Synset:beat work over
Examples:
- Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night
- The teacher used to beat the students
Derivationally Related Form:beating
Inherited Hypernyms:beat
Direct Hyponyms:bastebatterbelaborbelabourcaneclobberflailflogkayoknock coldknock outlamlambastlambastelarruplashlatherpaddlepistol-whiprough upslashsoakspankstrapstrong-armthrashthreshtrounceweltwhip
Entailment:hit
Full Troponyms:belabourbirchcanecatclobbercowhideflagellatefloghorsewhipknock coldleatherpistol-whiprough upsoakspankstrong-armswitchthrash
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | They want to --- the prisoners (apply to: beat, beat up)