Beam can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| beam - smile radiantly; express joy through one's facial expression | ||
| beam - express with a beaming face or smile; "he beamed his approval" | ||
| beam - broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song" | ||
| beam - emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light; "The sun shone bright that day"; "The fire beamed on their faces" | ||
| beam - experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion; "She was beaming with joy"; "Her face radiated with happiness" | ||
| beam - have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink; "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna" | ||
Noun |
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| beam - long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction | ||
| beam - a column of light (as from a beacon) | ||
| beam - a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation | ||
| beam - (nautical) breadth amidships | ||
| beam - the broad side of a ship; "they sighted land on the port beam" | ||
| beam - a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather | ||
| beam - a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts |
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| 1. | noun | They sighted land on the port beam. | |
| 2. | noun | While they are extremely accurate, laser sights do not operate well when drunk or high because the beam often does not show up on the target. | |
| 3. | noun | A beam of sunlight came through the clouds. | |
| 4. | noun | This beam won't hold the weight of the second story. | |
| 5. | noun | This lamp sends out a powerful beam. | |
| 6. | noun | A beam of light through the window woke the professor up out of a deep sleep. | |
| 7. | noun | A beam of white light is split by a prism into rays of various colors. | |
| 8. | noun | Get yourself astride the balance beam. | |
| 9. | noun | We found a beam of light in the night sky. | |
| 10. | noun | Go onto the balance beam! | |
| 11. | noun | My lights are on full beam. | |
| 12. | noun | I was wakened by a beam of light shining through my window. | |
| 13. | noun | The witch cast a spell and a beam of light shot out of her wand. | |
| 14. | noun | Is the beam solid or hollow? | |
| 15. | noun | I'm checking for laser beam alarm triggers. | |
| 16. | verb | In winter, the windows were sometimes quite frozen over. But then the boy and the girl would warm copper pennies on the stove, and hold the warm pennies against the frozen pane; there would be very soon a little round hole through which they could peep, and the soft bright eyes of the little boy and girl would beam through the hole at each window as they looked at each other. |
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| noun | |
| They sighted land on the port beam. |
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| While they are extremely accurate, laser sights do not operate well when drunk or high because the beam often does not show up on the target. |
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| A beam of sunlight came through the clouds. | |
| This beam won't hold the weight of the second story. | |
| This lamp sends out a powerful beam. | |
| A beam of light through the window woke the professor up out of a deep sleep. | |
| A beam of white light is split by a prism into rays of various colors. | |
| Get yourself astride the balance beam. | |
| We found a beam of light in the night sky. | |
| Go onto the balance beam! | |
| My lights are on full beam. | |
| I was wakened by a beam of light shining through my window. | |
| The witch cast a spell and a beam of light shot out of her wand. | |
| Is the beam solid or hollow? | |
| I'm checking for laser beam alarm triggers. | |
| verb | |
| In winter, the windows were sometimes quite frozen over. But then the boy and the girl would warm copper pennies on the stove, and hold the warm pennies against the frozen pane; there would be very soon a little round hole through which they could peep, and the soft bright eyes of the little boy and girl would beam through the hole at each window as they looked at each other. | |