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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(211) Pamela Wray's father found her body hanging from an attic beam.
(212) Unfortunately a monochromatic beam is of only limited use for spectroscopy unless it is tunable.
(213) And almost immediately she'd felt the forceful beam of Ross's hard grey eyes sweeping over her slender figure.
(214) They mug for cameras, hug their parents, and beam with pride.
(215) Liked the fixed ones it uses a radar beam to detect a driver's speed and then takes two photographs as evidence.
(216) The city was still negotiating with cable TV companies over who'd get the first franchise to beam programs into people's homes.
(217) Moceanu took a bad fall midway through her routine on the beam.
(218) The beam needs to activate only two of the five cells on the staff.
(219) The Manor kitchen has an enormous Tudor fireplace with the original oak beam.
(220) Stage-lights blossomed to full beam - curtains opened slowly - music began to play just a little bit louder.
(221) In that field was the access door from deep within the tank,(Sentencedict.com) a piece of the beam still attached.
(222) I have doubts about the strength of that beam in the ceiling.
(223) Using handholds in the wood to steady herself, she crept back along the beam, hauling Simon along with her.
(224) Down below, he could see the single torch beam which illuminated Devlin, the girl and Gilbert.
(225) And suddenly there was action - the van roared into reverse, rushing away from them, its headlights on full beam.
(226) When it gets to the last line the beam shoots back to the top.
(227) Their decision to hang it on a beam in the barn was an acknowledgment of how little it belonged.
(228) At this point,[sentencedict.com] the outer edge of the box will simply be resting on the main beam.
(229) The bright beam of a floodlight sprang out and flickered up and down the length of our vessel, examining us.
(230) In there she found her husband hanging from a beam.
(231) At her lack of response, he turned the yellowing beam of the flashlight on her white face.
(232) The lantern swung on the beam, the glasses jumped on the table, and bits of earth fell from the ceiling.
(233) All the competition uses simple, tubular steel chassis, but Aprilia is renowned for its alloy beam frames.
(234) Tricks and routines also have become drastically more complex and high-flying, with triple somersaults even on the beam now the norm.
(235) The following day Paula's body was found hanging from a beam in the garage.
(236) The device is fabricated in Gallium Arsenide using electron beam lithography to define special side-gated channels.
(237) We drove through the humid night and things flew into the beam of the headlights.
(238) Like a laser beam, he could pass through solid objects.
(239) A machine like this employing a beam of radiation was used to try to destroy the tumours.
(240) Sam Oglethorpe's narrow beam of light showed it to be swinging open.
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.