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The Meaning of beam
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(n.) Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
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(n.) One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building or ship.
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(n.) The width of a vessel; as, one vessel is said to have more beam than another.
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(n.) The bar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.
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(n.) The principal stem or horn of a stag or other deer, which bears the antlers, or branches.
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(n.) The pole of a carriage.
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(n.) A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven; one being called the fore beam, the other the back beam.
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(n.) The straight part or shank of an anchor.
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(n.) The main part 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.
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(n.) 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; -- called also working beam or walking beam.
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(n.) A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat.
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(n.) Fig.: A ray; a gleam; as, a beam of comfort.
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(n.) One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk; -- called also beam feather.
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(v. t.) To send forth; to emit; -- followed ordinarily by forth; as, to beam forth light.
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(v. i.) To emit beams of light.
Synonyms
radio beam
,
ray
,
electron beam
,
beam of light
,
light beam
,
ray
,
ray of light
,
shaft
,
shaft of light
,
irradiation
,
balance beam
,
shine
,
air
,
send
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broadcast
,
transmit
,
glow
,
radiate
,
shine
,
glow
,
radiate
,
shine
Homophones
beahm
,
beem
Rhymes
academe
,
agleam
,
avrim
,
basim
,
beahm
,
beem
,
bireme
,
bleam
,
bloodstream
,
bream
,
chromakalim
,
cream
,
creme
,
daelim
,
daydream
,
deam
,
deem
,
diehm
,
downstream
,
dream
,
episteme
,
esteem
,
extreme
,
fleam
,
gleam
,
gleim
,
greim
,
grieme
,
hakim
,
hapoalim
,
haradim
,
ibrahim
,
joachim
,
karim
,
keim
,
liem
,
mainstream
,
maxime
,
midstream
,
mneme
,
moonbeam
,
passim
,
pezim
,
priem
,
raheem
,
rahim
,
ream
,
redeem
,
regime
,
reim
,
sarofim
,
scheme
,
scream
,
seam
,
seem
,
sephardim
,
siem
,
steam
,
stream
,
sunbeam
,
supreme
,
team
,
teem
,
theme
,
thieme
,
upstream
,
vadim
,
ziehm