ALL meanings of beam
beam
B b - verb beam If you say that someone is beaming, you mean that they have a big smile on their face because they are happy, pleased, or proud about something. 3
- countable noun beam A beam is a line of energy, radiation, or particles sent in a particular direction. 3
- verb beam If something beams radio signals or television pictures or they are beamed somewhere, they are sent there by means of electronic equipment. 3
- countable noun beam A beam of light is a line of light that shines from an object such as a lamp. 3
- verb beam If something such as the sun or a lamp beams down, it sends light to a place and shines on it. 3
- countable noun beam A beam is a long thick bar of wood, metal, or concrete, especially one used to support the roof of a building. 3
- singular noun beam In gymnastics, the beam is a piece of equipment that consists of a narrow wooden bar on which gymnasts balance and perform movements. 3
- noun beam a long thick straight-sided piece of wood, metal, concrete, etc, esp one used as a horizontal structural member 3
- noun beam any rigid member or structure that is loaded transversely 3
- noun beam the breadth of a ship or boat taken at its widest part, usually amidships 3
- noun beam a ray or column of light, as from a beacon 3
- noun beam a broad smile 3
- noun beam one of the two cylindrical rollers on a loom, one of which holds the warp threads before weaving, the other the finished work 3
- noun beam the main stem of a deer's antler from which the smaller branches grow 3
- noun beam the central shaft of a plough to which all the main parts are attached 3
- noun beam a narrow unidirectional flow of electromagnetic radiation or particles 3
- noun beam the horizontal centrally pivoted bar in a balance 3
- noun beam the width of the hips (esp in the phrase broad in the beam) 3
- verb beam to send out or radiate (rays of light) 3
- verb beam to divert or aim (a radio signal or broadcast, light, etc) in a certain direction 3
- verb beam to pass (data, esp business card details, etc) from one handheld computer to another by means of infrared beams 3
- verb beam to smile broadly with pleasure or satisfaction 3
- noun beam the squared-off trunk of a tree 3
- noun beam a long, thick piece of wood, metal, or stone, used in building 3
- noun beam such a piece used as a horizontal support for a roof, ceiling, etc. 3
- noun beam one of the two large rollers of a loom 3
- noun beam the barlike, horizontal part of a plow, to which the handles, share, etc. are attached 3
- noun beam the crossbar of a balance; also, occasionally, the balance itself 3
- noun beam the main shaft of a deer's antler 3
- noun beam any of the heavy, horizontal crosspieces of a ship 3
- noun beam a ship's breadth at its widest point 3
- noun beam the side of a ship or the direction extending outward on either side at right angles to the fore-and-aft line of a ship, aircraft, etc. 3
- noun beam the width of the hips 3
- noun beam balance beam 3
- noun beam a lever that is moved back and forth by a piston rod and transmits its motion to the crank, etc. as in some early steam engines 3
- noun beam a shaft or stream of light or other radiation, as of X-rays or nuclear particles 3
- noun beam a radiant look, smile, etc. 3
- noun beam a stream of radio or radar signals sent continuously in one direction from a landing field, harbor, etc. as a guide for incoming aircraft or ships 3
- verb transitive beam to give out (shafts of light); radiate in a beam or beams 3
- verb transitive beam to direct or aim (a radio signal, program, etc.) 3
- verb transitive beam to construct (a ceiling) so that the beams are exposed 3
- intransitive verb beam to shine brightly; be radiant 3
- intransitive verb beam to smile warmly 3
- noun beam A beam is a horizontal part of a structure used to carry a load. 3
- noun Technical meaning of beam (jargon) (From Star Trek Classic's "Beam me up, Scotty!") To transfer softcopy of a file electronically; most often in combining forms such as "beam me a copy" or "beam that over to his site". Compare blast, snarf, BLT. 1
- noun beam Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use. 1
- noun beam 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. 1
- noun beam Building Trades. a horizontal bearing member, as a joist or lintel. 1
- noun beam Engineering. a rigid member or structure supported at each end, subject to bending stresses from a direction perpendicular to its length. 1
- noun beam 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. 1