beat – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of beat

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to beat down sth
Participle: beaten down sth
Gerund: beating down sth

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of beat

Indicative

Present

Ibeat down sth
youbeat down sth
he;she;itbeats down sth
webeat down sth
youbeat down sth
theybeat down sth

Perfect

Ihave beaten down sth; beat down sth
youhave beaten down sth; beat down sth
he;she;ithas beaten down sth; beat down sth
wehave beaten down sth; beat down sth
youhave beaten down sth; beat down sth
theyhave beaten down sth; beat down sth

Past

Ibeat down sth
youbeat down sth
he;she;itbeat down sth
webeat down sth
youbeat down sth
theybeat down sth

Pluperfect

Ihad beaten down sth; beat down sth
youhad beaten down sth; beat down sth
he;she;ithad beaten down sth; beat down sth
wehad beaten down sth; beat down sth
youhad beaten down sth; beat down sth
theyhad beaten down sth; beat down sth

Future

Iwill beat down sth
youwill beat down sth
he;she;itwill beat down sth
wewill beat down sth
youwill beat down sth
theywill beat down sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have beaten down sth; beat down sth
youwill have beaten down sth; beat down sth
he;she;itwill have beaten down sth; beat down sth
wewill have beaten down sth; beat down sth
youwill have beaten down sth; beat down sth
theywill have beaten down sth; beat down sth

Subjunctive

Present

Ibeat down sth
youbeat down sth
he;she;itbeat down sth
webeat down sth
youbeat down sth
theybeat down sth

Perfect

Ihave beaten down sth; beat down sth
youhave beaten down sth; beat down sth
he;she;ithave beaten down sth; beat down sth
wehave beaten down sth; beat down sth
youhave beaten down sth; beat down sth
theyhave beaten down sth; beat down sth

Imperfect

Ibeat down sth
youbeat down sth
he;she;itbeat down sth
webeat down sth
youbeat down sth
theybeat down sth

Pluperfect

Ihad beaten down sth; beat down sth
youhad beaten down sth; beat down sth
he;she;ithad beaten down sth; beat down sth
wehad beaten down sth; beat down sth
youhad beaten down sth; beat down sth
theyhad beaten down sth; beat down sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould beat down sth
youwould beat down sth
he;she;itwould beat down sth
wewould beat down sth
youwould beat down sth
theywould beat down sth

Perfect

Iwould have beaten down sth; beat down sth
youwould have beaten down sth; beat down sth
he;she;itwould have beaten down sth; beat down sth
wewould have beaten down sth; beat down sth
youwould have beaten down sth; beat down sth
theywould have beaten down sth; beat down sth

Imperative

youbeat down sth
weLet's beat down sth
youbeat down sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam beating down sth
youare beating down sth
he;she;itis beating down sth
weare beating down sth
youare beating down sth
theyare beating down sth

Perfect

Ihave been beating down sth
youhave been beating down sth
he;she;ithas been beating down sth
wehave been beating down sth
youhave been beating down sth
theyhave been beating down sth

Past

Iwas beating down sth
youwere beating down sth
he;she;itwas beating down sth
wewere beating down sth
youwere beating down sth
theywere beating down sth

Pluperfect

Ihad been beating down sth
youhad been beating down sth
he;she;ithad been beating down sth
wehad been beating down sth
youhad been beating down sth
theyhad been beating down sth

Future

Iwill be beating down sth
youwill be beating down sth
he;she;itwill be beating down sth
wewill be beating down sth
youwill be beating down sth
theywill be beating down sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have been beating down sth
youwill have been beating down sth
he;she;itwill have been beating down sth
wewill have been beating down sth
youwill have been beating down sth
theywill have been beating down sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould be beating down sth
youwould be beating down sth
he;she;itwould be beating down sth
wewould be beating down sth
youwould be beating down sth
theywould be beating down sth

Perfect

Iwould have been beating down sth
youwould have been beating down sth
he;she;itwould have been beating down sth
wewould have been beating down sth
youwould have been beating down sth
theywould have been beating down sth

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'beat'

beat, browbeat,

Verbs similar to 'beat'

bat, bead, beak, beal, beam, bean, bear, beast, beath, behat,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to engage in sexual intercourse
bang, bauf, boff, boink, bone, bonk, bop, bounce, breed, bump nasties, bump uglies, catch a dick, cohabit, company, copulate, couple, dance, discuss Uganda, do it, do the deed, do the nasty, eff, engender, exchange flesh, expletive deleted, feck, frack, frak, frig, fuck, get busy, get freaky, get it, get it on, get jiggy, get laid, get one's end away, get one's freak on, get one's groove on, get one's leg over, get one's oats, get physical, get some, go all the way, graft the forked tree, haul one's ashes, have it off, have marital relations, have sex, have sexual relations, hump, intercourse, jig-jig, make it, make love, make the beast with two backs, make whoopee, mate, meddle, ming, play, ride, rock and roll, roger, roll around, root, see someone's etchings, sex, shag, share a bed, shelve, show someone one's etchings, slap bellies, sleep together, stick, tumble, wango tango
to apply violent force to a person or object
abuse, aggress, assault, attack, beleaguer, bepommel, beset, besiege, bombard, charge, dust up, fall on, fall upon, hit, impugn, invade, lay into, lay siege, let someone have it, light into, onfall, onset, overrun, pommel, pound, rush, set the dogs upon, set upon, storm, strike, strike at, wap, whap
to administer a physical blow
bang, baste, batter, belabor, blow, boom-boom, buffet, butt, dab, dash, dowse, fetch one a blow, flap, give toco, hammer, hit, kick, knock, lunge, pat, patter, pelt, pink, poke, pound, pummel, punch, rap, slam, slap, strike, swap, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, whack, whip, yerk
strike
hit, batter, punch, cudgel, knock, pound, buffet, thrash
conquer
defeat, vanquish, rout, trounce, win, outdo, surpass, whip
forge
break, hammer, stamp, pound

Antonyms

conquer
surrender, yield, forfeit

Additional Information

Etymology

1. O.E. beatan "inflict blows on, thrash" (class VII strong verb; past tense beot, pp. beaten), from P.Gmc. *bautan (cf. O.N. bauta, O.H.G. bozan), from PIE base *bhau- "to strike" (see batter (v.)). Of the heart, c.1200, from notion of it striking against the breast. Meaning "to overcome in a contest" is from 1611. Meaning "strike cover to rouse or drive game" (M.E.) is source of beat around the bush (1572), the metaphoric sense of which has shifted from "make preliminary motions" to "avoid, evade." Command beat it "go away" first recorded 1906 (though "action of feet upon the ground" was a sense of O.E. betan). Dead-beat (originally "tired-out") preserves the old pp. To beat (someone) up is c.1900. To beat off "masturbate" is recorded by 1960s. For beat generation, see beatnik.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-der.?
4. Proto-Germanic *bautaną
5. Proto-West Germanic *bautan
6. Old English bēatan
7. Middle English beten
8. English beat
9. Inherited from Middle English beten, from Old English bēatan (“to beat, pound, strike, lash, dash, thrust, hurt, injure”), from Proto-West Germanic *bautan, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to push, strike”).
10. Cognates
11. Cognate with Dutch boten, botten, butten (“to push, strike”), German boßen (“to thrash”), Gothic *𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽 (*bautan, “to beat, strike”) (whence, probably, Galician and Portuguese botar (“to expel; to throw”)); also Latin fūstis (“club, cudgel, knobbed stick, staff”), *fūtō (“to strike”), Albanian bahe, hobe (“sling”), Armenian բութ (butʻ), բույթ (buytʻ, “thumb”). See: Middle English 'beten', Middle English 'beten', Proto-Germanic '*bautaną', Dutch 'boten', German, old spelling 'boßen'.

Verbs referencing "beat"

Latin refuto, German, old spelling boßen, German, old spelling boßeln, German, old spelling bosseln, Bulgarian буцам.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] Imagine the ship herself, with every pulse and artery of her huge body swollen and bursting under this maltreatment, sworn to go on or die. Imagine the wind howling, the sea roaring, the rain beating: all in furious array against her. Picture the sky both dark and wild, and the clouds, in fearful sympathy with the waves, making another ocean in the air. Add to all this, the clattering on deck [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] great guns, and hurls her back—that she stops, and staggers, and shivers, as though stunned, and then, with a violent throbbing at her heart, darts onward like a monster goaded into madness, to be beaten down, and battered, and crushed, and leaped on by the angry sea—that thunder, lightning, hail, and rain, and wind, are all in fierce contention for the mastery—that every plank has its groan, every [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] poetic legend of a patriarchal institution, and all that; but over and above the scene there broods a portentous shadow—the shadow of _law_. So long as the law considers all these human beings, with beating hearts and living affections, only as so many _things_ belonging to a master,—so long as the failure, or misfortune, or imprudence, or death of the kindest owner, may cause them any day to exchange [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] for his debts. Ye 've arnt him all he gets for ye, twice over. He owed ye yer freedom, and ought ter gin ’ t to yer years ago. Mebbe he can't help himself now, but I feel it's wrong. Nothing can't beat that ar out o ’ me. Sich a faithful crittur as ye 've been,—and allers sot his business ’ fore yer own every way,—and reckoned on him more than yer own wife and chil’en ! Them as sells heart's love [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • The hotel in which we live, is a long row of small houses fronting on the street, and opening at the back upon a common yard, in which hangs a great triangle. Whenever a servant is wanted, somebody beats on this triangle from one stroke up to seven, according to the number of the house in which his presence is required; and as all the servants are always being wanted, and none of them ever come, [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] their seats about us at the same end of the table. But nothing could have made head against the depressing influence of the general body. There was a magnetism of dulness in them which would have beaten down the most facetious companion that the earth ever knew. A jest would have been a crime, and a smile would have faded into a grinning horror. Such deadly, leaden people; such systematic [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] Indeed, the mercury itself is not so variable as this class of passengers, whom you will see, when the ship is going nobly through the water, quite pale with admiration, swearing that the captain beats all captains ever known, and even hinting at subscriptions for a piece of plate; and who, next morning, when the breeze has lulled, and all the sails hang useless in the idle air, shake their [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • On one theme, which is commonly before our eyes, and in respect of which our national character is changing fast, let the plain Truth be spoken, and let us not, like dastards, beat about the bush by hinting at the Spaniard and the fierce Italian. When knives are drawn by Englishmen in conflict let it be said and known: ‘We owe this change to Republican Slavery. These are the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] in them. Why, the fact is, this concern belonged to a couple of drunken creatures that keep a low restaurant that I have to pass by every day, and I was tired of hearing her screaming, and them beating and swearing at her. She looked bright and funny, too, as if something might be made of her; — so I bought her, and I'll give her to you. Try, now, and give her a good orthodox New England bringing [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ Mas’r Henrique ! — ” he began. Henrique struck him across the face with his riding-whip, and, seizing one of his arms, forced him on to his knees, and beat him till he was out of breath. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Miller! How'd you like that view? Woo! Woo! Who is that ? Nobody important. He beat me once. (If I Could Ride Again)