Synonyms: brandish, swing, wave, wave about, wag, wield, whirl
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /biːt/ |
| Hyphenation | beat |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑚𐑰𐑑 |
| Deseret alphabet | 𐐺𐐨𐐻 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) beat | (I) beat |
| (thou) beatest | (thou) beatst, beatest |
| (he) beats, beateth | (he) beat |
| (we) beat | (we) beat |
| (you) beat | (you) beat |
| (they) beat | (they) beat |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) beat | (I) beat |
| (thou) beat | (thou) beat |
| (he) beat | (he) beat |
| (we) beat | (we) beat |
| (you) beat | (you) beat |
| (they) beat | (they) beat |
| Imperative mood | |
| beat | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| beating | beat |
| Catalan | brandar |
|---|---|
| Danish | svinge |
| Dutch | slingeren; swingen; zwaaien |
| Esperanto | svingi |
| Faeroese | reiggja; veittra |
| Finnish | heiluttaa |
| French | agiter; brandir |
| German | schlingen; schwingen |
| Italian | brandire |
| Portuguese | bater |
| Saterland Frisian | swänke; swierje; swooie |
| Spanish | blandir; tremolar |
| Swedish | svinga |