Word Meanings - BEATEN - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. Made smooth by beating or treading; worn by use. "A broad and beaten way." Milton. "Beaten gold." Shak. 2. Vanquished; conquered; baffled. 3. Exhausted; tired out. 4. Become common or trite; as, a beaten phrase. 5. Tried; practiced. Beau.
Additional info about word: BEATEN
1. Made smooth by beating or treading; worn by use. "A broad and beaten way." Milton. "Beaten gold." Shak. 2. Vanquished; conquered; baffled. 3. Exhausted; tired out. 4. Become common or trite; as, a beaten phrase. 5. Tried; practiced. Beau. & Fl.
Related words: (words related to BEATEN)
- TRISYLLABIC; TRISYLLABICAL
Of or pertaining to a trisyllable; consisting of three syllables; as, "syllable" is a trisyllabic word. -- Tris`yllab"ic*al*ly, adv. - SMOOTHEN
To make smooth. - TRINE
The aspect of planets distant from each other 120 degrees, or one third of the zodiac; trigon. In sextile, square, and trine. Milton. 2. A triad; trinity. A single trine of brazen tortoises. Mrs. Browning. Eternal One, Almighty Trine! Keble. - TRICLINATE
Triclinic. - TRIPUDIARY
Of or pertaining to dancing; performed by dancing. " Tripudiary augurations." Sir T. Browne. - TRILOBITE
Any one of numerous species of extinct arthropods belonging to the order Trilobita. Trilobites were very common in the Silurian and Devonian periods, but became extinct at the close of the Paleozoic. So named from the three lobes usually seen on - TRIOECIOUS
Having three sorts of flowers on the same or on different plants, some of the flowers being staminate, others pistillate, and others both staminate and pistillate; belonging to the order Trioecia. - BEATIFIC; BEATIFICAL
Having the power to impart or complete blissful enjoyment; blissful. "The beatific vision." South. -- Be`a*tif"ic*al*ly, adv. - TRINKETER
One who trinkets. - TRIBUNARY
Of or pertaining to tribunes; as, tribunary powers or authority. - TIRO
See TYRO - TRIALITY
Three united; state of being three. H. Wharton. - TRISKELION; TRISKELE
A figure composed of three branches, usually curved, radiating from a center, as the figure composed of three human legs, with bent knees, which has long been used as a badge or symbol of Sicily and of the Isle of Man. - TRICLINIUM
A couch for reclining at meals, extending round three sides of a table, and usually in three parts. A dining room furnished with such a triple couch. - SMOOTHNESS
Quality or state of being smooth. - TRIFURCATE; TRIFURCATED
Having three branches or forks; trichotomous. - TRIGONAL
Having three angles, or corners; triangular; as, a trigonal stem, one having tree prominent longitudinal angles. - TRICHINA
A small, slender nematoid worm which, in the larval state, is parasitic, often in immense numbers, in the voluntary muscles of man, the hog, and many other animals. When insufficiently cooked meat containing the larvæ is swallowed by man, they - BROADSWORD
A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore. I heard the broadsword's deadly clang. Sir W. Scott. - TRINDLE
See TRUNDLE - MAISTRE; MAISTRIE; MAISTRY
Mastery; superiority; art. See Mastery. Chaucer. - PROVENTRIULUS
The glandular stomach of birds, situated just above the crop. - VENTRILOQUY
See VENTRILOQUISM - INTRINSICAL
1. Intrinsic. 2. Intimate; closely familiar. Sir H. Wotton. - TIRE
A tier, row, or rank. See Tier. In posture to displode their second tire Of thunder. Milton. - PEDESTRIAN
Going on foot; performed on foot; as, a pedestrian journey. - TRAY-TRIP
An old game played with dice. Shak. - ANEMOMETRIC; ANEMOMETRICAL
Of or pertaining to anemometry. - NAVEL-STRING
The umbilical cord. - STRIATUM
The corpus striatum. - CEPHALOTRIBE
An obstetrical instrument for performing cephalotripsy. - ANELECTRIC
Not becoming electrified by friction; -- opposed to idioelectric. -- n. - FRICATRICE
A lewd woman; a harlot. B. Jonson. - TERRESTRIFY
To convert or reduce into a condition like that of the earth; to make earthy. Sir T. Browne. - TANTRISM
The system of doctrines and rites taught in the tantras. -- Tan"trist , n. - UNCOMMON
Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage. Syn. -- Rare; scarce; infrequent; unwonted. -- Un*com"mon*ly, adv. -- Un*com"mon*ness, n.