Beet
The beetroot is the taproot portion of the beet plant, usually known in North America as the beet, also table beet, garden beet, red beet, or golden beet. It is one of several of the cultivated varieties of Beta vulgaris grown for their edible taproots and their leaves (called beet greens). These varieties have been classified as B. vulgaris subsp. vulgaris Conditiva Group.
Other than as a food, beets have use as a food colouring and as a medicinal plant. Many beet products are made from other Beta vulgaris varieties, particularly sugar beet.
Beat (noun)
A stroke; a blow.
Beat (noun)
A pulsation or throb.
“a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse”
Beat (noun)
A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.
Beat (noun)
A rhythm.
Beat (noun)
[specifically] The rhythm signalled by a conductor or other musician to the members of a group of musicians.
Beat (noun)
The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency
Beat (noun)
A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect; a plot point or story development.
Beat (noun)
The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.
“to walk the beat”
Beat (noun)
An area of a person’s responsibility, especially
Beat (noun)
An act of reporting news or scientific results before a rival; a scoop.
Beat (noun)
That which beats, or surpasses, another or others.
“the beat of him”
Beat (noun)
A place of habitual or frequent resort.
Beat (noun)
A low cheat or swindler.
“a dead beat”
Beat (noun)
The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.
Beat (noun)
The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.
Beat (noun)
A smart tap on the adversary’s blade.
Beat (noun)
A beatnik.
Beat (verb)
To hit; strike
“As soon as she heard that her father had died, she went into a rage and beat the wall with her fists until her knuckles bled.”
“knock|pound|strike|hammer|whack”
Beat (verb)
To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
“He danced hypnotically while she beat the atabaque.”
Beat (verb)
To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
Beat (verb)
To move with pulsation or throbbing.
Beat (verb)
To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do better than, outdo, or excel (someone) in a particular, competitive event.
“Jan had little trouble beating John in tennis. He lost five games in a row.”
“No matter how quickly Joe finished his test, Roger always beat him.”
“I just can’t seem to beat the last level of this video game.”
Beat (verb)
To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
Beat (verb)
To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.
Beat (verb)
To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.
“Beat the eggs and whip the cream.”
Beat (verb)
of a buyer, to persuade the seller to reduce a price
“He wanted $50 for it, but I managed to beat him down to $35.”
Beat (verb)
To indicate by beating or drumming.
“to beat a retreat; to beat to quarters”
Beat (verb)
To tread, as a path.
Beat (verb)
To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
Beat (verb)
To be in agitation or doubt.
Beat (verb)
To make a sound when struck.
“The drums beat.”
Beat (verb)
To make a succession of strokes on a drum.
“The drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters.”
Beat (verb)
To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.
Beat (verb)
To arrive at a place before someone.
“He beat me there.”
“The place is empty, we beat the crowd of people who come at lunch.”
Beat (verb)
to masturbate.
“This was the second time he beat off today.”
Beat (adjective)
exhausted
“After the long day, she was feeling completely beat.”
Beat (adjective)
dilapidated, beat up
“Dude, you drive a beat car like that and you ain’t gonna get no honeys.”
Beat (adjective)
fabulous
“Her makeup was beat!”
Beat (adjective)
boring
Beat (adjective)
ugly
Beet (noun)
Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
“The beet is a hardy species.”
“There are beets growing over these.”
Beet (noun)
A beetroot, a swollen root of such a plant.