Synonyms: flog, take a switch to, birch
| 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 |
| Dutch | met een stok slaan |
|---|---|
| Esperanto | vergi |
| German | stäupen |
| Portuguese | vergastar |
| Saterland Frisian | katoolje; ferkammesoolje; ferklopje; truchhaue; gieselje |