Definition of beam

"beam" in the noun sense

1. radio beam, beam

a signal transmitted along a narrow path guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather

2. beam

long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction

3. beam, ray, electron beam

a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation

4. beam, beam of light, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light, irradiation

a column of light (as from a beacon)

5. beam

nautical) breadth amidships

6. beam

the broad side of a ship

"they sighted land on the port beam"

7. balance beam, beam

a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts

"beam" in the verb sense

1. beam

smile radiantly express joy through one's facial expression

2. shine, beam

emit light be bright, as of the sun or a light

"The sun shone bright that day"

"The fire beamed on their faces"

3. beam

express with a beaming face or smile

"he beamed his approval"

4. air, send, broadcast, beam, transmit

broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television

"We cannot air this X-rated song"

5. glow, beam, radiate, shine

have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink

"Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna"

6. glow, beam, radiate, shine

experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion

"She was beaming with joy"

"Her face radiated with happiness"

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Quotations for beam

That holy dream - that holy dream.
While all the world were chiding,
Hath cheered me as a lovely beam,
A lonely spirit guiding. [ Poe ]

Hell is no other but a soundless pit,
Where no one beam of comfort peeps in it. [ Herrick ]

Mighty Nature bounds as from her birth,
The sun is in the heavens, and life on earth;
Flowers in the valley, splendor in the beam,
Health on the gale, and freshness in the stream. [ Byron ]

Spring has no blossom fairer than thy form;
Winter no snow-wreath purer than thy mind;
The dew-drop trembling to the morning beam
Is like thy smile, pure, transient, heaven refin'd. [ Mrs. Lydia Jane Pierson ]

Beauty is a beam from heaven that dazzles blind our reason. [ Campbell ]

Like the last beam of evening thrown on a white cloud, just seen and gone. [ Walter Scott ]

If the whole world were put into one scale, and my mother into the other, the world would kick the beam. [ Lord Langdale ]

Take thou the beam out of thine own eye; then shalt thou see clearly to take the mote out of thy brother's. [ Jesus ]

Why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? [ Bible ]

Darkness is fled. Now flowers unfold their beauties to the sun, and blushing kiss the beam he sends to wake them. [ Sheridan ]

First cast the beam out of thine own eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. [ Jesus ]

Be thou the rainbow to the storms of life! the evening beam that smiles the clouds away and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray! [ Byron ]

Dreams are the bright creatures of poem and legend, who sport on the earth in the night season, and melt away with the first beam of the sun, which lights grim care and stern reality on their daily pilgrimage through the world. [ Dickens ]

beam in Scrabble®

The word beam is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

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beam in Words With Friends™

The word beam is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

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Words within the letters of beam

2 letter words in beam (6 words)

3 letter words in beam (1 word)

4 letter words in beam (1 word)

beam + 1 blank (7 words)

Word Growth involving beam

Shorter words in beam

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be

Longer words containing beam

beamed unbeamed

beaming unbeaming

beamless

beamlet beamlets

beamlike

beams beamsplit beamsplits

beams beamsplit beamsplitted

beams beamsplit beamsplitter beamsplitters

beams beamsplit beamsplitting

beams crossbeams

beams hornbeams

beams microbeams

beams moonbeams

beams sunbeams

crossbeam crossbeams

dualbeam

hornbeam hornbeams

microbeam microbeams

moonbeam moonbeams

multibeam

sunbeam sunbeams