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beam
[ beem ]
/ bim /
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Definition of beam
noun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
to emit beams, as of light.
to smile radiantly or happily.
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Origin of beam
First recorded before 900; Middle English beem, Old English bÄam âtree, post, ray of lightâ; cognate with Old Frisian bÄm, Old Saxon bĆm, 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 unattested Germanic bagmaz, from unattested bargmaz, from unattested Indo-European bhorÇ”h-mos âgrowthâ; see barrow2
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British Dictionary definitions for beam
beam
/ (biËm) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of beam
Word Origin for beam
Old English beam; related to Gothic bagms tree, Old High German boum tree
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Other Idioms and Phrases with beam
beam
see broad in the beam; off the beam.
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