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Definitions for Beamed

[1] any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
[2] Building Trades . a horizontal bearing member, as a joist or lintel.
[3] Engineering . a rigid member or structure supported at each end, subject to bending stresses from a direction perpendicular to its length.
[4] Nautical . a horizontal structural member, usually transverse, for supporting the decks and flats of a vessel. the extreme width of a vessel. the shank of an anchor.
[5] Aeronautics . the direction perpendicular to the plane of symmetry of an aircraft and outward from the side.
[6] the widest part.
[7] Slang . the measure across both hips or buttocks: broad in the beam.
[8] Machinery . walking beam. (in a loom) a roller or cylinder on which the warp is wound before weaving. a similar cylinder on which cloth is wound as it is woven.
[9] the crossbar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales or pans are suspended.
[10] a ray of light: The sun shed its beams upon the vineyard.
[11] a group of nearly parallel rays.
[12] Radio , Aeronautics . a signal transmitted along a narrow course, used to guide pilots through darkness, bad weather, etc.
[13] Electronics . a narrow stream of electrons, as that emitted from the electron gun of a cathode ray tube.
[14] the angle at which a microphone or loudspeaker functions best.
[15] the cone-shaped range of effective use of a microphone or loudspeaker.
[16] Citizens Band Radio Slang . beam antenna.
[17] a gleam; suggestion: a beam of hope.
[18] a radiant smile.
[19] the principal stem of the antler of a deer.
[20] to emit in or as in beams or rays.
[21] Radio . to transmit (a signal) in a particular direction.
[22] Radio and Television . to direct (a program, commercial message, etc.) to a predetermined audience.
[23] to emit beams, as of light.
[24] to smile radiantly or happily.
[25] beam in , Citizens Band Radio Slang . to be received under optimum conditions; be heard loud and clear: They told me I was really beaming in.
[26] fly the beam , Radio , Aeronautics . (of an aircraft) to be guided by a beam.
[27] off the beam , not on the course indicated by a radio beam. Informal . wrong; incorrect: The pollsters were off the beam again for the last presidential election.
[28] on the beam , on the course indicated by a radio beam, as an airplane. Nautical . at right angles to the keel. Informal . proceeding well; correct; exact: Their research is right on the beam and the results should be very valuable.
[29] a long thick straight-sided piece of wood, metal, concrete, etc, esp one used as a horizontal structural member
[30] any rigid member or structure that is loaded transversely
[31] the breadth of a ship or boat taken at its widest part, usually amidships
[32] a ray or column of light, as from a beacon
[33] a broad smile
[34] one of the two cylindrical rollers on a loom, one of which holds the warp threads before weaving, the other the finished work
[35] the main stem of a deer's antler from which the smaller branches grow
[36] the central shaft of a plough to which all the main parts are attached
[37] a narrow unidirectional flow of electromagnetic radiation or particles a beam of light ; an electron beam
[38] the horizontal centrally pivoted bar in a balance
[39] informal the width of the hips (esp in the phrase broad in the beam )
[40] a beam in one's eye a fault or grave error greater in oneself than in another person
[41] off beam or off the beam not following a radio beam to maintain a course informal wrong, mistaken, or irrelevant
[42] on the beam following a radio beam to maintain a course nautical opposite the beam of a vessel; abeam informal correct, relevant, or appropriate
[43] to send out or radiate (rays of light)
[44] (tr) to divert or aim (a radio signal or broadcast, light, etc) in a certain direction to beam a programme to Tokyo
[45] to pass (data, esp business card details, etc) from one hand-held computer to another by means of infrared beams
[46] (intr) to smile broadly with pleasure or satisfaction

Words related to Beamed

beambroadcast, sent, radiated

Words nearby Beamed

beambeaking joint, beaky-nosed, beal, beale, beale street, beam, beam aerial, beam antenna, beam brick, beam compass, beam engine

Origin of Beamed

before 900; Middle English beem, Old English bēam tree, post, ray of light; cognate with Old Frisian bām, Old Saxon bōm, Dutch boom, Old High German boum (German Baum ), Gothic bagms, Old Norse bathmr tree; the identity of the consonant which has assimilated itself to the following m is unclear, as is the original root; perhaps Germanic *bagmaz < *bargmaz < Indo-European *bhorǵh-mos growth; see barrow2

Other words from Beamed

beam·less , adjective
beam·like , adjective
out·beam , verb (used with object)
un·beamed , adjective
un·der·beam , noun

Word origin for Beamed

Old English beam ; related to Gothic bagms tree, Old High German boum tree

Synonyms for Beamed

broadcast, channeled, radiated, sent