See Also: bandeau(dictionary)
beam-beam reaction(medicine)
Beam(medicine)
beam(1)(dictionary)
beam(2)(dictionary)
beam(encyclopedia)
beam splitter(medicine)
beam tree(medicine)
beam dump(medicine)
restrained beam(medicine)

beam(2) (iou) and bandeau (iou)


beam(2) (iou)



beam verb. [bi:m] LME.
[from the noun.]
verb trans. Emit in beams; radiate (light, affection, etc.). LME.
W. Shenstone The genial sun..Beams forth ungentle influences.
b. Direct (Radio signals etc.) to a specific area; transmit. E20.
M. L. King Television beamed the image of this extraordinary gathering across the border oceans. C. Sagan A search for signals beamed in our General direction by civilizations interested in communicating with us.
c. Science Fiction. Foll. by up: transport (a person) to a spaceship by a directed flow of energy. M20.
verb trans. Stretch (cloth, hide, etc.) over a beam. E17.
verb intrans. Shine brightly. M17.
G. M. Hopkins Their harness beams like scythes in morning grass. Joyce The young May moon, she's beaming, love.
verb intrans. Smile broadly or radiantly. L19.
J. M. Barrie Her face beamed with astonishment and mirth. T. Dreiser She beamed upon him in a melting and sensuous way.
beamer noun (a) a person who beams; (b) a person who arranges yarn on the beam of a loom; (c) Cricket a full toss aimed at the batsman's head: M19.
beamingly adverb radiantly M17.

bandeau (iou)



bandeau noun. . E18.
[French from Old French bandel dim. of bande: see BAND noun2, -EL2.]
A band or strip of material, esp. one used for binding a woman's hair. E18.
A narrow brassiere; a women's strapless top formed from a band of fabric fitting around the bust. E20.