beat – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of beat

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of beat

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youbeat sb down
weLet's beat sb down
youbeat sb down

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)