beamed

beamed is the simple past and past participle of beam.

Adjective

beamed (not comparable)

Furnished with beams or timbers.
- a beamed ceiling
Furnished with beams, as the head of a stag.
- Tost his beamed frontlet to the sky.1810, Walter Scott, “(please specify the canto number or page)”, in The Lady of the Lake; […], Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for John Ballantyne and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and...

beam (third-person singular simple present beams, present participle beaming, simple past and past participle beamed)

(ambitransitive) To emit beams of light; to shine; to radiate.
- to beam forth light
(figuratively, intransitive) To smile broadly or especially cheerfully.
- to beam with pride
(transitive) To furnish or supply with beams.
(transitive) To give the appearance of beams to.
(transitive) To transmit matter or information via a high-tech wireless mechanism.
- Beam me up, Scotty; there's no intelligent life down here.
(transitive) To transmit, especially by direct wireless means such as infrared.
- To beam a file using the File Transfer Protocol.1996, Eric S. Raymond, Guy L. Steele, The New Hacker's Dictionary, page 208

What does beamed mean?: Beamed means furnished with beams or timbers.
What is beamed the simple past and past participle of?: Beamed is the simple past and past participle of beam.
What part of speech is beamed?: Beamed is an adjective.

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