/biːt/

(pt beat, pp beaten)

• 1  vt. [person] jo; [carpet] astindu; [thing] kolpekatu

• 2  vt. [wings] astindu, eragin; [eggs] irabiatu

• 3  vt. gainditu, gainezka egin

• 4  vt. hautsi

  he's beaten last year's record: iazko errekorra hautsi du

• 5  vt. (in negative sentences) bezalakorik ez egon, adinakorik ez egon

  nothing beats my mother's cooking: ez dago nire ama bezalako sukaldaririk

• 6  vi. [of heart] taupadak egin; [of drum] arrada egin