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beam
English
- 🔊 long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction
- 🔊 the broad side of a ship“they sighted land on the port beam”
- 🔊 (nautical) breadth amidships
- 🔊 a column of light (as from a beacon)
- 🔊 a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
- 🔊 a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts
- 🔊 a signal transmitted along a narrow path
- 🔊 smile radiantly
- 🔊 express with a beaming face or smile“he beamed his approval”
- 🔊 experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion“She was beaming with joy”
- 🔊 have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink“Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna”
- 🔊 emit light“The sun shone bright that day”
- 🔊 broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television“We cannot air this X-rated song”
Spanish
- 🔊 haz beam
- 🔊 vigueta beam
- 🔊 rayo beam, ray (wave of energy)
- 🔊 mangueta beam, tie (to link or secure an assembly of two or more inclined timbers)