Beam is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for BEAM in dictionary:

VERB:
• to emit a ray of light
• transmit (a radio signal or broadcast) in a specified direction
• (in science fiction) transport someone instantaneously to or from a spaceship
• (of a light or light source) shine brightly
• smile radiantly
• express (an emotion) with a radiant smile
• To send forth; to emit; -- followed ordinarily by forth; as, to beam forth light.
• To emit beams of light.
• smile radiantly; express joy through one\'s facial expression
• emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light
• express with a beaming face or smile
• broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
• have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
• experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
• smile broadly
NOUN:
• a long, sturdy piece of squared timber or metal used to support the roof or floor of a building
• a narrow, raised horizontal piece of squared timber on which a gymnast balances while performing exercises
• a horizontal piece of squared timber or metal supporting the deck and joining the sides of a ship
• the direction of an object visible from the port or starboard side of a ship when it is perpendicular to the centre line of the vessel
• the crossbar of a balance.
• an oscillating shaft which transmits the vertical piston movement of a beam engine to the crank or pump.
• the shank of an anchor.
• the main timber of a horse-drawn plough.
• a ray or shaft of light
• a directional flow of particles or radiation
• a series of radio or radar signals emitted as a navigational guide for ships or aircraft
• a radiant or good-natured look or smile
• broad smile
• Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
• One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building or ship.
• The width of a vessel; as, one vessel is said to have more beam than another.
• The bar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.
• The principal stem or horn of a stag or other deer, which bears the antlers, or branches.
• The pole of a carriage.
• 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.
• The straight part or shank of an anchor.
• The main part 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.
• 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.
• A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat.
• Fig.: A ray; a gleam; as, a beam of comfort.
• One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk; -- called also beam feather.
• a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather
• long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction
• a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
• a column of light (as from a beacon)
• (nautical) breadth amidships
• the broad side of a ship
• a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts
• a ship's breadth at its widest point
• the width of a person's hips
• the main stem of a stag's antler
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to emit in beams (rays of light)

Words related to BEAM

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How to use BEAM in a sentence

• On our starboard beam, like a pile of glaciers in Switzerland, lay this Staten Land, gleaming in snow-white barrenness and solitude.
• His teeth grated as he cocked his pistol, and pointed it down the beam of light that shot into the heart of the apple-tree, and waited.
• But after a minute a slender beam of golden light struck suddenly athwart the darkness and found his face.
• The beam of light is furnished by three gas-burners, and it passes through a condenser.
• The ship was soon overtaken in a dreadful storm, was cast on her beam ends, and everything seemed to be lost.
• Those two faces beam from the picture like those of angels.
• The latter went immediately to look for his wife, and found her hidden in an attic, hanging to a beam.
• Not a beam of it sifted down-ward through the branches of the oak.
• The decomposition of a beam of light can be noticed by exposing it to a prism.
• He held himself on a single beam as one holds himself on a horse, and then, with the veil bound across his breast, he threw himself into the waves.
• Just after they had left the village the beam of an alien searchlight came sweeping along the road.
• Through an opening in the sky a broad beam of sunshine falls upon her.
• He saw, he said, genii climbing up and down on the beam.
• Night flies before the beam when it is poured on the hill.
• Each one had her own little book that hung from its nail on a beam of the tie-up behind her stall.
• A beam or something fell, and after that all is oblivion.
• It was added after the wall was completed, and embedded in it, about a foot from the ground, is a heavy beam about 5 inches in diameter.
• Its trunk was the main beam, each limb a corridor, each tier of limbs a floor, and branch rose above branch like steps in a stairway.
• More often from his than from any others, except those of the major poets, breaks the sudden, joyful beam that flames around a thought when it knows itself embraced by a feeling.
• This vessel was 36 feet long, with a beam of nine feet and with a canopy covering the after deck.
• By means of this rod the rider can be placed upon any desired division of the scale on the balance beam.
• These will hold 10, 15, 20, or more persons, and are from 15 to 20 paces in length, with flat bottoms and ample breadth of beam, so that they always keep their trim.
• The apparition drew the curtains more closely, and the while a beam of moonlight passed over its features.
• The ends of the beam projected about thirty inches beyond the bridge at each side, and they supported braces which extended diagonally upward to the crossing ends of the spars.

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