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well-beaten

well-beaten adjective: thoroughly beaten.

Adjective

well-beaten

  1. Thoroughly beaten.
  2. Worn through use by people, being visible and easy to follow.
    • Using the [drone] camera, the operator was able to advise 'there's a well-beaten track here - I suggest you go and check that'.2022 February 9, Tom Allett, “The BTP's eyes and ears in the air”, in RAIL, number 950, page 51

Questions about well-beaten

What does well-beaten mean?
Well-beaten means thoroughly beaten.
What part of speech is well-beaten?
Well-beaten is an adjective.

Words near well-beaten in the dictionary

  1. well-attested
  2. well-aware
  3. well-awareness
  4. well-baked
  5. well-balanced
  6. well-beaten
  7. well-behaved
  8. well-behavedly
  9. well-behavedness
  10. well-being
  11. well-beings

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