sortir des sentiers battus
beaten-up [ˌbiːtənˈʌp] adjdéglingué >
beaten ptp of beat
adj
metalgehämmert; egggeschlagen
earthfestgetreten; pathausgetreten; a well-beaten pathein Trampelpfad m; to be off the beaten track (fig)abgelegen sein
(= defeated) a beaten manein geschlagener Mann
beaten [ˈbiːtn]
1. pp of beat
2. adj (metal) → battuto/a
off the beaten track → fuori mano

beaten [ˈbiːtn]
1. pp of beat
2. adj (metal) → battuto/a
off the beaten track → fuori mano


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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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