spend or use time | wear out completely |
work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function | be a mystery or bewildering to |
have an existence, be extant | come out better in a competition, race, or conflict |
have life, be alive | beat through cleverness and wit |
form or compose | hit repeatedly |
have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) | give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression |
occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere | stir vigorously |
be identical to; be someone or something | strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music |
be identical or equivalent to | strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting |
represent, as of a character on stage | shape by beating |
be priced at | make by pounding or trampling |
to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form | produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly |
| move rhythmically |
| sail with much tacking or with difficulty |
| move with a flapping motion |
| indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks |
| move with a thrashing motion |
| move with or as if with a regular alternating motion |
| make a rhythmic sound |
| make a sound like a clock or a timer |
| glare or strike with great intensity |
| avoid paying |
| be superior |