beast of burden

,beast of `burden noun count OLD-FASHIONED

an animal that is used for carrying heavy things, for example a DONKEY or a CAMEL

beat2

beat 2 [ bit ] noun count **

1. ) one of the regular sounds or movements of your heart:

a heart rate of 65 beats a minute

skip/miss a beat: Her heart seemed to miss a beat.

a ) the series of regular sounds or movements as your heart pumps blood around your body:

I could feel the beat of his heart.

2. ) usually singular the main pattern of sounds in a piece of music, or the strongest sounds in this pattern:

I'd like you to tap out the beat on the table.

music with a slow pulsating beat

a ) a single regular sound or a series of regular sounds, especially of two things hitting together:

the sound of a single drum beat

beat of: the beat of horses' hooves

b ) a unit of measurement for a piece of music. Each MEASURE has a particular number of beats:

A waltz has three beats in each measure.

3. ) usually singular an area that a police officer has responsibility for and must walk around regularly:

walk/pound/patrol the beat: The two officers used to walk the beat together.

on the beat (=walking around an area): We intend to increase the number of police on the beat.

beat3

beat 3 [ bit ] adjective SPOKEN

very tired:

I'm going to bed now I'm beat.