Beam

Noun

 * 1) Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
 * 2) One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building; one of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid - supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones.
 * 3)  The maximum width of a vessel; as, one vessel is said to have more beam than another; also called breadth. (FM 55-501).
 * 4) The crossbar of a mechanical balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.
 * 5) The principal stem of the antler of a deer.
 * 6) The pole of a carriage.
 * 7) A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven; one being called the fore beam, the other the back beam.
 * 8) The straight part or shank of an anchor.
 * 9) The central bar of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it.
 * 10) A heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft; -- called also working beam or walking beam.
 * 11) A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat.
 * 12)  A ray; a gleam; as, a beam of comfort.
 * 13) One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk; -- called also beam feather.
 * 14)  A horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value.

Verb

 * 1)  To transmit matter or information via a high-tech wireless mechanism.
 * 2)  To emit beams of light; shine; radiate;
 * 3)  To smile broadly or especially cheerfully.
 * 4)  To furnish or supply with beams; give the appearance of beams to.
 * 5)  To stretch on a beam, as a hide.
 * 6)  To put on a beam, as a chain or web.

Adjectives for Beam

 * (light) quivering; hazy; dulled; transient; sunny; noonday; blessed; invisible; silvery; chaste; stray; steady; unwinking; eternal; creeping; intermittent; half-extinguished; bright; pallid; guiding; fervid; virgin; naked; feeble; divergent; crimson; intellectual; belated; transverse; kindly; slanting piercing; horizontal; penetrating; weird  leaf-entangled; genial; blinding; sunny burning; effulgent; gracious; glancing; refracted.
 * (wood) sagging; massive; uncovered; metal-weighted; rough; hand-hewn; exposed; blackened; tarred.

Verbs for Beam

 * (light) flash—; fling—; focus—; follow—; furnish —; gild with —s; isolate—; outshine—; play—upon; radiate—; shade—; shed—; shoot—; spot—; throw—; clothe in —s; emit—; enwreathe with —s; —blazes; — blinds; —brightens; —creeps up; —dazzles; —directs; —emanates from; —glitters; — guides; —penetrates; —pierces; —reflects; —scorches; —shines; —shoots forth; — slants; —sweeps.
 * (wood) arch—; center—; cross —s; fell—; lay—;saw—; set—; split—; suspend from—; warp—; —connects; —extends; —projects; —; strengthens; —supports.

Adverbs for Beam
affably; vaguely; benevolently; radiantly; hazily; transiently; sunnily; unwinkingly; chastely; steadily; eternally; intermittently; pallidly; fervidly; nakedly; intellectually; feebly; belatedly; slantingly; horizontally; penetratingly; weirdly; genially; blindingly; effulgently; graciously.

Thesaurus
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