beat (down)

verb

Definition of beat (down)next
as in to beam

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  1. beam
  2. shine
  3. brighten
  4. enhalo
  5. radiate
  6. light
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  • An unmanned Sceye airship flew from New Mexico to Japan and back, beaming mobile cell service to ordinary phones from the stratosphere.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2026
  • But on the piano, laser-beamed into his songcraft, he’s quietly electrified, at seemingly at peace as his tenorous vocal glissando and nimble fingerwork on the piano produce shiveringly tender folk ballads that echo Harry Nilsson and Van Morrison.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of beam
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  • No lights shone from blocks of flats; no sounds of traffic came from any road.
    — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
  • As for glam, Deutch kept things simple, shining a spotlight on her outfit.
    — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of shine
Verb
  • From setting up special meals to just brightening days with smiles and genuine care, the staff here lift the already luxury experience to the next level.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Here, the exclusive tech is enhanced with firming peptides, caffeine, and marine ferment, plus brightening kakudu plum extract.
    — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of brighten
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  • These enhaloed the heads of models who led the audience down a garden path in New York’s Marble Cemetery into a romantic realm of fairy tale and fantasy.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2018
Definition of enhalo
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  • One of them was Maggie Bieritz, one of those people who radiates joy and wit.
    — Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The jet carries 500,000 times the energy radiated by the sun and explains the mystery of how feeding black holes become such powerful cosmic particle accelerators and generate such high-energy gamma-ray photons.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of radiate
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  • When their demands were met and extra staff sent to the school, the strike ended, but by then the match had been lit.
    — Melissa Bell, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers learned fumes accumulated in restaurants because pilot lights (small flames inside gas stoves that stay continuously lit) continued to burn gas after kitchens closed and ventilation fans were off.
    — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of light
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“Beat (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beat%20%28down%29. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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