beat

1. beat (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A stroke; a blow.

Example: He, […]with a careless beat, / Struck out the mute creation at a heat.

2. beat (noun) — sense 2

Definition: A pulsation or throb.

Example: a beat of the heart

Concept: Ритм

Polarities of the concept

3. beat (noun) — sense 3

Definition: A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.

4. beat (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To hit; to strike.

Example: As soon as she heard that her father had died, she went into a rage and beat the wall with her fists until her knuckles bled.

5. beat (verb) — sense 5

Definition: To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.

Example: He danced hypnotically while she beat the atabaque.

6. beat (verb) — sense 6

Definition: To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.

Example: […] the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door […]