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Definition of Beam

1. Verb. Smile radiantly; express joy through one's facial expression.

2. Noun. A signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather.

3. Verb. Emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light. "The horizon is beaming with lights"; "The fire beamed on their faces"

4. Noun. Long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction.

5. Verb. Express with a beaming face or smile. "He beamed his approval"

6. Noun. A group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation.

7. Verb. Broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television. "We cannot air this X-rated song"

8. Noun. A column of light (as from a beacon).

9. Verb. Have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink. "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna"

10. Noun. (nautical) breadth amidships.

11. Verb. Experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion. "Her face radiated with happiness"

12. Noun. The broad side of a ship. "They sighted land on the port beam"

13. Noun. A gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts.

Definition of Beam

1. n. Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.

2. v. t. To send forth; to emit; -- followed ordinarily by forth; as, to beam forth light.

3. v. i. To emit beams of light.

Definition of Beam

1. Noun. Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use. ¹

2. Noun. One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building; one of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid - supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones. ¹

3. Noun. (nautical) The maximum width of a vessel ¹

4. Noun. The crossbar of a mechanical balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended. ¹

5. Noun. The principal stem of the antler of a deer. ¹

6. Noun. (literary) The pole of a carriage. ¹

7. Noun. (textiles) A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving and the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven. ¹

8. Noun. The straight part or shank of an anchor. ¹

9. Noun. The central bar of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it. ¹

10. Noun. A heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft. ¹

11. Noun. A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body ¹

12. Noun. (figuratively) A ray; a gleam ¹

13. Noun. One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk. ¹

14. Noun. (music) A horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value. ¹

15. Noun. An elevated rectangular dirt pile used to cheaply build an elevated portion of a railway. ¹

16. Verb. (intransitive) To emit beams of light; shine; radiate; ¹

17. Verb. (intransitive figuratively) To smile broadly or especially cheerfully. ¹

18. Verb. (transitive) To furnish or supply with beams; give the appearance of beams to. ¹

19. Verb. (transitive science fiction) To transmit matter or information via a high-tech wireless mechanism. ¹

20. Verb. (transitive currying) To stretch on a beam, as a hide. ¹

21. Verb. (transitive weaving) To put on a beam, as a chain or web. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Beam

1. to emit in beams (rays of light) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Beam

1. Stream of particles or electromagnetic radiation travelling in a single direction. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beam

beakersful beakful beakfuls beakhead beakheads beakier beakiest beaking beakiron beakirons

beakless beaklike beaks beaky beal beam (current term) beam-beam reaction beam-ends beam-plasma reaction beam-wall reaction

beam balance beam dump beam of light beam scale beam splitter beam splitters beam tree beam up beambird beambirds

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