Beam
51beam — See: off the beam, on the beam …
52beam — [biːm] noun [C] I 1) a long thick piece of wood, metal, or CONCRETE that supports a roof 2) a line of light or energy a laser beam[/ex] II verb beam [biːm] 1) [I] to have a big smile on your face because you are very happy 2) [I/T] to send out… …
53beam — [[t]bim[/t]] n. 1) bui any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, etc., used esp. as rigid members or parts of structures or machines 2) bui a horizontal bearing member, as a joist or lintel, or a transverse supporting structural… …
54beam up — in. to die. (From the television program Star Trek.) □ Pete dead? I didn’t think he was old enough to beam up. □ I was so exhausted after climbing four flights that I was afraid I would beam up …
55beam — 1. noun /biːm/ a) Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use. b) One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building; one of the transverse members of a ships frame on which the decks are laid… …
56beam — 1. Any bar whose curvature changes under load; in dentistry, frequently used instead of “bar.” 2. A collimated emission of light or other radiation, such as an x ray b.. [O.H.G. Boum] Balkan b. SYN: Balkan frame. cantilever b. in dentistry, a b.… …
57Beam — A tree, as in hornbeam and * whitebeam . Beam was used as a synonym for the Cross. Cf. Tree …
58beam — Squared timbers were used to support a flat Palestinian roof. In Jesus parable of Luke 6:41 REB uses ‘plank’ for AV ‘beam’, but ‘log’ of NRSV is misleading for English readers …
59beam — [OE] In Old English times the word bēam (like modern German baum) meant ‘tree’ – a signification preserved in tree names such as hornbeam and whitebeam. But already before the year 1000 the extended meanings we are familiar with today – ‘piece of …
60beam — a long piece of wood, square or rectangular in cross section, used in buildings, and generally supported at both ends; instead of wood, a beam can be made of steal, or a light alloy, or of concrete. see also plank …
