beat-v; 11 Senses

Sense Number 1: be superior to, outwit, trounce

Examples:
Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship.
Reading beats watching television.
I beat the traffic.
This beats me!

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: beat.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 12, 21

Sense Number 2: Hit, thump, pulsate, sometimes rythmically

Examples:
He beat the table with his shoe.
His heart was beating fast.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
The drums beat all night.
The eagle beat its wings.
Beat one's foot rythmically.
The grandfather clock beat midnight.
Beat bushes to rouse animals for hunting.

Mappings:
VerbNet: crane-40.3.2,sound_emission-43.2
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: beat.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20

Sense Number 3: subject to a beating

Examples:
The teacher used to beat the students.

Mappings:
VerbNet: hit-18.1-1
FrameNet: Cause_harm
PropBank: beat.05
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 4: glare or strike with intensity

Examples:
The sun beat upon the head of Jonah.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 7

Sense Number 5: sail with much tacking

Examples:
The boat beat in the strong wind.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 9

Sense Number 6: stir vigorously

Examples:
Beat the egg whites until they form stiff peaks.

Mappings:
VerbNet: knead-26.5,shake-22.3-1-1
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 10

Sense Number 7: avoid paying

Examples:
Beat the subway fare.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 13

Sense Number 8: Make by pounding or trampling

Examples:
Beat a path through the forest.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5, 18

Sense Number 9: Exhaust

Examples:
I'm beat.
He was beat after working a long day.
This kind of work beats me.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 23

Sense Number 10: Perplex, puzzle

Examples:
This beats me!

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 22

Sense Number 11: VPC/multi-word expressions

Commentary: beat_in beat_down beat_back beat_a_retreat beat_about beat_around_the_bush beat_out beat_up

Examples:
It is almost impossible to beat in the information.
She beat the merchant down $100.
She beat the dealer down to a much better price.
Beat back the invaders.
After beating about for several hours, he turned up the missing papers.
Buyers beat a retreat to the coast.
The sun beat down on us.
The thugs beat him up when he walked down the dark street.
Don't beat around the bush! Tell me what you want.
Art nouveau jewelry beat out bling.

Mappings:
VerbNet: hit-18.1-1
FrameNet: Cause_harm
PropBank: beat.05
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 22
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
beat_in 1
beat_back 1
beat_about 1
beat_around_the_bush 1
beat_out 1, 2
beat_down 1, 2, 3
beat_a_retreat 1
beat_up 1, 2