Synonym: bar, glow, shaft, shine, smile, timber. Similar words: team, steam, scream, stream, dream of, dream up, teammate, bean. Meaning: [biːm] 
n. 1. a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides pilots in darkness or bad weather 2. long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction 3. a column of light (as from a beacon) 4. a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation 5. (nautical) breadth amidships 6. a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts. v. 1. smile radiantly; express joy through one's facial expression 2. emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light 3. express with a beaming face or smile 4. broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television 5. have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink 6. experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion.
n. 1. a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides pilots in darkness or bad weather 2. long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction 3. a column of light (as from a beacon) 4. a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation 5. (nautical) breadth amidships 6. a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts. v. 1. smile radiantly; express joy through one's facial expression 2. emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light 3. express with a beaming face or smile 4. broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television 5. have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink 6. experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion. 
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(181) And a third beam was forced into the cargo hold.
(182) In a few moments, he shut the beam off, and admired his handiwork.
(183) This concerned the way in which electrons were ejected from metals by an incident beam of light.
(184) He shielded the thin beam as best he could; he felt it was like a beacon, alerting the whole county.
(185) Great golden ridges hung like curtains and our beam of light was swallowed in deep gulfs of blackness.
(186) She lowered herself to the beam, one leg down, the other forward.
(187) Lucy walked up the fight of steps; the plate glass doors slid open electronically as she crossed the beam.
(188) The warehouses are built of stone and have wooden beam hoists on the gable walls.
(189) Calibration is done insitu using a chopped laser beam to provide a known heat increment.
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(190) He invented the Cornish engine, a beam engine of Brobdingnagian proportions used mainly for pumping water out of tin mines.
(191) Most low-voltage lights cast a localised beam or a diffused glow.
(192) The X-ray spectrometer thus directs a beam of X-rays at a crystal mounted on a turntable.
(193) He was for ever putting his arm round surly Arthur and inquiring after the score with a beam on his face.
(194) One man dug using full beam while another stood by the internal telephone system with a dimmed light.
(195) When you disturbed them the seeds of rose-bay willow-herbs lifted like air bubbles into the beam of light.
(196) But he did, as he played the beam over her prone body.
(197) A basic example occurs in an electron beam - so important in television and radio.
(198) None the less, Darwinians began to think that perhaps human history might be illuminated by a beam of evolutionary light.
(199) The large arrows mark the locations of two steps bounding the cusp, which were observed very near the UHF beam.
(200) So, says Daedalus. imagine a Cexspex lens exposed to a bright directional beam of light.
(201) The grenade left his grip at almost the same moment as another beam struck him full across the carapace, cracking it.
(202) Nevertheless, Alexai Ybreska gazed upon the weed-festooned mound with a beam of satisfaction.
(203) The amiable Downpatrick man will beam into living-rooms every Friday throughout the autumn from September 17.
(204) Water coursed down Simon's body as he stood, shaking with cold, on the beam.
(205) The launcher for the medium-range version will incorporate a projector that produces a beam of infrared radiation.
(206) However, what is actually measured is the intensity of the beam after it has passed through the flame.
(207) Insertinch carriage bolts about 7 inches long to accommodate a washer and a nut on the inside of the beam.
(208) Then my family; or at any rate the beam of a torch moving about in the kitchen.
(209) Caught in the torch beam were a pair of eyes, glittering ebony pupils widening in shock.
(210) He heard their crashing, giggling descent, swinging his beam away from them so they would be in complete darkness.
More similar words: team, steam, scream, stream, dream of, dream up, teammate, bean, mainstream, beach, beast, beard, bear out, bear on, beat down, be able to, bearable, bear with, be aware of, bearings, bear in mind, be afraid to, be available.