Hyphenation of beaten

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word beaten ? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

beat-en

Definitions of beaten :

1.
Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship We beat the competition Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
2.
Give a beating to
Subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night The teacher used to beat the students
3.
Hit repeatedly
Beat on the door Beat the table with his shoe
4.
Move rhythmically
Her heart was beating fast
5.
Shape by beating
Beat swords into ploughshares
6.
Make a rhythmic sound
Rain drummed against the windshield The drums beat all night
7.
Glare or strike with great intensity
The sun was beating down on us
8.
Move with a thrashing motion
The bird flapped its wings The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky
9.
Sail with much tacking or with difficulty
The boat beat in the strong wind
10.
Stir vigorously
Beat the egg whites Beat the cream
11.
Strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
Beat one's breast Beat one's foot rhythmically
12.
Be superior
Reading beats watching television This sure beats work!
13.
Avoid paying
Beat the subway fare
14.
Make a sound like a clock or a timer
The clocks were ticking The grandfather clock beat midnight
15.
Move with a flapping motion
The bird's wings were flapping
16.
Indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
Beat the rhythm
17.
Move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
The city pulsated with music and excitement
18.
Make by pounding or trampling
Beat a path through the forest
19.
Produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
Beat the drum
20.
Strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
21.
Beat through cleverness and wit
I beat the traffic She outfoxed her competitors
22.
Be a mystery or bewildering to
This beats me! Got me--I don't know the answer! A vexing problem This question really stuck me
23.
Wear out completely
This kind of work exhausts me I'm beat He was all washed up after the exam
24.
Formed or made thin by hammering
Beaten gold
25.
Much trodden and worn smooth or bare
Did not stray from the beaten path

Synonyms of beaten :

adj battered, abused, ill-treated, maltreated, mistreated
adj shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
adj familiar

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