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

SYNONYMS FOR beam

10 See gleam.
20 See shine1.

OTHER WORDS FROM beam

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British Dictionary definitions for beamed

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 beamed

beam

see broad in the beam; off the beam.