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beam
[ beem ]
noun
- any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- Building Trades. a horizontal bearing member, as a joist or lintel.
- Engineering. a rigid member or structure supported at each end, subject to bending stresses from a direction perpendicular to its length.
- Nautical.
- a horizontal structural member, usually transverse, for supporting the decks and flats of a vessel.
- the extreme width of a vessel.
- the shank of an anchor.
- Aeronautics. the direction perpendicular to the plane of symmetry of an aircraft and outward from the side.
- the widest part.
- Slang. the measure across both hips or buttocks:
broad in the beam.
- Machinery.
- (in a loom) a roller or cylinder on which the warp is wound before weaving.
- a similar cylinder on which cloth is wound as it is woven.
- the crossbar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales or pans are suspended.
- a ray of light:
The sun shed its beams upon the vineyard.
- a group of nearly parallel rays.
- Radio, Aeronautics. a signal transmitted along a narrow course, used to guide pilots through darkness, bad weather, etc.
- Electronics. a narrow stream of electrons, as that emitted from the electron gun of a cathode ray tube.
- the angle at which a microphone or loudspeaker functions best.
- the cone-shaped range of effective use of a microphone or loudspeaker.
- Citizens Band Radio Slang. beam antenna.
- a gleam; suggestion:
a beam of hope.
- a radiant smile.
- the principal stem of the antler of a deer.
verb (used with object)
- to emit in or as in beams or rays.
- Radio. to transmit (a signal) in a particular direction.
- Radio and Television. to direct (a program, commercial message, etc.) to a predetermined audience.
verb (used without object)
- to emit beams, as of light.
- to smile radiantly or happily.
beam
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noun
- a long thick straight-sided piece of wood, metal, concrete, etc, esp one used as a horizontal structural member
- any rigid member or structure that is loaded transversely
- the breadth of a ship or boat taken at its widest part, usually amidships
- a ray or column of light, as from a beacon
- a broad smile
- one of the two cylindrical rollers on a loom, one of which holds the warp threads before weaving, the other the finished work
- the main stem of a deer's antler from which the smaller branches grow
- the central shaft of a plough to which all the main parts are attached
- a narrow unidirectional flow of electromagnetic radiation or particles
a beam of light
an electron beam
- the horizontal centrally pivoted bar in a balance
- informal.the width of the hips (esp in the phrase broad in the beam )
- a beam in one's eyea fault or grave error greater in oneself than in another person
- off beam or off the beam
- not following a radio beam to maintain a course
- wrong, mistaken, or irrelevant
- on the beam
- following a radio beam to maintain a course
- nautical opposite the beam of a vessel; abeam
- correct, relevant, or appropriate
verb
- to send out or radiate (rays of light)
- tr to divert or aim (a radio signal or broadcast, light, etc) in a certain direction
to beam a programme to Tokyo
- to pass (data, esp business card details, etc) from one hand-held computer to another by means of infrared beams
- intr to smile broadly with pleasure or satisfaction
Derived Forms
- ˈ²ú±ð²¹³¾ËŒ±ô¾±°ì±ð, adjective
- beamed, adjective
- ˈ²ú±ð²¹³¾¾±²Ô²µ, adjectivenoun
- ˈ²ú±ð²¹³¾±ô±ð²õ²õ, adjective
- ˈ²ú±ð²¹³¾²â, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²ú±ð²¹³¾î€ƒl±ð²õ²õ adjective
- ²ú±ð²¹³¾î€ƒl¾±°ì±ð adjective
- ´Ç³Ü³Ùb±ð²¹³¾î€ƒ verb (used with object)
- ³Ü²Ô·²ú±ð²¹³¾±ð»å adjective
- ³Ü²Ôd±ð°ù·²ú±ð²¹³¾î€… noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of beam1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of beam1
Idioms and Phrases
- beam in, Citizens Band Radio Slang. to be received under optimum conditions; be heard loud and clear:
They told me I was really beaming in.
- fly the beam, Radio, Aeronautics. (of an aircraft) to be guided by a beam.
- off the beam,
- not on the course indicated by a radio beam.
- Informal. wrong; incorrect:
The pollsters were off the beam again for the last presidential election.
- on the beam,
- on the course indicated by a radio beam, as an airplane.
- Nautical. at right angles to the keel.
- Informal. proceeding well; correct; exact:
Their research is right on the beam and the results should be very valuable.
More idioms and phrases containing beam
see broad in the beam ; off the beam .Example Sentences
A week later, in the Bruins’ home debut against Illinois, she dismounted early during a beam routine, scoring below a 9 for the first time in her career.
Structural beams, columns and slabs held up, despite extreme shaking and swaying of some high-rises.
"A 'flat slab' system is a way of constructing buildings where floors are made to rest directly on columns, without using beams," he explained.
Raducanu sealed victory with a ripping forehand winner on her second match point, breaking into a beaming smile and clasping the peak of her hat in shock.
Cushing released his emotions at full-time, walking around Joie Stadium with a beaming smile on his face as he applauded supporters.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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