To defeat a competitor, or to do or be better than someone or something:
To beat something that is going to happen is to take action that will prevent it from having an effect on you:
to hit repeatedly:
to mix food with a fast circular motion:
to make a rhythmic sound or movement, or to hit something in rhythm to make such a sound:
The unification of upper and Lower Egypt is pictured on the Palette of Narmer.
The servant of the Montagues for biting his thumb at the Capulet's Servants.
The objects or events being depicted in a piece of art