![]() Princeton's WordNet Rate these antonyms: 4. Wet one s whistle Meaning in Hindi: Find the definition of Wet one s whistle in Hindi. Compare CONQUER.Īlmost all antonyms in this class are passive, and can be formed indefinitely from the conquering words by the use of the auxiliary be as, be beaten, be defeated, be conquered, etc.įail, fall, get the worst of, go down, go under, surrenderīastinado, batter, beat, belabor, bruise, castigate, chastise, conquer, cudgel, defeat, flog, overcome, pommel, pound, scourge, smite, spank, strike, surpass, switch, thrash, whip, worstīeat with a stick over the head beat by a trick out of town beat to the ground into submission. ![]() Hence beat becomes the synonym for every word which implies getting the advantage of another. To beat a combatant is to disable or dishearten him for further fighting. The metaphorical sense of beat, however, so far preponderates that one may be very badly bruised and battered, and yet not be said to be beaten, unless he has got the worst of the beating. To batter and to bruise refer to the results of beating that is battered which is broken or defaced by repeated blows on the surface (compare synonyms for SHATTER) that is bruised which has suffered even one severe contusion. Others of the above words describe the manner of beating, as bastinado, to beat on the soles of the feet belabor, to inflict a comprehensive and exhaustive beating cudgel, to beat with a stick thrash, as wheat was beaten out with the old hand-flail to pound (akin to Latin pondus, a weight) is to beat with a heavy, and pommel with a blunt, instrument. ![]() Strike is the word for a single blow to beat is to strike repeatedly, as a bird beats the air with its wings.
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