beam
[ beem ]
/ bim /
noun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
to emit beams, as of light.
to smile radiantly or happily.
Idioms for beam
Origin of beam
before 900; Middle English
beem, Old English
bēam tree, post, ray of light; cognate with Old Frisian
bām, Old Saxon
bōm, Dutch
boom, Old High German
boum (German
Baum), Gothic
bagms, Old Norse
bathmr tree; the identity of the consonant which has assimilated itself to the following
m is unclear, as is the original root; perhaps Germanic
*bagmaz <
*bargmaz < Indo-European
*bhorǵh-mos growth; see
barrow2
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beam
/ (biːm) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of beam
Word Origin for beam
Old English
beam; related to Gothic
bagms tree, Old High German
boum tree
Idioms and Phrases with beam
beam
see broad in the beam; off the beam.