English

Etymology
Middle English beem, Old English beam#Old English|b�am, originally meaning "tree," cognate with Dutch boom, German Baum, Old High German boum "tree"

Pronunciation
IPA|/bi:m/
audio|en-us-beam.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�m|-i�m

Noun
en-noun

1. Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
2. One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building; one of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid - supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones.
3. nautical The maximum width of a vessel; as, one vessel is said to have more beam than another; also called breadth. (FM 55-501).
4. The crossbar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.
5. The principal stem of the antler of a deer.
6. The pole of a carriage.
7. 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.
8. The straight part or shank of an anchor.
9. The central bar 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.
10. 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.
11. A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat.
12. figurative A ray; a gleam; as, a beam of comfort.
13. One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk; -- called also beam feather.
14. music A horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value.

Translations
trans-top|large piece of timber or iron
Dutch: balk, biels (railroad)
Finnish: t-|fi|palkki
French: poutre f
German: t+|de|Balken|m
Hungarian: t-|hu|gerenda
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Icelandic: bjálki m
Italian: t-|it|trave|f
Japanese: Jpan|� (Jpan|��, hari)
Polish: belka f
Romanian: t-|ro|grind�|f
Spanish: t-|es|viga|f
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trans-top|principal horizontal beam in a building
Dutch: t+|nl|balk
Finnish: t-|fi|palkki
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trans-top|transverse member of a ship's frame
Finnish: t-|fi|palkki, t-|fi|poikittaispalkki
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trans-top|maximum width of a vessel
Finnish: t+|fi|leveys
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trans-top|crossbar of a balance
Finnish: t-|fi|orsi, t+|fi|varsi
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trans-top|principal stem of an antler
Finnish: t-|fi|tyvi
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trans-top|pole of a carriage
Dutch: dissel
Finnish: t-|fi|aisa
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trans-top|part of a loom
Finnish: loimitukki (fore beam), kangastukki (aft beam)
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trans-top|shank of an anchor
Finnish: valin
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trans-top|bar of a plow
Finnish: t-|fi|runko
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trans-top|working beam
Finnish: kiertokanki
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trans-top|ray
Dutch: bundel, straal
Finnish: t+|fi|säde
French: t+|fr|rayon|m, t|fr|faisceau|m
German: Strahl (m)
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Icelandic: geisli m
Italian: t+|it|raggio|m
Japanese: Jpan|��� (bīmu)
Polish: promie� m
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trans-top|hawk's wing feather
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trans-top|connector of notes
Dutch: t+|nl|balk
Finnish: t-|fi|palkki
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ttbc|Albanian: tra m
ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|شعاع, ARchar|��رة
ttbc|Bosnian: greda#Bosnian|greda f
ttbc|Croatian: greda f, brvno n
ttbc|French: solive f (1, 2)
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ttbc|Ido: trabo
ttbc|Romanian: bârn� f
ttbc|Serbian:
:Cyrillic: г�еда#Serbian|г�еда f
:Roman: greda#Serbian|greda f
ttbc|Spanish: travesaño m
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Verb
en-verb

1. context|science fiction To transmit matter or information via a high-tech wireless mechanism.

#: Beam me up, Scotty; there's no intelligent life down here. [Star Trek]

1. To smile broadly or especially cheerfully.

Frisian

Noun
beam

1. tree

Category:fy:Nature

Old English

Etymology
From West Germanic *bauma-. Cognate with Old Frisian bam|b�m, Old Saxon bam|b�m (Dutch boom), Old High German boum (German Baum). The word is related in some way to Gothic �����, Old Norse baðmr, suggesting a possible ultimate Germanic source *baugmaz.

Pronunciation
IPA|/b�m/

Noun
Latinx|b�am m

1. tree

#:on ðæs beames bledum: on the branches of the tree

1. the Cross

#:Wæs se beam bocstafum awriten: the Cross was inscribed with letters (Codex Vercillensis)

1. #English|beam of wood

Declension
oe-noun|b�am|b�amas|b�am|b�amas|b�ames|b�ama|b�ame|b�amum

Descendants
English: #English|beam

Romanian

Pronunciation
IPA|[be̯am]|lang=ro

Verb
ro-verbform|bea|person1s|timeimp|tense=ind

1. (I) was drinking

Verb
ro-verbform|bea|person1p|timeimp|tense=ind

1. (we) were drinking

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