beaten
adjective
- Defeated
- Repeatedly struck
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈbiː.tən/ / [ˈbiː.tn̩] / [ˈbiː.ʔn̩]
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-der.? Proto-Germanic *bautaną Proto-West Germanic *bautan Old English bēatan Middle English beten English beat English en English beaten From beat + en.
- Defeated.
- Repeatedly struck, or formed or flattened by blows.
“a beaten path; beaten gold; the beaten victims of the attack”
- Mixed by paddling with a wooden spoon or other implement.
- Trite; hackneyed.
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-der.? Proto-Germanic *bautaną Proto-West Germanic *bautan Old English bēatan Middle English beten English beat English en English beaten From beat + en.
- past participle of beat