beam
verb/biːm/
/biːm/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they beam | /biːm/ /biːm/ |
| he / she / it beams | /biːmz/ /biːmz/ |
| past simple beamed | /biːmd/ /biːmd/ |
| past participle beamed | /biːmd/ /biːmd/ |
| -ing form beaming | /ˈbiːmɪŋ/ /ˈbiːmɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive, no passive] to have a big happy smile on your face
- beam (at somebody) He beamed at the journalists.
- beam (with something) She was positively beaming with pleasure.
- beam something (at somebody) The barman beamed a warm smile at them.
- His broad face beamed a hearty welcome.
- + speech ‘I'd love to come,’ she beamed (= said with a large smile).
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc2, Appearancec2- He beamed broadly at them, clearly very pleased to see them.
- His face beamed with pleasure.
- She beamed happily at Maxim.
- She positively beamed with satisfaction.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- broadly
- positively
- brightly
- …
- at
- with
- [transitive] beam something + adv./prep. to send radio or television signals over long distances using electronic equipment
- Live pictures of the ceremony were beamed around the world.
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to produce a stream of light and/or heat
- The morning sun beamed down on us.
- Light beamed through a hole in the curtain.
Word OriginOld English bēam ‘tree, beam’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch boom and German Baum.
Idioms
See beam in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarysmile/grin/beam from ear to ear
- to be smiling, etc. a lot because you are very pleased about something
- He was beaming from ear to ear.
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