• the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
• the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
• a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations
• a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
• the sound of stroke or blow
• (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
• a regular rate of repetition
• a stroke or blow
• the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
adjective satellite
• very tired
verb
• come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
• give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
• hit repeatedly
• move rhythmically
• shape by beating
• make a rhythmic sound
• glare or strike with great intensity
• move with a thrashing motion
• sail with much tacking or with difficulty
• stir vigorously
• strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
• be superior
• avoid paying
• make a sound like a clock or a timer
• move with a flapping motion
• indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
• move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
• make by pounding or trampling
• produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
• strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
• a member of the genus Fagopyrum; annual Asian plant with clusters of small pinkish white flowers and small edible triangular seeds which are used whole or ground into flour
• To call from the small blind in an unraised pot.
adjective
• With all parts included; with nothing missing; full.
• Finished; ended; concluded; completed.
• Generic intensifier.
• (of a metric space) In which every Cauchy sequence converges to a point within the space.
• (of a lattice) In which every set with a lower bound has a greatest lower bound.
• (of a category) In which all small limits exist.
• (of a proof system of a formal system with respect to a given semantics) In which every semantically valid well-formed formula is provable.
• (of a problem) That is in a given complexity class and is such that every other problem in the class can be reduced to it (usually in polynomial time or logarithmic space).
• A true copy, duplicate, or extract of an original writing or record, especially of amercements or penalties set down in the rolls of court to be levied by the bailiff, or other officer.
verb
• To extract or take out from the records of a court, and send up to the court of exchequer to be enforced; said of a forfeited recognizance.
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