beat – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of beat

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of beat

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

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

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)